The Urals price was sharply lower than $80 per barrel for the international Brent benchmark .
According to Reuters data, the Urals price for delivery from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk on a FOB basis is currently $48.69 per barrel.
Market sources said Urals crude has been sold at deeper discounts this month following a European ban on Russian oil imports, and dominant buyer India has bought barrels at well below the West's $60 price cap.
Since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February, India has become the main outlet for seaborne cargoes of Urals crude.
The spread, or difference, between Urals and dated Brent - the price of physical, light North Sea crude oil, - has risen sharply from early February, when it stood at around minus $1.