On Friday, Saudi Aramco lowered its official selling price for December Arab Light crude for Asian customers by $2 per barrel, with the discount to the Oman/Dubai crude average expanding to $6.50 per barrel.
The discount level marks the lowest since May 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Saudi Aramco also reduced prices for all crude grades in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean region by $1 per barrel for December, while U.S. market pricing remained unchanged.