Russian NWE Urals crude assessed $5.645/b lower at fresh record discount of Dated Brent minus $27.87/b

The public buyers strike appeared to end on March 4 after Shell shipping and trading company lifted Trafigura’s Urals Baltic offer in the Platts Market on Close assessment process by S&P Global Commodity Insights at Dated Brent minus $28.50/b. As a result, NWE Urals was assessed a further $5.645/b lower on the day at a fresh record discount of $27.87/b…