Platts has discontinued Russian diesel, jet fuel netbacks via Ventspils

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has discontinued Russian diesel and jet fuel export netbacks via Ventspils in order to reflect market changes for Russian flows, effective March 1, 2024.

This change is due to reduced market liquidity for Russian export flows via the Latvian port of Ventspils since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and subsequent Western sanctions.

The discontinuation will apply to the following daily and monthly assessments:

Diesel and jet fuel netbacks

Moscow Vents AAWRR00/AAWRR03; AAWRQ00/AAWRQ03

Syzran Vents AAWJQ00/AAWJQ03; AAWJP00/AAWJP03

Ufa Vents AAWJT00/AAWJT03; AAWJR00/AAWJR03

Omsk Vents AAWJO00/AAWJO03; AAWJN00/AAWJN03

Moscow Vents AAWKB00/AAWKB03; AAWKA00/AAWKA03

Transshipment and freight

Ventspils transshipment AAXLR00/AAXLR03

Ventspils clean freight AAYKX00/AAYKX03

Ventspils rail freight AAWKT00/AAWKT03

Pipeline and rail fees

Moscow to Latvian border AAXKU00/AAXKU03

Syzran to Latvian border AAWKJ00/AAWKJ03

Ufa to Latvian border AAWKK00/AAWKK03

Omsk to Latvian border AAWKF00/AAWKF03

Ventspils to Moscow AAWKS00/AAWKS03

Flat rate ARA to Ventspils RNWSAVN

The following pages will be affected: 1440, 1441, and European Marketscan.

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