Petchems year-end publishing schedule (UPDATE)

Tuesday, December 21: Final Solventswire and global acrylonitrile assessments for the year published on this day.

Wednesday, December 22: Final Polymerscan for the year published on this day. Global HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE and PP raffia/injection daily assessments, and daily Middle East polymer netback, will continue to be published on Platts Petrochemical Alert (PCA) realtime service.

Thursday, December 23: Final intermediates assessments and commentaries for the year published on this day.

Friday, December 24: Asian assessments and pricing window will be basis 12:00-12:30 p.m. Singapore time. European assessments and pricing window will be basis 12:00-12:30 p.m. London time. US offices closed this day. US aromatics and olefins assessments in the European & Americas Petrochemicalscan and Olefinscan will reflect prices at close of Thursday, December 23. There will be no US daily polymer assessments this day. Final Olefinscan and European & Americas Petrochemicalscan for the year published on this day. Unless specified, all daily ethylene, propylene, aromatics and gasoline components global assessments will continue to be published on PCA. Monday, December 27: No daily European aromatics, gasoline components, polymers and olefins assessments. No daily Asian aromatics, MTBE, olefins, and polymers assessments.

Tuesday, December 28: No daily European aromatics, gasoline components, polymers and olefins assessments. Solventswire suspended. Weekly acrylonitrile assessments suspended. Final Solventswire for the year published on December 21.

Wednesday, December 29: Polymerscan, weekly polymer assessments and commentaries suspended. Final Polymerscan for the year published on December 22.

Thursday, December 30: Weekly intermediates assessments and commentaries suspended. Final intermediates assessments and commentaries for the year published on December 23, 2010.

Friday, December 31: Asian assessments and pricing window will be basis 12:00-12:30 p.m. Singapore time. European assessments and pricing window will be basis 12:00-12:30 p.m. London time. Americas daily assessments and pricing window will be basis 1:00-1:30 pm Eastern Time. The European & Americas Petrochemicalscan, aromatics weekly commentaries and weekly price assessments suspended. Olefinscan, olefins weekly commentaries and weekly price assessments suspended. Final European & Americas Petrochemicalscan and Olefinscan for the year published on December 24.

The Asian Petrochemicalscan (APS) including weekly Asian aromatics, will be published this day. The weekly Asian polymer and China domestic polymer price tables in the APS will reflect assessments at close of December 22, with the exception of these products -- HDPE film CFR Far East, LDPE CFR Far East, LLDPE CFR Far East, PP raffia/injection CFR Far East, polymer weekly averages (CFR FE Asia) and polymer weekly averages (Middle East) -- which will reflect the close of December 31. The weekly Asian olefins and intermediates price tables in the APS will reflect assessments at close of December 24.

Monday, January 3, 2011: No daily European aromatics, gasoline components, polymers and olefins assessments. No daily Asian aromatics, MTBE, olefins, and polymers assessments.

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