SINGAPORE  - The official selling price (OSP) for Oman crude in October will rise by 70 cents to $44.32 a barrel, Reuters calculations based on data from the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) showed on Monday.

The October Oman OSP is the average of the daily Oman settlements at 0830 GMT in August for the front-month contract OQc1 .

The Dubai crude OSP, set at a 30-cent discount to DME Oman, was calculated at $44.02 a barrel.

DME exchange data can be found on the website at: http://www.dubaimerc.com/historical.aspx.

(Reporting by Shu Zhang) ((shu.zhang@thomsonreuters.com; +65-6870-3549; Reuters Messaging: Twitter @shuzhang4))