The International Crude Oil Market Handbook, 2009 provides in-depth analysis of the international crude oil markets, as well as a comprehensive overview of countries' export strategies and data on all widely traded crude oil streams. It offers detailed insights from Energy Intelligence Research analysts in the Mideast, Asia, Europe and the U.S. on all the key markets and their dynamics, including:

Traders, analysts, executives, bankers and consultants throughout the world rely on the International Crude Oil Market Handbook for the data, analysis and insights they require. No other product delivers the same set of complex crude pricing data and production analysis synthesized in such a concise and easy-to-access format.

The International Crude Oil Market Handbook, 2009 contains more than 700 pages of indispensable data and analysis compiled from Energy Intelligence's proprietary Petroleum Intelligence Weekly's Price Scorecard netback models and exclusive trade and assay data unique to Oil Market Intelligence.

This year's extensive statistical updates and expanded coverage are augmented by an in-depth examination of structural changes and recent trends in global oil markets. The crude oil profiles include key factors such as:

• Country of origin

• Summary assay data

• Production and export volume

• Fields constituting the stream  

• Producers, pricing, and marketing issues

• Sellers and how to contact them

• Main customers and loading ports and terminals

 "The International Crude Oil Market Handbook is the most comprehensive guide to today's complex crude markets. It is an indispensable tool for any analyst."

— Dr. Alirio Parra, former Minister of Energy & Mines, Venezuela