Meanwhile recent maintenance shutdowns in the North Sea have worsened already declining supplies from ageing fields of Brent crude.

同时最近北海油田的停工维护也使得布伦特原油这片开采已久，原本已经供应量下降的油田更加雪上加霜。

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It's looked not only at Brent crude but at some other exotic hydrocarbon cocktails - West Texas Intermediate, the Argus Sour Crude Index, Brent Blend or BFOE (the basket of the North Sea's Brent, Forties, Oseberg and Ekofisk), Dubai and Oman, Tapis and Minas, and East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Blend.

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North Sea Brent and WTI, the two benchmark crude oils are both sweet, light.

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It is no coincidence that the bench mark oils, like North Sea Brent or West Texas, are light sweet crudes.

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