Subscriber note: Early MOC close on Dec 24, 31 2012

On December 24 and December 31, 2012, before the Christmas and New Year holidays in the Americas, Platts will assess the Americas oil and petrochemical markets up to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST. The last 30 minutes of the Market on Close assessment process will be from 1 pm EST/12 pm CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST for pipeline and barge assessments. For cargo assessments, the MOC process is from 12:45 pm EST/11:45 am CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST. For swaps assessments, the MOC process is from 1:15 pm EST/12:15 pm CST to 1:30 pm EST/12:30 pm CST. Platts will not publish any Americas oil and petrochemical assessments on December 25, 2011 and January 1, 2013. For more information on publication schedule, please refer to Platts holiday schedule at: http://www.platts.com/HolidayHome. Please send inquiries to pricegroup@platts.com.