04 Apr 2022 | 02:16 UTC

S&P Global starts East-West forward curve assessments for Singapore 380 CST HSFO and Marine Fuel 0.5% from April 4

S&P Global Commodity Insights has started publishing East-West forward curve assessments for Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil and Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5% from April 4, 2022.

The two assessment series reflect the spreads between FOB Singapore 380 CST HSFO and FOB Rotterdam 3.5% barge; and FOB Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5% and FOB Rotterdam Marine Fuel 0.5% barge.

S&P Global first announced the launch of these assessments in a subscriber note published March 18: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/031822-platts-to-launch-east-west-forward-curve-assessments-for-singapore-380-cst-hsfo-marine-fuel-05-from-april-4.

The assessments complement S&P Global's existing publication of forward curves and provide additional information of the spreads that are key to trade and arbitrage flows of these products.

S&P Global publishes these spreads for 12 subsequent months from the current month. The assessments roll to the next month from the 1st publishing day of every month. The assessments reflect the 4:30 pm Singapore timestamp and follow the Singapore publishing schedule.

The Singapore 380 CST HSFO versus FOB Rotterdam 3.5% barge E-W assessments are published on S&P Global Forward Curve Oil-Asia Fixed Page PPA2673, while the Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5% versus FOB Rotterdam Marine Fuel 0.5% barge assessments are published on S&P Global Forward Curve Oil-Asia Fixed Page PPA2674.

S&P Global currently publishes FOB Singapore 180 CST HSFO versus FOB Rotterdam 3.5% barge E-W assessments, which appear on S&P Global Forward Curve Oil-Asia Fixed Page PPA2660.

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