Platts to discontinue some US feedstock assessments

S&P Global Platts will discontinue its US Gulf Coast high-sulfur straight run fuel oil, USGC and US Atlantic Coast 1% sulfur VGO barge assessments, as well as the low- and high-sulfur VGO US West Coast assessments, effective Feb. 1, 2021, due to limited observed spot market activity.

As part of this project, Platts will also discontinue related differential assessments.

Platts will continue to assess low- and high-sulfur vacuum gasoil and low-sulfur straight run fuel oil on the US Gulf Coast and the US Atlantic Coast.

These discontinuations were first proposed in a note published Oct. 21: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/102120-platts-proposes-discontinuation-of-some-us-feedstock-assessments

Additionally, following market feedback, Platts will also discontinue its USAC high-sulfur straight run fuel oil assessment and related differentials due to limited spot market activity, effective Feb. 1, 2021.

Platts will continue to assess low- and high-sulfur vacuum gasoil and low-sulfur straight run fuel oil on the US Gulf Coast and the US Atlantic Coast.

The following assessments will be discontinued:

These assessments currently appear in the Platts North American Crude and Product scan; on Platts Feedstocks Add-on pages 764, 752 and 765; and the Platts price database under the codes above.

Please send any questions, comments or feedback to americas_products@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see this note and others, please go to https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes.