SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Early European MOC close on December 22 and December 29, 2017

Due to upcoming Christmas and New Year's holidays in the UK, the S&P Global Platts Market on Close assessment process will reflect an earlier close of 12:30 London time, not the usual 16:30, on December 22 and December 29, 2017.

All European and African oil and oil product assessments as well as Platts Russian domestic assessments will be time-stamped to 12:30 London time on that day.

All Market on Close assessment process time cut-off guidelines for physical and derivative oil and oil product markets will be moved forward by four hours.

Platts will not publish any European oil assessments on December 25 and December 26, 2017 as well as January 1, 2018.

For a full list of publications and services affected by the holiday schedule, please see the S&P Global Platts holiday calendar at www.platts.com/holiday.

Please send any comments or questions to europe_products@spglobal.com with a CC to pricegroup@spglobal.com.