Trading concepts
Gasoil
A middle distillate, primarily diesel fuel and heating oil, traded against MOPS/Platts benchmarks.
Gasoil is the umbrella term for middle distillates — diesel fuel, heating oil, marine gasoil. Typical sulphur specs: 10 ppm (ULSD, EN590), 500 ppm (low-sulphur), or higher for marine.
MOPS Gasoil and Platts Cargoes Gasoil NWE are the dominant physical benchmarks.
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