Refined Products

January 07, 2026

Platts clarifies European refinery feedstock assessment names in methodology guide

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, wishes to clarify the names of its European refinery feedstock assessments listed in the European refined products methodology guide.

Platts European refinery feedstock assessment names have been aligned to naming conventions in Platts publications following the November 2025 annual methodology guide review. The assessments will be listed in the methodology guide as follows:

AssessmentCODEMavg
Straight Run 0.5-0.7%S FOB NWE cargoPKABA00PKABA03
Straight Run 0.5-0.7% CIF Med CargoAAJNT00AAJNU00
VGO 0.5-0.6% CIF NWEAAHMZ00AAHNA00
VGO 0.5-0.6% FOB NWEAAHMX00AAHMY00
VGO 0.8% CIF MedABBAB00ABBAB03
FOB Med LSVGOABBAD00ABBAD03
VGO 2.0%S CIF NWEAAHND00AAHNE00
VGO 2.0%S FOB NWEAAHNB00AAHNC00
VGO 2.0%S CIF MedABBAA00ABBAA03
FOB Med HSVGOABBAC00ABBAC03
VGO 0.5-0.6%S FOB Rdam bargeAAHNF00AAHNG00
VGO 2.0%S FOB Rdam bargeAAHNI00AAHNJ00

The methodology guide is available here .

For clarity, no changes have been made to the assessments published, their codes, methodology, or listings in the European Marketscan; only the names in the methodology guide are affected.

Feedback on the methodology and guide was requested via subscriber note on Sept. 1, 2025. Further details can be found here .

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