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METHODOLOGY AND SPECIFICATIONS GUIDE YIELD NETBACK Latest update: August 2013 INTRODUCTION 2 PART VI: REQUESTS FOR CLARIFICATIONS OF DATA AND HOW THIS METHODOLOGY STATEMENT IS ORGANIZED 2 COMPLAINTS 4 PART I: DATA QUALITY AND DATA SUBMISSION 2 PART VII: DEFINITIONS OF THE TRADING LOCATIONS FOR WHICH PLATTS PUBLISHES DAILY INDEXES OR ASSESSMENTS 5 PART II: SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY 2 US GULF COAST 6 US ATLANTIC COAST 9 PART III: CALCULATING INDEXES AND MAKING US MIDCONTINENT 11 ASSESSMENTS 3 US WEST COAST 12 WHERE PLATTS DAILY YIELD CAN BE FOUND 3 CARIBBEAN 15 COMPONENTS OF THE MODEL 4 AMSTERDAM-ROTTERDAM-ANTWERP 17 ITALY 19 PART IV: PLATTS EDITORIAL STANDARDS 4 SINGAPORE 21 REVISION HISTORY 22 PART V: CORRECTIONS 4 OIL METHODOLOGY AND SPECIFICATIONS GUIDE YIELD NETBACK: AUGUST 2013 INTRODUCTION ■■ Part I describes what goes into Platts indexes and price values, to share a complaint. It also describes how to find out more about Platts’ methodologies are designed to produc