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West Texas Sour First Purchase Price(Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1993
14.87
13.29
11.28
1994
11.77
11.65
11.61
13.24
15.01
16.18
16.66
15.26
14.39
14.71
15.08
14.17
1995
15.06
15.63
15.56
16.83
16.74
15.60
14.41
15.03
15.33
14.56
15.14
16.33
1996
16.15
16.09
18.57
20.63
18.61
17.90
18.72
19.44
21.46
22.48
21.19
22.35
1997
22.62
19.54
17.67
16.74
17.99
16.30
16.72
17.03
16.89
18.50
17.25
15.46
1998
13.88
13.04
11.84
12.04
11.85
10.65
11.06
10.73
12.02
11.83
10.24
8.60
1999
9.75
9.41
11.91
14.41
15.15
15.16
17.25
18.67
21.07
20.44
22.48
23.66
2000
24.47
26.85
27.61
23.55
26.31
28.30
27.75
28.85
31.49
30.53
31.36
25.71
2001
26.28
25.73
22.73
23.14
23.88
23.01
22.91
24.05
23.40
18.71
16.39
15.99
2002
16.35
17.56
21.61
23.20
24.30
23.22
24.28
25.71
26.91
25.66
24.78
25.44
2003
29.77
32.58
29.53
25.30
25.46
27.92
28.80
28.74
25.24
27.04
27.70
29.37
2004
31.30
31.57
33.11
33.30
36.38
35.22
37.37
41.64
41.97
48.41
41.72
36.91
2005
41.77
42.45
48.43
46.82
42.37
50.74
54.59
60.62
59.82
55.98
52.08
52.45
2006
58.66
55.12
52.57
61.79
64.85
64.19
67.27
66.90
58.11
52.59
51.86
54.05
2007
48.27
53.20
55.33
58.02
56.84
59.38
68.96
67.17
73.89
80.69
89.10
85.09
2008
88.55
90.49
99.55
108.37
120.77
129.18
129.56
112.83
100.69
73.98
54.14
34.16
2009
34.24
31.74
41.62
46.84
54.25
65.79
60.45
66.68
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Release Date: 10/1/2009
Next Release Date: 11/2/2009
Referring Pages:
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Prices for Selected Crude Streams