Platts excludes Russian-origin material from European gasoline assessments effective Sept 1

Effective Sept. 1, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, no longer reflects Russian-origin product in its open-origin European assessments of gasoline barges and cargoes.

The decision by Platts was announced Aug. 1 in a subscriber note reachable at: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/080122-platts-to-exclude-russian-origin-material-from-european-gasoline-assessments-effective-sept-1-2022.

The decision followed a review into the continued inclusion of Russian-origin material in its European barges and cargo assessments for gasoline, jet fuel and LPG as announced in a subscriber note published June 22 and reachable at: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/062222-platts-seeks-feedback-on-russian-product-in-european-gasoline-lpg-jet-fuel-assessments

Platts assessments reflect the value at which a standard, repeatable transaction for merchantable material takes place, or could take place, in the open spot market at arms length.

Feedback gathered from the market, as well as observed market activity in recent weeks, has shown a significant move away from Russian-origin material in the spot market. Furthermore, Platts has observed that Russian material does not constitute a typical flow and significant portion of supply European balances of gasoline.

This affects the following assessments:

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