Crude Oil

April 25, 2025

Platts to discontinue Loreto crude price assessment July 3

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will discontinue publishing price assessments for Peru's Loreto crude, effective July 3 due to a lack of production and spot market activity.

Platts understands there is no spot market activity for Loreto crude, and market participants do not anticipate normal activity to resume.

Petroperu last issued a tender for Loreto crude in March 2021.

The discontinuation will affect the following symbols:

  • Outright value; Diff to Dated Brent Strip; Diff to Brent Strip; Diff to WTI Strip
  • Respectively: PCAGH00; AAXBG00; AAXBV00; PCAGQ00

The prices appear on Platts Global Alert page 280 and in Latin Wire, Crude Oil Marketwire and Oilgram Price Report.

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