26 Jun 2012 | 05:33 UTC — Houston

Early close July 3 for Americas oil/petchems

On July 3, 2012, the eve of the Fourth of July holiday in the US, Platts will assess the Americas oil and petrochemical markets up to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST.

The last 30 minutes of the Market on Close assessment process will be from 1 pm EST/12 pm CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST for pipeline and barge assessments. For cargo assessments, the MOC process is from 12:45 pm EST/11:45 am CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST. For swaps assessments, the MOC process is from 1:15 pm EST/12:15 pm CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST.

Platts will not publish any Americas oil and petrochemical assessments on July 4, 2012.

For more holiday publication information, please refer to Platts holiday schedule at: http://www.platts.com/HolidayHome#July2012

Please send inquires to pricegroup@platts.com.