SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts adds new commentary for Asia bunkers, gasoil

As part of its continued commitment to market transparency, Platts will begin publishing assessment rationales for more benchmark assessments with effect from January 2, 2014. These new rationales, which will be launched for certain gasoil and fuel oil assessments in Asia and the Middle East, complement existing market analysis and commentaries by providing specific details regarding how Platts editors arrived at these published assessments. The new rationales will appear in key Platts oil publications and on new pages on Platts Global Alert (PGA) for gasoil and Platts Bunker Service (PGB) for bunker fuels. A complete table showing new pages, along with assessments covered, follows below. Please send comments and feedback to PGA@platts.com REGION PAGE ASSESSMENT GROUP MARKET DATA SYMBOLS ASIA/ME 2490 Singapore 0.25% S Gasoil AACUE00 ASIA/ME 2490 AG 500 ppm S Gasoil AAFEZ00 ASIA/ME 2880 Hong Kong 380CST bunker fuel PUAER00 ASIA/ME 2880 South Korea 380CST bunker fuel PUAFR00 ASIA/ME 2880 Japan 380CST bunker fuel PUAEV00