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Arab Gulf Naphtha Price — FOB Arab Gulf
The latest FOB Arab Gulf naphtha assessment is $732.86 per metric ton for 4 September 2026, up $8.00 from the previous daily assessment (3 Sep 2026). Explore the historical price chart and recent daily assessments below.
Latest Arab Gulf Naphtha Price
- Basis
- FOB Arab Gulf
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Daily
- CS code
- CS-AG-NAPH
What This Indicator Measures
Daily FOB Arab Gulf naphtha cargo assessment in USD/mt for loadings from Gulf refineries and terminals.
Naphtha: A physical price for naphtha, a light distillate used as petrochemical steam-cracker feedstock and gasoline blendstock. Regional series differ by delivery term and unit (USD/bbl in Singapore, USD/mt in Europe and Japan).
What the source does not state for this series
- The source table names this series as “Naphtha” and does not print a fuller specification; none is assumed here.
- Quoted in USD/mt while Singapore naphtha is USD/bbl; the two are not subtracted here.
Specification · product family only
- Open-specification naphtha; paraffin content and density follow the source assessment and are not reproduced here.
Basis: FOB Arab Gulf
- FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
- The Arab Gulf basis refers to loadings from refineries and terminals inside the Persian/Arabian Gulf (e.g. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar), west of the Strait of Hormuz.
Unit: USD/mt
- USD/bbl values (Singapore, Arab Gulf, Fujairah) and USD/mt values (Europe, Japan naphtha) cannot be compared without a product-specific density conversion; the site does not convert them.
- Published assessments are a low–high range with a midpoint; charts and monthly statistics use the midpoint only.
Arab Gulf Naphtha Price Chart
Available history 26 Jan 2026 through 4 Sep 2026 (125 observations). Monthly averages below use the midpoint of each published assessment.
Naphtha — Arab Gulf
Computed Summary
Statements below are calculated by CommodityScope from the loaded history only. Each one names its period and method; none explains why a value moved.
The latest assessment of $732.86/mt on 4 Sep 2026 is up $8.00 (+1.1%) from the previous daily assessment (3 Sep 2026).
Method: Computed by CommodityScope as the difference between the two most recent loaded daily observations (1 calendar day apart).
It is 5.3% above the August 2026 average of $695.94/mt, the most recent completed month with 20 daily observations.
Method: Arithmetic mean of the published daily midpoints in August 2026. Partial months are excluded from this comparison.
Over the loaded history (26 Jan 2026 – 4 Sep 2026), the highest assessment was $1116.65/mt on 30 Mar 2026 and the lowest was $518.75/mt on 26 Jan 2026.
Method: Minimum and maximum of the published midpoint over the loaded history (26 Jan 2026 – 4 Sep 2026, 125 observations). This is not an all-time record.
Price Changes and Historical Range
Published changes are copied from the source edition. Computed changes are CommodityScope calculations between loaded daily observations; the two are shown separately and may differ when an intermediate edition is not loaded.
Monthly Arab Gulf Naphtha Prices
Average, minimum and maximum of published midpoints in each calendar month. These are not the daily assessed low–high bands. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.
| Month | Average mid | Min mid | Max mid | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Month to date | 726.64 | 720.96 | 732.86 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 695.94 | 632.90 | 731.95 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 695.31 | 581.15 | 768.60 | 7 |
| June 2026 | 630.33 | 542.85 | 733.37 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 855.38 | 679.99 | 947.95 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 924.71 | 795.85 | 1059.17 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 921.43 | 637.00 | 1116.65 | 21 |
| February 2026 | 557.57 | 524.92 | 579.04 | 17 |
| January 2026 | 528.18 | 518.75 | 538.64 | 3 |
Recent Daily Assessments
Last 30 published assessments. The chart above is interactive; this table is the HTML history.
