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West Texas Intermediate (WTI), also known as Texas light sweet, is a grade of crude oil used
as a benchmark in oil pricing. This grade is described as light because of its relatively low
density, and sweet because of its low sulfur content. It is the underlying commodity of New York
Mercantile Exchange's oil futures contracts.
Urals oil is a reference oil brand used as a basis for pricing of the Russian export oil mixture. It is
a mix of heavy sour oil of Urals and the Volga region with light oil of Western Siberia. Other
reference oils are Brent, West Texas Intermediate and Dubai.
Brent Crude is a major trading classification of sweet light crude oil that serves as a
major benchmark price for purchases of oil worldwide. This grade is described as light because
of its relatively low density, and sweet because of its low sulfur content. Brent Crude is extracted
from the North Sea and comprises Brent Blend, Forties Blend, Oseberg and Ekofisk crudes (also
known as the BFOE Quotation). The Brent Crude oil marker is also known as Brent Blend,
London Brent and Brent petroleum.
The other well-known classifications (also called references or benchmarks) are the OPEC
Reference Basket, Dubai Crude,Oman Crude, Urals oil and West Texas Intermediate (WTI).
Brent is the leading global price benchmark for Atlantic basin crude oils. It is used to price two
thirds of the world's internationally traded crude oil supplies.

Shale gas is a natural gas (predominantly methane) found in shale rock. Natural
gas produced from shale is often referred to as unconventional and this refers
to the type of rock type in which it is found. Conventional oil and gas refers to
hydrocarbons which have previously sought in sandstone or limestone, instead of
shale or coal which are now the focus of unconventional exploration. However,
the techniques used to extract hydrocarbons are essentially the same. What has
changed are advancements in technology over the last decade which have made
shale gas development economically viable

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