The different types of crude oil come from regions as diverse as Alaska North Lope, Arab Light or Zueitina in Libya. On an international level there are a number of different types of crude oil, each of which have different properties and prices.

In December 2005 the global demand for crude oil was 83.3 million barrels per day according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and will rise further. The US investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates the proportion of crude oil used for primary materials production to be 45 percent.īecause the crude oil industry has developed hardly at all in recent years due to a lack of investment capital for discovery, extraction and further processing, global production can barely meet the high demand for crude oil from countries such as the USA, China or India. Because crude oil is needed to manufacture other primary materials, it is the world’s most important commodity. Because the supply of crude oil is limited but demand is constantly growing, the price of oil is also continuously rising. Crude oil is also used in cosmetics and medicines. From there, the crude oil is transported by tanker.īesides its primary role as the most important energy source, crude oil is also an essential raw material for manufacturing plastics.

Brent Crude is a particularly light crude oil which is carried from the North Sea to the Sullom Voe Terminal on Mainland, Shetland by an underwater pipeline. The most important type of crude oil used in Europe is Brent Crude, named after the North Sea oilfield where it is extracted. Crude oil is by far the world’s most important energy source and the price of oil therefore plays an important role in industrial and economic development.

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