Crude Oil Market Data
The numbers you need to gauge crude oil and downstream markets, ready to seize opportunities as the markets move.
Benchmark Pricing Powering Global Crude Oil Markets
Crude Oil Market Data is a comprehensive solution that combines S&P Global \ leading benchmarks, price assessments, market intelligence, and trading insights to help you make faster, more confident decisions across the global crude oil market.
Whether you're sourcing crude, managing risk, pricing transactions, or identifying new opportunities, this solution delivers the trusted market transparency you need to stay ahead of market shifts. Powered by industry-leading benchmarks, including Platts Dated Brent™ and Platts Dubai®, the solution provides the actionable intelligence required to optimize commercial and operational strategies.
Who could benefit from Crude Market Data?
Traders
When prices move across regions, grades, and delivery windows, identifying the right opportunity before the market does can be the difference between profit and loss. Crude Oil Market Data helps traders monitor price movements, uncover arbitrage opportunities, validate market views, and react faster to changing market conditions, supporting more informed trading and risk management decisions.
Procurement Teams
Volatile crude prices and complex supplier negotiations make securing the right barrels at the right price increasingly challenging. Crude Oil Market Data provides transparent benchmark pricing and market context, helping procurement teams evaluate supplier offers, negotiate contract terms with confidence, and optimize crude sourcing strategies to control costs and protect margins.
Risk Managers
Managing exposure in volatile crude markets requires a clear, independent view of price movements and market fundamentals. This solution helps risk managers validate valuations, monitor market-driven risks, stress-test assumptions, and improve hedging and exposure management strategies. With trusted benchmark pricing and market intelligence, teams can make more informed decisions, strengthen governance, and reduce uncertainty across the trading and procurement lifecycle.
Our Impact, by the Numbers
Product Features
Monitor dynamic commodity markets with extensive price data, so you can confidently negotiate contracts, manage risk and develop your trade and investment strategies.
Professionals across the industry trust our oil market data every day.
Access Prices for Precise Actions
Platts Price Benchmarks and Key Assessments
Real-time Price Discovery
Platts eWindow Market Data
Platts eWindow Market Data brings an immediacy to Platts price discovery process that can’t be experienced anywhere else. Providing real-time trading information, with an at-a-glance view of all named bids, offers and transaction data shared during the Platts Market on Close (MOC) price assessment process.
Crude Carbon Intensity
Calculate the Cost of Carbon Emissions
We have a suite of calculations that estimate the upstream marginal carbon intensity, the midstream carbon intensity, and carbon intensity premium for separate crude fields.
Our assessments aim to help market participants develop a better understanding of the costs associated with the carbon emissions generated through production.
Data & Distribution
Get the edge in today’s global markets with our Essential Intelligence® delivered through the providers and platforms which suit you.
API Solutions
Cloud
Data Feed
Desktop & Mobile
PLATTS PRICE ASSESSMENTS
Methodology
S&P Global Energy methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our natural gas price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.
Why Choose S&P Global’s Crude Oil Market Data?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for oil market news, pricing, and analytics, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Leading Benchmark Prices
With 250+ Platts benchmarks, we're the industry standard for pricing negotiations and contracts. Our proven credibility in market transparency spans established and emerging markets.
Robust Methodology
Our robust methodology guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, diverse sources, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles. We openly publish methodologies and price assessments to foster trust.
Data Your Way
Gain access to our essential intelligence direct and from multiple providers – from the established to the cutting edge – all via multiple platforms that can give you a decisive edge in today's global oil markets.
Pricing Experts
Globally, our extensive pricing experts, dedicated to each commodity ensure that pricing and methodology accuracy and that reflect the nuances and complexities of the markets, offering invaluable insights to clients.
Independent Source
Platts offers an independent and unbiased view. Our commitment to impartiality ensures that our assessments and insights are trusted by market participants.
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