Responsibilities:

Assess oil markets -

• The editor in this position assesses the value of a defined set of markets, accurately and fully in line with our rigorous and well-known methodology.

• The editor will survey market participants (buyers, sellers and brokers) throughout the day; publish price updates through the day as heards, especially all information that might be used in assessing value; run an intensive one-hour or so window period from at the end of the assessment day; demonstrate a thorough understanding of Platts' methodology; be rigorous when using mathematics and excel spreadsheets; demonstrate ability to do a full set of assessments without the aid of a spreadsheet; and ensure our methodology for market is up to date.

Write high-quality market commentaries -

• The editor is responsible for writing commentaries associated with his or her assessments readers. The commentaries are intended to help our readers better understand what is happening in the market, and to better understand how we have arrive at our assessments.

• The reporter should file commentaries as news stories before midday if markets are volatile or unusually interesting; avoid repetitive and formulaic commentaries, where the same structures and phrases are used every day; closely monitor relevant inter-product and inter-region spreads; and ensure commentaries meet our editorial standards for writing and reporting.

Reports news about the markets -

• The editor is responsible for engaging with market sources around the region, including those who are not regularly in the Market-on-Close assessment process.

• Excellent engagement helps ensure we are close to market developments, methodology development is strong, story writing is creative, and that channels of communication are established and open with market sources.

• The editor should find and nurture new market sources; maintain a good relationship with existing sources; and manage all contacts and relationships.