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DME Announcement Spurs Record Trades,
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) confirmed on June 23 that the Dubai Department
of Petroleum Affairs (DPA) will set the official monthly selling price (OSP) for
the Emirate’s crude oil based on a differential to the settlement price
of the DME’s Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract.
Dubai has traditionally acted as the benchmark crude oil for Middle East producers,
who price cargoes at a differential to published estimates of Dubai/Oman prices,
typically set retroactively for the previous month. In moving to futures pricing,
the OSP for month “M” will now be set in advance, with the differential
set in M-3, and the final OSP calculated at the end of M-2.
Abdulla Abdul Karim, Director of the Department of Petroleum Affairs stated:
“Dubai has priced its oil in relation to the DME from the launch of the
Exchange in June 2007. Now, by announcing a forward price based on the DME Oman
contract, we will signal to the markets the price of Dubai crude in relation
to Oman, further strengthening the commitment to price transparency and fair
value for Middle East Crude oil. The DME Oman contract continues to gain global
acceptance as a fair and robust price discovery mechanism for crude oil destined
for East of Suez markets.”
Welcoming the decision, Ahmad Sharaf, Chairman of the DME said, “This
announcement, coming so quickly after the DME’s second anniversary of
successful trading, demonstrates the enduring strength of the partnerships that
the DME enjoys with its core shareholders in the Dubai and Omani governments.
The transition also reinforces the ever-growing acceptance of the DME’s
Oman contract as the third global crude oil benchmark, trading on the CME Globex
trading platform of our other core shareholder, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.”
Tom Leaver, Chief Executive Officer of the DME, added, “With this announcement,
the DME now closes the gap for full price discovery of the two historic and
accepted benchmark crudes in the Middle East. Publishing an OSP for Dubai is
a strong signal to other GCC producers to join this initiative and back true
and fair value for their oil exports by adopting DME settlements in their term
contract formulae. This move ensures that customers know they are getting fair
value and provides them with the ability to manage their exposure to price fluctuations
in the major component of their feedstock costs using the benchmark futures
contract.”
Following the statement from the DME, record volumes were traded on the Exchange
during the course of the day. In a separate statement, disclosed on June 24,
DME Chairman Ahmad Sharaf, commented:
“Trading volumes are a clear signal of market sentiment, so we are delighted
to have hit record volumes of 8,076 contracts traded over the course of June
23, following our announcement that the Dubai Department of Petroleum Affairs
is shifting to a forward pricing model based on the DME Oman Crude Oil Futures
Contract.
“This positive market sentiment underlines our belief that the DME Oman
contract is now further established as the benchmark for crude oil destined
for East of Suez markets as it now represents both of the accepted benchmark
crudes in the Middle East. The case for other producers in East of Suez markets
to adopt the DME as the base line reference for their term contracts is now
more compelling than ever, both in their own interest and that of their customers."
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