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• CRACK SPREADS
  
  The simultaneous purchase or sale of crude oil against the sale or purchase of refined petroleum products. These spread differentials which represent refining margins are normally quoted in dollars per barrel by converting the product prices into dollars per barrel (divide the cents-per-gallon price by 42) and subtracting the crude oil price.
  
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