Commodities · 16 Oct · 7 min read
WTI vs Brent: Why Are There Two Oil Prices?
WTI is US crude delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma; Brent is seaborne North Sea crude priced for global markets. How they differ and why their spread moves.
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