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Methodology & Specifications

S&P Global Platts methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.

In this section you will find documentation for all published price assessments and indices by commodity.

Platts Assessments Methodology Guide


Agriculture

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  • Agriculture
  • Jul 2019

Biofuels Methodology

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Electric Power

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  • Electric Power
  • Sep 2019

European Electricity Assessments and Indices

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Shipping

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  • Oil, Shipping
  • Jul 2019

Global Bunker Fuels

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Petrochemicals

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  • Petrochemicals
  • Jul 2019

European Petrochemicals Methodology

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Oil

View latest methodology guides for crude oil, indexes and Russian domestic market

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  • Oil, Crude Oil
  • Jun 2019

Crude Oil Methodology

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LNG

View latest methodology guides for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

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  • LNG, Natural Gas
  • Sep 2019

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Assessments and Netbacks Methodology

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Natural Gas

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  • Natural Gas, Natural Gas (North American)
  • Aug 2019

Gas Indices Americas

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Metals

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  • Metals
  • May 2019

Nonferrous Methodology

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Coal

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  • Coal
  • Sep 2019

Coal Methodology

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Analytics

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Analytics Methodology

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