Crude Oil

June 30, 2026

New delivered Russian ESPO Blend crude assessment symbols

The following delivered Russian ESPO Blend to Shandong assessment symbols have been created under the Market Data category RP (Crudes: at 16:30 Singapore).

They will appear on:

  • Publications - Crude Oil Marketwire report and Oilgram Price Report.
  • Fixed Pages - Platts Global Alert pages PGA2238, PGA2239, PGA2205 and PGA2206 and Platts Crude Oil Alert pages PCR2238, PCR2239, PCR2205 and PCR2206.

They are scheduled to begin updating on July 1, 2026.

MDC Symbol Bates Dec Freq Curr UOM Description
RP AAROG00 c 3 DW USD BBL ADB Strip Spore $/bbl Mo01 $/bbl
RP AAROG03 c 3 MA USD BBL ADB Strip Spore $/bbl Mo01 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROA00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) Outright price Mo01 $/bbl
RP AAROA03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) Outright price Mo01 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROB00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) Outright price Mo02 $/bbl
RP AAROB03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) Outright price Mo02 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROE00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Asian Dated Brent Mo01 $/bbl
RP AAROE03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Asian Dated Brent Mo01 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROF00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Asian Dated Brent Mo02 $/bbl
RP AAROF03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Asian Dated Brent Mo02 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROC00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Dubai Mo01 $/bbl
RP AAROC03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Dubai Mo01 $/bbl MAvg
RP AAROD00 c 3 DW USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Dubai Mo02 $/bbl
RP AAROD03 c 3 MA USD BBL ESPO Blend (DES Shandong) differential against Dubai Mo02 $/bbl MAvg

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/052026-platts-to-launch-espo-des-shandong-assessments-july-1

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