{
  "id": 16205138,
  "title": "Middle East Physical Crude Slides While Brent Hits Five-Month High",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/middle-east-physical-crude-slides-while-brent-hits-five-month-high",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Middle-East-Physical-Crude-Slides-While-Brent-Hits-Five-Month-High.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In contrast with the international benchmark futures prices, the prices of physical crudes from the Middle East have softened this week, as oil continues to flow out of the Persian Gulf in ship-to-ship transfers offshore Oman and producers offer competitive prices to Asian buyers. Some crude grades from Iraq and Oman have sunk into deep discounts to the physical Dubai benchmark. Iraq’s Basrah…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}