Several Platts Carbon Intensity Premiums, Carbon-Accounted Assessments impacted by changes to input data

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, clarifies that several carbon intensity premiums and carbon-accounted assessments across the crude, natural gas, LNG and methanol markets are impacted by changes to input data, effective July 15.

Platts calculates carbon intensity premiums using its price assessments for voluntary carbon credits, as well as carbon intensity data provided by the Commodity Insights analytics team.

Changes to the methodology used by the Commodity Insights analytics team to calculate these carbon intensities took effect July 14 and will be reflected in Platts calculations for crude and natural gas CI premiums and carbon-accounted LNG effective July 15. Changes were reflected in all related carbon-accounted methanol assessments on the US Gulf Coast from July 14.

A list of the Platts carbon intensity premiums and carbon-accounted assessments impacted by this change in input data is listed below.

Crude, natural gas carbon intensity premiums

A full list of Platts' crude and natural gas CI premiums and costs affected by this change can be found in the Carbon Intensity and Low Carbon Markets Specifications Guide.(opens in a new tab) Platts continues to utilize the latest available data from the Commodity Insights analytics team for its Refined Product Carbon Intensity Premiums.

These assessments appear in Crude Oil Marketwire, Gas Daily, Asia-Pacific-Arab Gulf Marketscan, European Marketscan, US Marketscan; and in the fixed pages AGP1927, PGA4200, PCR4200, PGA4201, PCR4201, PGA4202, PCR4202, PGA4203, PCR4203, PGA4204, PCR4204, PGA4205, PCR4205, PGA4206, PCR4206, PGA4207, and PRF4207.

Carbon-accounted methanol

The following carbon-accounted methanol assessments were also impacted, and began reflecting changes to the underlying carbon Intensity data published by the Commodity Insights analytics team from July 14:

These assessments appear in Bunkerwire, Bunkerwire Monthly, Solventswire, and Europe and Americas Petrochemicalscan; as well as in the fixed pages PGB3963, PCA0199, PCA0242, PCA0347, PCA0447, PCA0198, PCA0541, PCA0872, PCA1568, PGB0560, and PGB3964.

Carbon-accounted LNG

The following carbon-accounted LNG assessments are impacted, effective July 15:

These values are found in LNG Daily and in the fixed pages LNG3000 and LNG3001.

For further details of the changes to the underlying inputs, please contact the Commodity Insights analytics team at emissionsexcellence@spglobal.com.

Please send any further feedback, questions and comments on the Platts Carbon Intensity Premiums and/or Carbon-Accounted Costs to Platts_Carbon@spglobal.com, LNGeditorialteam@spglobal.com, petchems@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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