PRS (Platts Reference Standard) data enhancements

In June 2016, S&P Global Platts is going to implement the following enhancements for PRS data. The exact live date will be updated later on.

1. For all the commodities, a new column "Calendar Code" will be added to the PRS files posted on ftp.platts.com. Calendar Code is a symbol which represents calendar schedule for either a Platts editorial region or an exchange, with value 0 representing a holiday and 1 representing a trade day and delivered on Platts FTP site through transactional FTP files.

2. For oil, an additional column "Price Type" will also be added to the file. Price Type can be official selling price, rack price, etc.

Currently in the PRS folder on the FTP site, there are the following PRS files to be affected:

Gas_Reference_Data.csv Oil_Reference_Data.csv Power_Reference_Data.csv Gas_Reference_Changelog.csv Oil_Reference_Changelog.csv Power_Reference_Changelog.csv

The new PRS files will look like this:

Symbol,Market Data Category,Description,Currency Code,Unit of Measure,...,Price Type,Calendar Code PCAAS00,RI,Dated Brent,USD,BBL,...,CALLN00 AALPG00,UG,Naphtha USGC barge,USC,GAL,...,CALUS00 AAFFU00,RP,WTI Spore Mo01,USD,BBL,...,CALSG00 AAING00,OS,Syrian Heavy OSP,USD,BBL,...,Official selling price,CALLN00

The calendar codes will be created in a new Market Data category, HD, Holiday Schedule. The FTP file will look like this, with the symbol CALLN00 representing London calendar schedule and May 30, 2016 being a holiday.

PlattsMarketData 201605232340 00307 FINAL HD 20160523 N CALLN00u 201605230000 1 F CALLN00u 201605240000 1 F CALLN00u 201605250000 1 F CALLN00u 201605260000 1 F CALLN00u 201605270000 1 F CALLN00u 201605300000 0

If you have any comments or questions about this announcement, please contact S&P Global Platts Client Services or email support@platts.com.