Platts announces new East Siberian crude

Commodity: Oil Region: Europe

The following codes were created in dispatch category RI.

They represent daily assessment and monthly average of ESPO (East Siberian Pacific Ocean) crude dlvd 10-25 days from day of assessment FOB Kuzmino, Russia.

ESPO Diff vs. Dated Brent and ESPO 10-25 Dys FOB Asia, will NOT launch on December 14, 2009.

Their launch date is TBD.

Conversion to US$/MT multiply by 7.225.

Daily assessments can be found on PGA page 555 and in Crude Oil Marketwire.

Launch date is scheduled for December 14, 2009.

DISP SYMBOL BATES DEC FREQ CURR UOM DESCRIPTION RI AARWD00 hl 2 DW USD BBL ESPO 10-25Dys FOB Kuzmino RI AARWD03 hlc 2 DW USD BBL ESPO 10-25Dys FOB Kuzmino MAvg