Refined Products

August 23, 2023

Europe MTBE & ETBE barge MOC dates ahead of UK Summer Bank Holiday Aug 28, 2023

Effective Aug. 23, Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 and in line with the published holiday schedule, Platts is reflecting bids, offers and trades of MTBE and ETBE that load 6-15 days forward, not the usual 3/5-15 days forward in its European Market on Close assessment process from S&P Global Commodity Insights. The assessment continues to reflect the usual 3-15/5-15 days forward date range.

The full detail for each day can be seen below:

On Aug. 23, MOC dates will be Aug. 29-Sept. 7 (FE dates: Aug. 29-Sept. 2; MW dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 4; BE dates: Sept. 3-7)

On Aug. 24 , MOC dates will be Aug. 30-Sept. 8 (FE dates: Aug. 30-Sept. 3; MW dates: Sept. 1-5; BE dates: Sept. 4-8)

On Aug. 25 , MOC dates will be Aug. 31-Sept. 9 (FE dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 4; MW dates: Sept. 2-6; BE dates: Sept. 5-9)

Please note that Aug. 28 is a UK public holiday and no European chemical assessments will be published. For further details on services affected, please consult the published holiday schedule at https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/holiday

Please send any comments or questions to petchems@spglobal.com with a copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com