Market participants in the Platts Middle East crude Market on Close assessment completed the physical performance of 5.5 million barrels of Oman crude for loading in September, sources indicated on 9 October 2026.
The volume was recorded from trade performance data compiled by Platts, which operates as part of S&P Global Energy, and relates specifically to transactions processed through the MOC assessment mechanism.
The Market on Close process records concluded trades that form the basis for settlement and physical delivery under its assessment timetable; in the case of Middle East grades the trading cycle operates on a two-month forward basis, so the recorded performance corresponds to cargoes scheduled for loading in September.
The report identifies the barrels as Oman crude, and the cited 5.5 million figure represents the physical performance outcome logged in the assessment data set assembled by Platts.
Asia crude MOC performance was the framing used in the published item, indicating these trades were assessed within the segment of the MOC process that covers crude cargoes for Asian loading programmes.
Data source and process
Platts supplied the trade performance compilation referenced in the report, and Platts is named in the published account as the compiler of the underlying data; Platts is a business unit of S&P Global Energy, which was noted in the account published on 9 October 2026 by reports.
The published note attributes the 5.5 million barrels to activity registered by market participants within the MOC assessment rather than to administrative adjustments or post‑settlement revisions, reflecting the dataset captured at the close of the relevant MOC cycle.
Scheduling and the forward cycle
Middle East crude cargoes under the MOC assessment are handled on a two‑month forward timetable, a scheduling framework described in the published account that links the assessment outcome to the month in which physical loading is arranged.
Accordingly, the September loading programme reported by Platts was the direct subject of the trade performance tally cited by reports, and the 5.5 million barrel total is reported as the physical volume that changed hands for that loading month.
The published performance figure gives a clear, single‑line measure of activity processed through the Platts MOC mechanism for the September programme, as recorded in the trade performance dataset compiled by the pricing agency and relayed in the 9 October 2026 report.
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