OPEC's daily basket price stood at USD 81.67 a barrel Thursday, compared with USD 81.94 the previous day, the cartel bulletin said on Friday.
OPEC noted that the annual rate of the basket's price of 2013 was USD 105.85 pb.
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).