07 Jul 2015 | 02:39 UTC — New York

New West African crude oil symbols

The following West African crude oil symbols have been created. The new assessments for two Nigerian grades, one Chadian grade and one Ghanaian grade will be launched on August 3, 2015. The assessments will also be published in Platts Global Alerts (PGA) on pages 1230 and 1231 and in Platts Crude Oil Marketwire and Platts Oilgram Price Report.

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
RI
AAXUU00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Nigeria
RI
AAXUU03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
AAXUV00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUV03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent MAvg
RI
AAXUO00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Erha FOB Nigeria
RI
AAXUO03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Erha FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
AAXUP00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Erha FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUP03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Erha FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent MAvg
RI
AAXUS00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Nigeria
RI
AAXUS03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
AAXUT00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUT03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent MAvg
RI
AAXUQ00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Usan FOB Nigeria
RI
AAXUQ03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Usan FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
AAXUR00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Usan FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUR03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Usan FOB Nigeria vs Dated Brent MAvg



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