Shafaq News/ Basra's heavy crude exported to Asia on Thursday inched up  1.77%, equivalent to $1.82, settling at $104.60 a barrel. 

The Saudi Arab light crude rested at  $111.53 a barrel, while UAE's Murban Mixture and the Algerian Saharan blend registered $111.56 and $117.74 a barrel, respectively.

 A barrel of Bonny light (Nigeria) settled at $117.86, while Angola's Girasol registered $113.74.