Refined Products

December 11, 2024

New Asia base oils symbols

The following Asia base oils symbols have been created in the market data category LU (Oil Products: Lubricants).

They will appear in the following:

Publications: APAG Marketscan and Oilgram Price Report

Fixed pages:

Platts Global Alert PGA1146 and PGA2529

Platts Refined Products Alert PRF1146 and PRF2529

They are scheduled to begin updating Dec. 11, 2024.

MDC Symbol Bates Dec Freq Curr UOM Description
LU PLBAF00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I Bright Stock CFR India
LU PLBAC00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I Bright Stock CFR Northeast Asia
LU PLBAE00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN500 CFR India
LU PLBAB00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN500 CFR Northeast Asia
LU PLBAH00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN500 CFR UAE
LU PLBAD00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN150 CFR India
LU PLBAA00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN150 CFR Northeast Asia
LU PLBAG00 c 2 WA USD MT Group I SN150 CFR UAE
LU PLBAN00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 500N CFR India
LU PLBAL00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 500N CFR Northeast Asia
LU PLBAJ00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 500N FOB Asia
LU PLBAM00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 150N CFR India
LU PLBAK00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 150N CFR Northeast Asia
LU PLBAI00 c 2 WA USD MT Group II 150N FOB Asia
LU PLBAR00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 4cst CFR India
LU PLBAO00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 4cst FOB South Korea
LU PLBAU00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 4cst ex-tank UAE
LU PLBAS00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 6cst CFR India
LU PLBAP00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 6cst FOB South Korea
LU PLBAV00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 6cst ex-tank UAE
LU PLBAT00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 8cst CFR India
LU PLBAQ00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 8cst FOB South Korea
LU PLBAW00 c 2 WA USD MT Group III 8cst ex-tank UAE

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/111524-platts-proposes-to-launch-weekly-asia-base-oils-assessments

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