The company said it has opened further consultation with the market on the benchmark transition. The changes, among which was inclusion of US crude WTI Midland in the Brent assessment, were announced on Feb. 22.
We received extensive feedback from market participants in support of introducing WTI Midland into the basket, but there is not agreement on how it would be fully reflected into the wider Brent complex.
The rising hostilities underscore a dangerous intensification of Yemen's conflict between the coalition-backed Yemeni government and the Iran-backed Huthis, despite a renewed US push to end the war in the crude-rich region.
The trend was driven by a wave C, which is roughly equal to the preceding wave A. This equality suggests a reversal of the uptrend from the April 22, 2020 low of $15.98.