SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to add rationales for more Mid East oil assessments

As part of Platts' continued commitment to market transparency, Platts will start publishing new assessment rationales for certain key benchmark assessments in the Middle East.

These new rationales -- for fuel oil, gasoil and naphtha -- will be published alongside existing rationales for other Middle East and Asia refined product assessments.

These new rationales complement existing market analyses and commentaries by providing specific details regarding how Platts editors arrived at these published assessments.

The new rationales will appear in key Platts oil publications, including Platts Asia Pacific Arab Gulf Marketscan, and on new pages on Platts Global Alert.

A complete table showing new pages, along with assessments covered, follows below.

Platts will start introducing these rationales from June 10, 2014. Please send comments and feedback to PGA@platts.com REGION PAGE ASSESSMENT AFFECTED MARKET DATA SYMBOLS ASIA/ME 2593 MOPAG 180CST Fuel oil PUABE00 ASIA/ME 2593 MOPAG 380CST Fuel oil AAIDC00 ASIA/ME 2489 MOPAG Gasoil POAAT00 ASIA/ME 2388 MOPAG Naphtha PAAAA00