Several Platts Crude, Refined Products Carbon Intensity Premiums impacted by changes to input data

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, clarifies that several carbon intensity premiums across the Crude and Refined Products markets are impacted by changes to input data, effective Dec. 15, 2025.

Platts calculates carbon intensity premiums using its price assessments for voluntary carbon credits, as well as carbon intensity data provided by the S&P Global Energy Horizons team.

Changes to the methodology used by the Horizons team to calculate these carbon intensities took effect on Dec. 12, and will be reflected in Platts calculations for Crude and Refined Products CI premiums effective Dec. 15, 2025.

A full list of Platts' crude and refined products CI premiums affected by this change can be found in the Carbon Intensity and Low Carbon Markets Specifications Guide. Platts continues to utilize the latest available data from S&P Global Energy Horizons for its Crude and Refined Product Carbon Intensity Premiums.

These assessments appear in Crude Oil Marketwire, Asia-Pacific-Arab Gulf Marketscan, European Marketscan, US Marketscan; and on the fixed pages P CR0080, PGA0080, PCR0081, PGA0081, PCR0082, PGA0082, PCR0083, PGA0083, PCR0084, PGA0084, PCR4200, PGA4200, PCR4201, PGA4201, PCR4202, PGA4202, PCR4204, PGA4204, PCR4205 and PGA4205.

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