04 Oct 2012 | 04:27 UTC — Houston

Subscriber note: Platts USAC fuel oil eWindow to use new headline format

Effective Friday, October 5, Platts will launch eWindow technology to facilitate its US Atlantic Coast physical fuel oil Market on Close assessment process. As a result of this launch, the headline filters in Platts Global Alert need to be amended in order to capture the new headline format.

Headlines currently read as below:

- USAC Resid: 3.0%S: "Seller 1" offers $00.00/bbl, for 120mb +/-10%, seller's option, dlvd basis NYH "Delivery Window" 3.0%S Platts spec... - USAC Resid: 1.0%S: "Buyer 1" bids $00.00/bbl, for 120mb +/-10%, seller's option, dlvd basis NYH "Delivery Window" 1.0%S Platts spec...

The new filters in Platts Global Alert will publish new headlines which will read as below:

- Platts USAC FO 3.0S Dlvd Basis NYH "Laycan," "Buyer 1" bids "Delivery Window" 100% USAC 3.0S Flat Price $00.00 for 120-120... - Platts USAC FO 1.0S Dlvd Basis NYH "Laycan," "Seller 1" offers "Delivery Window" 100% USAC 1S Flat Price $00.00 for 120-120...

For questions or comments, please contact Esa Ramasamy, esa_ramasamy@platts.com, with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com.