These slides were presented by Platts on February 15th, 2010 at its London oil forum during
International Petroleum Week. They are reprinted with permission of Platts, the energy information
division of the McGraw-Hill Companies. BFOE (Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk) is the forward
market for Dated Brent. Dated Brent prices 70% of the world's crude and is widely regarded
as the best indicator of fundamental values. The graphs below indicate that Mercuria is the
third largest participant in this contract and the top trader.
The Group has recently traded in over 60 grades of crude oil, including:
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