Wed 2 May 2012, 13:05 GMT

WTI vs BIX price comparison


Analysis of WTI crude vs the BIX global bunker price.



The average global bunker price declined at a slower rate than WTI crude in April 2012, according to Bunker Index price data.

The WTI settlement average fell by $2.90 per barrel, or 2.73 percent, in the month of April. However, during the same period, the BIX global bunker average decreased by $13.09 per tonne, or 1.5 percent, to $889.05 per tonne.

Please find below tables of monthly WTI crude settlement averages and BIX global bunker averages between January 2011 and April 2012.

Month WTI Average($/bbl) +/- +/-(%)
Apr 2012 103.35 -2.90 -2.73
Mar 2012 106.25 +3.84 +3.75
Feb 2012 102.41 +2.09 +2.08
Jan 2012 100.32 +1.74 +1.77
Dec 2011 98.58 +1.42 +1.46
Nov 2011 97.16 +10.73 +12.41
Oct 2011 86.43 +0.82 +0.96
Sep 2011 85.61 -0.75 -0.87
Aug 2011 86.36 -10.99 -11.29
Jul 2011 97.35 +1.01 +1.05
Jun 2011 96.34 -5.02 -4.95
May 2011 101.36 -8.69 -7.90
Apr 2011 110.05 +7.06 +6.86
Mar 2011 102.98 +12.96 +14.39
Feb 2011 90.03 +0.45 +0.50
Jan 2011 89.58


Month BIX Average ($/mt) +/- ($) +/- (%)
Apr 2012 889.05 -13.09 -1.5
Mar 2012 902.14 +28.38 +3.2
Feb 2012 873.76 +24.73 +2.9
Jan 2012 849.03 +30.85 +3.8
Dec 2011 818.18 -16.64 -2.0
Nov 2011 834.82 +20.21 +2.5
Oct 2011 814.61 -5.29 -0.6
Sep 2011 819.90 +0.52 +0.06
Aug 2011 819.38 -15.42 -1.8
Jul 2011 834.80 +11.61 +1.4
Jun 2011 823.19 +1.11 +0.1
May 2011 822.08 -24.57 -2.9
Apr 2011 846.65 +46.40 +5.8
Mar 2011 800.25 +71.17 +9.8
Feb 2011 729.08 +62.34 +9.3
Jan 2011 666.74 +29.67 +4.7


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