US/Europe methanol on Solventswire stops May 31

Platts has reviewed feedback on its proposal to discontinue the weekly European and US methanol assessments currently published on Platts Petrochemical Alert page 398 and the weekly Platts Solventswire, following a subscriber note published on February 3.

Following this internal review, Platts will discontinue these assessments from May 31, 2011.

The affected assessments are basis FOB Rdam in Euro/mt and FOB USG in $/mt converted from cents/gallon.

The other daily and weekly US and European methanol assessments published on PCA 540, 541, 346, 347 and the Europe & Petrochemical Scan, will not be affected by this change.

Please send your comments to Jim Foster, jim_foster@platts.com, or +1 713 658 3272; Ihsan Rahim at ihsan_rahim@platts.com, or +1 713 658 3206; copy kevin_allen@platts.com, shahrin@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.