Refined Products, Diesel-Gasoil

July 31, 2023

Platts to discontinue Diesel 10 ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec assessments Dec 31

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, would like to remind subscribers that its Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - original (French) spec assessments will be discontinued on Dec. 31, 2023. This applies to the daily assessments, as well as the monthly average assessment.

The timeline for the discontinuation of the Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - original (French) spec assessments was announced on Nov. 10, 2020. The subscriber note can be found here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/111020-platts-extends-publishing-deadline-of-diesel-10ppm-uk-cargoes-cif-nwe-original-french-spec-to-dec-2023

Platts will also discontinue the monthly average of the spread between its Diesel 10 ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE and Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE Original (French) Spec assessments at the end of December.

The affected assessments are currently published in the Platts price database under the following codes:

Assessment:

Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec $/mt (Code: AUKDA00)

Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec $/mt MAvg (Code: AUKDA03)

Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec eur/mt (Code: AUKDB00)

Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec eur/mt MAvg (Code: AUKDB03)

ULSD 10ppmS CIF UK vs Original (French) Spec Spread $/mt MAvg (Code: AAVBI03)

The Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE - Original (French) Spec assessment was launched on Sept. 1, 2020. The subscriber note can be found here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/063020-platts-to-reflect-uk-spec-in-diesel-uk-cargoes-cif-nwe-assessment-from-sept-1

Platts will continue to publish the Diesel 10ppm UK Cargoes CIF NWE assessment, reflecting the value of UK specification diesel delivered into UK ports, and published under the existing AAVBH00 code.

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