Platts Dated Brent was assessed above $90/b for the first time since 2014, as the global crude market continued to demonstrate tightness for prompt-loading cargoes. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Dated Brent was assessed $1.985/b higher on the day at $90.51/b Jan.19, the highest since a $90.64/b assessment on Oct. 7, 2014. The increase in Dated Brent’s outright price reflected a confluence of strength across the wider crude market, specific tightness on North Sea physical cargoes, as well as a bullish underlying financial market. The European and African crude markets have been unusually tight in recent weeks due to various supply disruptions in Nigeria, Libya and Kazakhstan. After a period of strong buying interest in Platts’ North Sea physical crude cargo Market on Close assessment process, limited physical North Sea cargoes were now left available for February loading but the strength in […]