Crude oil is kind of like craft beer
There are two main prices of crude oil in the world — Brent and WTI, short for West Texas Intermediate. WTI is the American price and for years it has been sold at a lower price than Brent, but now it has totally caught up.
Marketplace Sustainability Correspondent Scott Tong explains what this tells us about world oil markets.
Produced by Mukta Mohan
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