Platts to assess US$ denominated petrochemical-biofuels

Platts will publish the following petrochemical and biofuels spot price assessments, previously only denominated in Euro/mt or Euro/cubic metres, in US dollars. Weekly and monthly averages will also be published for the new US-dollar denominated assessments.

The assessments can be found in PolymerScan and Petrochemical Alert under PCA615, PCA614 for Ethanol, PCA346 and PCA1160 for methanol, PCA332 for Orthoxylene, PCA375 and PCA335 for Paraxylene, PCA300 for ethylene, PCA312 for butadiene, PCA433 for MEG, PCA308 for propylene, PCA 280 for Polypropylene, PCA506 for PET and PCA268 for LLDPE.

Launch date is scheduled for July 16, 2012.

The affected assessments and codes are as follows: MDC Symbol Bates Dec Freq Curr UOM Description AE AAYDT10 lhc 3 DW USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge $/cm AE AAYDT13 lhc 3 MA USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge $/cm MAvg AE AAYDT14 lhc 3 WA USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge $/cm WAvg AE AAVLD10 lhc 3 DW USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge German Spec $/cm AE AAVLD13 lhc 3 MA USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge German Spec $/cm MAvg AE AAVLD14 lhc 3 WA USD CM Ethanol T2 FOB Rdam Barge German Spec $/cm WAvg AE HPACO10 lhc 2 DW USD MT Methanol NWE CP $/mt AE HPACO13 lhc 2 MA USD MT Methanol NWE CP $/mt MAvg AE HPACQ10 lhc 2 DW USD MT Methanol T2 FOB Rdam $/mt AE HPACQ13 lhc 2 WA USD MT Methanol T2 FOB Rdam $/mt MAvg AE HPACQ14 lhc 2 MA USD MT Methanol T2 FOB Rdam $/mt WAvg AE HPABJ10 lhc 2 WA USD MT OrthoXylene NWE CP Wk $/mt AE HPABJ13 lhc 2 MA USD MT OrthoXylene NWE CP Wk $/mt MAvg AE AALHZ10 u 2 DW USD MT Paraxylene FD NWE Mo CP $/mt AE AASRM10 u 2 MA USD MT Styrene CP FD NWE Barge $/mt AE AASRM13 u 2 MA USD MT Styrene CP FD NWE Barge $/mt MAvg HO HPAKF10 lhc 2 WA USD MT Butadiene NWE Wk $/mt HO HPAKF13 lhc 2 MA USD MT Butadiene NWE Wk $/mt MAvg HO HPAJE10 lhc 2 DW USD MT Ethylene FD NWE $/mt HO HPAJE13 lhc 2 MA USD MT Ethylene FD NWE $/mt MAvg HO HPAJE14 lhc 2 WA USD MT Ethylene FD NWE $/mt WAvg HO AAUDC10 lh 2 WA USD MT Ethylene FD NWE CP $/mt HO AAXOJ10 lhc 2 WA USD MT Ineos Butadiene CP FD NWE $/mt HO AAUWW10 lhc 2 WA USD MT MEG FCA NWE $/mt HO AAUWW13 lhc 2 MA USD MT MEG FCA NWE $/mt MAvg HO HPAJK10 lhc 2 WA USD MT MEG NWE $/mt HO HPAJK13 lhc 2 MA USD MT MEG NWE $/mt MAvg HO HPAJM10 lhc 2 WA USD MT MEG NWE CP $/mt HO HPAJM13 lhc 2 MA USD MT MEG NWE CP $/mt MAvg HO HPAJP10 lhc 2 DW USD MT Polypropylene CIF NWE $/mt HO HPAJP13 lhc 2 MA USD MT Polypropylene CIF NWE $/mt MAvg HO HPAJP14 lhc 2 WA USD MT Polypropylene CIF NWE $/mt WAvg HO HPAJQ10 lhc 2 DW USD MT Polypropylene FD NWE $/mt HO HPAJQ13 lhc 2 MA USD MT Polypropylene FD NWE $/mt MAvg HO HPAJQ14 lhc 2 WA USD MT Polypropylene FD NWE $/mt WAvg HO AAPST10 lhc 2 WA USD MT Propylene FD NWE CP $/mt HP AAQCC10 lhc 2 WA USD MT LLDPE C6 CSF FD NWE CP Wk $/mt HP AAQCC13 lhc 2 MA USD MT LLDPE C6 CSF FD NWE CP Wk $/mt MAvg HP AAQCB10 lhc 2 WA USD MT LLDPEC6 Blown FD NWE CP Wk $/mt HP AAQCB13 lhc 2 MA USD MT LLDPEC6 Blown FD NWE CP Wk $/mt MAvg HP AAVLE10 lhc 2 WA USD MT PET Bottle Grade FD NWE Net Contract $/mt HP AAVLE13 lhc 2 MA USD MT PET Bottle Grade FD NWE Net Contract $/mt MAvg