Platts to discontinue NWE ULSD Flexi assessment

Effective January 4, 2011, Platts will discontinue the CIF and FOB Northwest European ULSD Flexi (E) (AARXM00) assessment.

Furthermore, Platts will increase the cargo size reflected in the ULSD 10 PPM assessment (AAVBG00) to reflect cargoes of 10,000-35,000 mt, normalized to 20,000 mt.

Currently, the ULSD 10ppm assessment reflects cargoes of 10,000-20,000 mt, normalized to 12,500 mt.

Comments please to europe_products@platts.com with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com.