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Prospects of the DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contracts

Published: 1^st March 2008| By: Bassam Fattouh

In this comment, Bassam Fattouh re-assesses the prospects of DME’s Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract by focusing on three aspects: retroactive pricing, physical delivery and liquidity. He argues that in terms of providing better tools for risk management, enhancing price transparency and constituting the basis of a new benchmark, the DME’s contract has not made [...]

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Categories / Country and Regional Studies, Energy Comments, Energy Economics, Finance, Oil, Oil & Middle East Programme

Tags / , Brent, Deliverability, DME, Futures Contracts, Liquidity, Middle East, Oil Pricing Policy, Oman, Sour Crudes, The Gulf, WTI