New FOB Asia Group III base oils symbols

The following FOB Asia Group III base oils symbols have been created in the Market Data category LU (Oil Products: Lubricants).

They will appear on:

Publications: Oilgram Price Report, Asia Pacific Arab Gulf Marketscan.

Fixed Pages: Platts Global Alert PGA2529, PGA1146

They are scheduled to begin updating on Sept. 2, 2026.

MDC	Symbol	Bates	Dec	Freq	Curr	UOM	Description
LU	GFAWK04	c	2	WA	USD	MT	Group III 4cst FOB Asia Wkly
LU	GFBWK04	c	2	WA	USD	MT	Group III 6cst FOB Asia Wkly
LU	GFCWK04	c	2	WA	USD	MT	Group III 8cst FOB Asia Wkly

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/090226-platts-launches-weekly-group-iii-base-oil-fob-asia-assessments-sept-2.

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