West Texas Intermediate

Commodities - crude oil.

(WTI).

West Texas Intermediate is a standardised specification for the quality of crude oil, including its density and sulphur content.

West Texas Intermediate is a relatively low density ("light") and low sulphur content ("sweet") oil, resulting in it being considered a relatively high-quality oil.

See also

• Benchmark
• Commodity
• Derivative products
• Exchange Traded Commodity
• Fossil fuel
• Fungible
• Futures contract
• Homogeneous
• Peak oil
• Standard