Platts Cash BFOE Market on Close incrementability changes

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, is changing the incrementability guidelines to allow bids and offers for Cash BFOE to improve by up to 6 cents/barrel per change, effective immediately, March 9, 2026.

This compares to the typical 3 cents/barrel per change.

This temporary change reflects current market volatility due to ship transit issues through the Strait of Hormuz.

The standard timing and increments for the Platts Market on Close assessment process for oil can be found here: https://www.spglobal.com/content/dam/spglobal/ci/en/documents/platts/en/our-methodology/methodology

Platts reserves the right to change incrementability guidelines in the MOC throughout the day, depending on evolving market conditions.

These changes apply to the Platts Cash BFOE assessments.

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