OPEC daily basket price went down by 82 cents to USD 81.97 a barrel on Friday compared with USD 82.79 the previous day, the cartel said here on Monday.
The monthly rate of the OPEC basket price for October recorded USD 85.06 a barrel and USD 95.98 for September, it said.
The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and Merey (Venezuela).