| Date | Low | High | Mid | Δ day (published) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | 728.61 | 737.11 | 732.86 | +8.00 |
| 2026-09-03 | 720.61 | 729.11 | 724.86 | -3.00 |
| 2026-09-02 | 723.61 | 732.11 | 727.86 | +6.90 |
| 2026-09-01 | 716.71 | 725.21 | 720.96 | -10.50 |
| 2026-08-31 | 727.21 | 735.71 | 731.46 | +31.75 |
| 2026-08-28 | 695.46 | 703.96 | 699.71 | +16.75 |
| 2026-08-27 | 678.71 | 687.21 | 682.96 | +9.85 |
| 2026-08-26 | 668.86 | 677.36 | 673.11 | -17.25 |
| 2026-08-25 | 686.11 | 694.61 | 690.36 | -21.90 |
| 2026-08-24 | 708.01 | 716.51 | 712.26 | -9.69 |
| 2026-08-21 | 717.70 | 726.20 | 721.95 | -10.00 |
| 2026-08-20 | 727.70 | 736.20 | 731.95 | +11.45 |
| 2026-08-19 | 716.25 | 724.75 | 720.50 | +10.40 |
| 2026-08-18 | 705.85 | 714.35 | 710.10 | +7.15 |
| 2026-08-17 | 698.70 | 707.20 | 702.95 | +6.72 |
| 2026-08-14 | 691.60 | 700.85 | 696.23 | +12.45 |
| 2026-08-13 | 679.15 | 688.40 | 683.77 | -14.07 |
| 2026-08-12 | 689.10 | 706.60 | 697.85 | -30.90 |
| 2026-08-11 | 719.00 | 738.50 | 728.75 | +48.25 |
| 2026-08-07 | 670.75 | 690.25 | 680.50 | +45.00 |
| 2026-08-06 | 625.75 | 645.25 | 635.50 | +2.60 |
| 2026-08-05 | 623.15 | 642.65 | 632.90 | -52.77 |
| 2026-08-04 | 671.05 | 700.30 | 685.67 | -14.70 |
| 2026-08-03 | 685.75 | 715.00 | 700.38 | -56.16 |
| 2026-07-31 | 741.28 | 771.78 | 756.53 | -39.07 |
| 2026-07-29 | 753.35 | 783.85 | 768.60 | +21.75 |
| 2026-07-21 | 754.75 | 781.25 | 768.00 | +15.50 |
| 2026-07-20 | 740.75 | 764.25 | 752.50 | +39.00 |
| 2026-07-10 | 634.60 | 645.10 | 639.85 | -9.47 |
| 2026-07-07 | 595.80 | 605.30 | 600.55 | +19.40 |
What This FOB Arab Gulf Price Represents
This page tracks the daily naphtha on a FOB Arab Gulf basis, quoted in USD/mt. Figures are CommodityScope Indicators synthesized from loaded market editions. They are not a live quote and not a republication of a price-reporting agency table.
How to use this series
- Follow cracker-feedstock costs by region; compare with gasoline in the same basis to read blending economics.
What it is not suitable for
- Converting between USD/bbl and USD/mt without a density assumption.
Compare With
Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.
| Series | Why compare | Latest | Difference (this − other) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naphtha — Singapore FOB Singapore · USD/bbl · daily | Same naphtha loading Singapore instead of the Arab Gulf; note the different unit, so no direct subtraction.
| 92.75 4 Sep 2026 | not directly comparable |
| Naphtha — Fujairah FOB Fujairah · USD/mt · daily | Same naphtha loading Fujairah instead of the Arab Gulf; same unit and cadence, so the gap is a location differential. | 763.14 4 Sep 2026 | -30.28 |
| Naphtha — Japan C+F Japan · USD/mt · daily | C+F Japan naphtha in the same unit: the delivered value at the main Asian destination; the gap contains freight.
| 863.00 4 Sep 2026 | -130.14 |
| Naphtha Forward — Arab Gulf Arab Gulf swaps · USD/mt · daily | Swap curve referencing this Arab Gulf naphtha market; compare the M1 tenor with the physical value, not later tenors. | 737.47 4 Sep 2026 | -4.61 |
Related Naphtha Prices
- singapore naphtha pricesFOB Singapore
- japan naphtha pricesC+F Japan
- mediterranean naphtha pricesFOB Med, East Med basis
- northwest europe naphtha pricesCIF NWE / ARA basis
- ara barge naphtha pricesFOB ARA
- mediterranean cif naphtha pricesCIF Med
- fujairah naphtha pricesFOB Fujairah
- arab gulf gasoline 95 pricesFOB Arab Gulf
Sources and Methodology
CommodityScope publishes this page as a derived indicator from loaded physical-market editions. It does not republish a price-reporting agency table and does not claim authorship of the underlying source assessments. Update cadence follows the daily series. Internal series code CS-AG-NAPH.
CS Indicator policy and derived-data rules.
Sources for the explanations on this page
- ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules (FOB, CFR, CIF, FCA definitions) — Meaning of the delivery terms used in the basis column.
- CommodityScope methodology — derived-indicator rules and computed statistics
Origin of the numbers: loaded market editions (see Basis and Unit above). Origin of the computed statistics: CommodityScope, from the loaded history, using the rules on the methodology page.