27 Feb 2012 | 07:26 UTC — New York

Russian diesel sulfur content amended

Effective December 15, 2011, the following announcement was made.

Further to Russian government legislation to lower the sulfur specification for diesel in the domestic Russian market, Platts will reflect in its Russian domestic diesel FCA Moscow and FCA Ufa assessments product with a maximum sulfur content of 0.05% (500 parts per million).

Daily assessments are found on page PGA 1320.

MDC Symbol Bates Dec Freq Curr UOM Description RM AAUDT00 lh 2 DW RUB MT Russian Diesel 0.05% FCA CFD Rb/Mt RM RM AAUDT03 lhc 2 MA RUB MT Russian Diesel 0.05% FCA CFD Rb/Mt MAvg RM AAUDO00 lh 2 DW RUB MT Russian Diesel 0.05% FCA PFD Rb/Mt RM AAUDO03 lhc 2 MA RUB MT Russian Diesel 0.05% FCA PFD Rb/Mt MAvg