Crude Oil
December 02, 2024
Platts Quality Premiums for January-loading North Sea crude cargoes
Effective Dec. 2, the North Sea Quality Premiums for January-loading North Sea crude oil cargoes will be as follows:
| Crude Grade | Quality Premium |
| Oseberg | 0.8171 |
| Ekofisk | 0.3761 |
| Troll | 0.9006 |
Quality Premiums are available on Platts Global Alert pages 1210 and 1212 and in the Platts Pricing Database under the following codes:
| Grade | Current Month | Month Ahead |
| Oseberg | AAXDW00 | AAXDX00 |
| Ekofisk | AAXDY00 | AAXDZ00 |
| Troll | ATFNB00 | ATFNA00 |
The QPs are published to four decimal places and at 60% of the net price differences between Ekofisk, Oseberg, Troll and the most competitive grade of crude among Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk, Troll and WTI Midland during the month prior to announcement.
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, announces QPs on the first publishing day of each month, a month prior to the escalators coming into effect.
Please send any comments and queries to europe_crude@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.