Saudi Arabia Hikes Key Oil Prices Further as Market Tightens

  • Gain is the second consecutive increase in pricing to Asia
  • OPEC+ leaving production policy unchanged through June

Crude oil storage tanks at an oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Saudi Arabia hiked the price of its flagship crude to its main buyers in Asia for next month after OPEC+ agreed to keep current supply cuts in place and as the Middle Eastern oil market shows signs of strengthening.

State-owned Saudi Aramco raised the official selling price of Arab Light crude for Asia to a premium of $2 a barrel to the regional benchmark for May sales, according to a price list seen by Bloomberg.