Qatar may be poised to drop the retrospective pricing of its Qatar Marine and Qatar Land crude grades, which account for around 280,000 b/d of exports. Reuters reports that Qatar Petroleum (QP) is looking to announce March prices in February, and will also release January and February prices at the time. Gulf producers are looking to modernize their marketing to reduce inefficiencies and Abu Dhabi announced its Murban Futures plan in November (MEES, 8 November). Abu Dhabi plans for Murban Futures to begin trading in either 2Q or 3Q 2020 (MEES, 15 November).