New Brent Delivery Month Series
Platts Electronic Feed to LIM Customers

Notification - November 2003 - The Platts electronic feed to LIM customers provides three forward months of quotations for Brent (or Brent/Forties/Oseberg stream) Crude.

Symbols are PCAAP00, PCAAQ00 and PCAAR00 respectively for Brent 1st Month, 2nd Month and 3rd Month.

These series are provided by Platts as continuous streams of values throughout the year, but they actually represent underlying quotations for particular forward delivery months of Brent. For example, on November 21, 2003, Brent quotes for 1st Month represent December delivery, quotes for 2nd Month represent January delivery and quotes for 3rd Month represent February delivery.

LIM now delivers additional series representing the actual delivery months for Brent and their appropriate histories. These new series will be automatically added to MIM systems for customers that subscribe to the International Crude data from Platts and will appear in a folder labeled "AbsoluteMonths" under TopRelation:EnergyCrudes:Platts.

The new symbols are as follows:

PLATTS_BRENT.JANUARY
PLATTS_BRENT.FEBRUARY
PLATTS_BRENT.MARCH
PLATTS_BRENT.APRIL
PLATTS_BRENT.MAY
PLATTS_BRENT.JUNE
PLATTS_BRENT.JULY
PLATTS_BRENT.AUGUST
PLATTS_BRENT.SEPTEMBER
PLATTS_BRENT.OCTOBER
PLATTS_BRENT.NOVEMBER
PLATTS_BRENT.DECEMBER

Each symbol contains the history of prices for delivery in that month, taking into account various changes over time in the quotation basis and rollover policy for Brent.

LIM will continue to add to the list of Platts crudes that we provide this service for.

If you have any comments or questions about the new series, please contact LIM at: support@lim.com or phone: 1.800.LIM.XMIM (1.800.546.9646).