What is Brent Crude?
[[File:Brent crude oil map.png|thumb|Location of the Brent oil platform in the North Sea]] [[Image:Brent Spot monthly.svg|thumb|400px|Monthly average Brent [[spot price]]s since May 1987]] '''Brent Crude''' is a major trading [[classification]] of [[petroleum|crude oil]]. It is one of the two main [[benchmark (crude oil)|benchmark]] prices for purchases of oil worldwide, the other being [[West Texas Intermediate]]. This is described as light because of its low density, and sweet because of its low sulphur content.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onefinancialmarkets.com/market-library/uk-brent-oil/ |title=UK brent, crude oil, brent crude |publisher=One Financial Markets/CB Financial Services Ltd |year=2012 |access-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307091459/http://www.onefinancialmarkets.com/market-library/uk-brent-oil/ |archive-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investing-for-beginner.org/brent-Crude.html|title=ベーシックな支払い方法について|website=www.investing-for-beginner.org|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225141932/http://www.investing-for-beginner.org/brent-Crude.html#|archive-date=2012-12-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Petroleum]] {{stub}}