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In a market environment that generates plenty of uncertainties, S&P Global Commodity Risk Solutions offers an independent, verifiable source of data to help you in all market risk management functions.
Chemicals Risk Market Data service offers access to over 150 daily forward prices across 20+ forward curves, ensuring you have the chemical market risk data and insights you need to prepare against market volatility.
With our rigorously defined methodologies, you receive consistent and high-quality forward curve assessments, complete with clear explanations of data sources and assessment processes.
PFC-Petchems solution specifically addresses price volatility in chemicals, providing daily regional coverage of key markets. Plus, our M2M-Benzene and M2M-NGL models deliver extended forward curves, making them essential tools for fair value reporting and strategic market analysis.
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S&P Global Energy Chemicals Market Data
Our Impact, by the Numbers
Chemical Market Risk Product Features
Get editorially assessed and quantitatively derived forward curves data and visualization for key trading hubs.
Monitor dynamic chemical 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 market risk data every day.
Essential benefits of Platts Forward Curves
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Data for your Daily WorkflowWe deliver data in a way that is easy for you to embed into your daily workflow to effectively:
- Calculate key market risk metrics like Mark to Market and Value at Risk (VaR)
- Manage Price Risk/Hedging
- Budget and Forecast Future Cash Flows
- Analyze Market Conditions
- Properly Assign Assets Market Value
- Validate Internally Derived Curves
All made easier with…
- Availability of extensive historical data
- Delivery via S&P Global Energy Core, API, FTP, CI Excel Add-In and channel partners
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Global Chemical Market Coverage
We provide forward curve assessments across major global locations including Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and the Americas.
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Methodology
Platts uses a defined set of methodologies and specifications to deliver consistent and quality forward curve assessments to you every day. We provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers understand those processes.
Methodologies for our standard forward curves provide clear explanations of the data sources and assessments in straightforward language.
Key Chemicals Market Risk Solutions
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Platts Forward Curve-Petrochemicals (PFC-Petchems)PFC-Petchems is an editorially assessed forward curves package that helps you manage exposure to price volatility and satisfy fair value reporting standards in the petrochemical markets. Recognizing that you evaluate petroleum and petrochemical interconnections, PFC-Petchems provides regional daily coverage of aromatics (including Benzene), Naphtha, Brent, Propane, Paraxylene, and Methanol markets. Based on the Platts MOC price discovery system, PFC-Petchems yields price assessments reflective of market values at the close of every trading day for up to 6 months in Asia, EMEA and the Americas.
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Platts M2M-Benzene
In addition to PFC Petchems, Platts M2M-Benzene provides extended monthly forward curves (24 months) in Asia, EMEA, and Americas regional packages. M2M-Benzene is the petrochemical industry’s only quantitative model based on Platts editorial market knowledge and extensive database of historical market prices. It’s designed to be both an input for fair value financial reporting and a strategic tool to better understand forward Benzene markets.
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Platts M2M-NGL (Natural Gas Liquids)
Platts M2M-NGL forward curves cover natural gas liquids, including propane, butane, iso-butane, natural gasoline and ethane at Mont Belvieu LST, Mont Belvieu non-LST and Conway markets. Published daily with monthly tenors that extend up to 36 months.
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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 S&P Global Energy?
Unparalleled Experience
For 100+ years, we've delivered Platts price assessments for physical and forward markets. Customers count on us for news, pricing, and analytics, ensuring transparent, efficient markets for confident decisions.
Trusted benchmark pricing
Provides industry benchmark price indices with robust, transparent, proven methodologies, that guarantees data integrity with stringent quality controls, and adherence to strict guidelines and IOSCO principles.
Integrated European market pricing coverage
Covers 16 European hubs—natural gas, power, renewables, nuclear and coal —in one connected pricing service.
Historical view of Pricing
Comprehensive price history back to 1985 supports deep analysis of historical price trends to better understand the current market dynamics and forecast potential price movements resulting from similar previous geopolitical events.
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