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Refined Products
January 07, 2026
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:
| Assessment | CODE | Mavg |
| Straight Run 0.5-0.7%S FOB NWE cargo | PKABA00 | PKABA03 |
| Straight Run 0.5-0.7% CIF Med Cargo | AAJNT00 | AAJNU00 |
| VGO 0.5-0.6% CIF NWE | AAHMZ00 | AAHNA00 |
| VGO 0.5-0.6% FOB NWE | AAHMX00 | AAHMY00 |
| VGO 0.8% CIF Med | ABBAB00 | ABBAB03 |
| FOB Med LSVGO | ABBAD00 | ABBAD03 |
| VGO 2.0%S CIF NWE | AAHND00 | AAHNE00 |
| VGO 2.0%S FOB NWE | AAHNB00 | AAHNC00 |
| VGO 2.0%S CIF Med | ABBAA00 | ABBAA03 |
| FOB Med HSVGO | ABBAC00 | ABBAC03 |
| VGO 0.5-0.6%S FOB Rdam barge | AAHNF00 | AAHNG00 |
| VGO 2.0%S FOB Rdam barge | AAHNI00 | AAHNJ00 |
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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