17 Jul 2015 | 06:28 UTC — New York

Description change for West African crude oil symbols

The following West African crude oil symbols have had their descriptions changed to reflect their country of loading. The assessments will be published in Platts Global Alerts (PGA) on pages 1230 and 1231 and in Platts Crude Oil Marketwire and Platts Oilgram Price Report. The expected launch date is August 3, 2015.

From:

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
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
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


To:

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
RI
AAXUS00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Ghana
RI
AAXUS03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Ghana MAvg
RI
AAXUT00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Ghana vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUT03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Jubilee FOB Ghana vs Dated Brent MAvg
RI
AAXUU00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Cameroon
RI
AAXUU03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Cameroon MAvg
RI
AAXUV00
lhc
3
DW
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Cameroon vs Dated Brent
RI
AAXUV03
lhc
3
MA
USD
BBL
Doba FOB Cameroon vs Dated Brent MAvg



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