Dubai Crude is a medium sour crude oil extracted from Dubai and is used as a price benchmark or oil marker because it is one of only a few Persian Gulf crude oils available immediately. Dubai Crude is light and sour, with an API gravity of 31 degrees and a specific gravity of 0.871. Its sulphur content is 2%, making it 6 times more sour than Brent Crude and 8 times more sour than West Texas Intermediate. It is generally used for pricing oil that comes from the Persian Gulf. Dubai Crude is also known as Fateh.
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