2:30 pm ET time for futures assessments Dec. 31

As communicated in previous subscriber notes, Platts will assess the Americas oil and petrochemical assessment markets up to 2:30 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, December 31, 2009.

The NYMEX will close regular trading of its energy futures contracts at 2:30 pm ET on Thursday, December 31.

The Platts futures assessments for NYMEX crude, RBOB and heating oil, typically published at 3:15 pm Eastern Time, will reflect prevailing futures value at 2:30 pm ET on December 31, and the front-month assessed on December 31 for NYMEX RBOB and heating oil will be January. Platts will roll to the next prompt month, February, for its RBOB and heating oil futures assessments on Monday, January 4.

Please contact Esa Ramasamy, esa_ramasamy@platts.com, with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com for questions or comments.