New daily FOB Middle East bitumen symbols

The following daily FOB Middle East bitumen symbols have been created in the Market Data category PU (Oil Products: Asphalt).

They will appear on-

Publication - APAG Marketscan.

Fixed Pages - Platts Global Alert PGA2502, PGA2503, PGA2522, PGA2004 and Platts Refined Products Alert PRF2502, PRF2503, PRF2522, PRF2004.

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

MDC	Symbol	Bates	Dec	Freq	Curr	UOM	Description
PU	TMEBV00	c	2	DW	USD	MT	FOB Middle East Bitumen VG30
PU	TMEBV03	c	3	MA	USD	MT	FOB Middle East Bitumen VG30 MAvg
PU	FMEBV00	c	2	DW	USD	MT	FOB Middle East Bitumen VG40
PU	FMEBV03	c	3	MA	USD	MT	FOB Middle East Bitumen VG40 MAvg

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/110226-platts-launches-daily-fob-middle-east-bitumen-assessments-nov-2

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