SUBSCRIBER NOTE RESEND: Platts to launch Med Urals crude in eWindow May 8

Effective May 8, Platts will launch Mediterranean and Urals crude cargoes in the eWindow communication tool for its Market On Close assessment process. This will create a different format for headlines of bids and offers published on Platts Global Alert page 3. For example, a headline that would currently appear as "URALS CRUDE: Company A offers Urals ex-Novo, Loading 5 May-9 May, 80 kt +/- 10% at DTD minus $0.10/b CIF basis Augusta, BL + 3" will, from May 8, be published as "Platts Urals Med CIF Crg Novo-bss Augusta 10-25, Company A offers May 5-May 9 100% Dated Brent BL+3 $-0.10 for 80000-80000, Payment BL+30 days". Company short-form names may also appear differently. The final pricing period when updates to bids or offers are no longer possible will be 16:24:59.999 London time to close at 16:30:00:999 London time. Incrementability will remain at the current standard: a maximum of $0.05/barrel, a minimum of one minute. The minimum price increment will remain fixed at $0.01/b. It will remain possible to repeat a bid or an offer within one minute of a trade being concluded. If a repeat is made in the last 20 seconds of the MOC process -- between 16:29:40:999 London time and 16:30:00:999 London time -- it will trigger a price extension of one minute. Market participants who wish to continue communicating indications to Platts via Yahoo Messenger are welcome to do so. Please send any questions or comments to europe_products@platts.com, with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com. For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.