ICE Aligns Midland WTI (HOU) Crude Quality Specifications to Match U.S. Physical Gulf Coast Crude Cargoes
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that its ICE Midland WTI (ICE:HOU) futures contract is now further aligned with Midland WTI crude oil deliverable into Dated Brent and the rest of the Brent complex after ICE updated the quality specifications of the crude deliverable into the contract.
- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that its ICE Midland WTI (ICE:HOU) futures contract is now further aligned with Midland WTI crude oil deliverable into Dated Brent and the rest of the Brent complex after ICE updated the quality specifications of the crude deliverable into the contract.
- The underlying crude oil quality of HOU futures now fully aligns with the globally accepted quality standard for Midland WTI crude after ICE added a maximum Iron content of 10 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and replaced the combined Nickel and Vanadium maximum content with individual maximum contents of 2.0 mg/kg each.
- “This provides the market with the only transparent source for exchange guaranteed Midland quality WTI,” said Jeff Barbuto, Global Head of Oil Markets at ICE.
- Deliveries of Midland WTI crude oil through the HOU contract average 4.4 million barrels each month.