The Platts Asia Pacific/Arab Gulf Marketscan (referred to as the APAG Marketscan), first published in 1981, is the region's longest running oil daily report. The ApagScan, available 5 days week, is a source of Asia's benchmarks for refined products, or MOPS, MOPJ and MOPAG as commonly known by the market. It reports refined product assessments for FOB Singapore, C&F Japan and C&F Arab Gulf markets. Together with the assessments is a comprehensive market commentary detailing the players, price movements and the reasons behind them. To help traders spot arbitrage opportunities, assessments for the European and US West Coast markets are also available in the report. With the inclusion of daily shipping fixtures, traders are able to obtain vital intelligence on cargo movements as well as the latest shipping costs east of Suez.

Also included in this comprehensive report are assessments for the Pacific rim crude oil market which includes the Indonesian, Malaysian, Chinese, Australian and Vietnamese grades. To assist companies in conversion of their trading activities from the US$ to local currency, the Apagscan also provides daily forex rates of major currencies.

APAG Marketscan is available daily through e-mail, Platts EMIS or as an add-on service to the real-time Platts Global Alert via the internet, Bloomberg, Moneyline or Reuters terminals.