16 Jul 2013 | 10:04 UTC — London

Platts proposes to publish new West African crude assessments

Platts proposes to begin publishing daily assessments for five new West African crudes. The new assessments -- for two Nigerian grades, two Angolan grades and one grade produced from the Republic of Congo -- would be launched with effect from August 1, 2013. Platts will also publish the monthly averages for all five assessments.

The following symbols have been created on provisional basis and Platts will confirm the launch date and descriptions once the feedback deadline(July 19, 2013) is over.

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
RI
PCNGA00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Akpo FOB Nigeria
RI
PCNGA03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Akpo FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
PCNGB00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Akpo FOB Nigeria vs WAF Dtd Strip
RI
PCNGB03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Akpo FOB Nigeria vs WAF Dtd Strip MAvg
RI
PCNGC00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Bonga FOB Nigeria
RI
PCNGC03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Bonga FOB Nigeria MAvg
RI
PCNGD00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Bonga FOB Nigeria vs WAF Dtd Strip
RI
PCNGD03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Bonga FOB Nigeria vs WAF Dtd Strip MAvg
RI
PCNGE00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Djeno FOB Republic of Congo
RI
PCNGE03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Djeno FOB Republic of Congo MAvg
RI
PCNGF00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Djeno FOB Republic of Congo vs WAF Dtd Strip
RI
PCNGF03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Djeno FOB Republic of Congo vs WAF Dtd Strip MAvg
RI
PCNGG00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Pazflor FOB Angola
RI
PCNGG03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Pazflor FOB Angola MAvg
RI
PCNGH00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Pazflor FOB Angola vs Angola Dtd Strip
RI
PCNGH03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Pazflor FOB Angola vs Angola Dtd Strip MAvg
RI
PCNGI00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Plutonio FOB Angola
RI
PCNGI03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Plutonio FOB Angola MAvg
RI
PCNGJ00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Plutonio FOB Angola va Angola Dtd Strip
RI
PCNGJ03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Plutonio FOB Angola va Angola Dtd Strip MAvg



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