Clearly defined and transparent methodologies are the backbone of Platts’ price assessment processes. Platt’s methodologies provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers and other interested parties understand those processes. In this section, we post documentation by commodity and region for all published price assessments and indices.
North American Natural Gas Markets Methodology (as of August 2010)
Platts RDS Natural Gas Forward Curve (as of July 2010)
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Assessments and Netbacks Methodology (as of July 2010)
Platts-ICE Forward Curve -- Natural Gas (North America) (as of January 2010)
European Natural Gas Methodology (as of April 2010)
Platts Spark Spreads Methodology (as of September 2008)
Platts European Gas Daily: code list (as of May 2009)
Platts Gas Daily: code list (as of May 2009)
Liquidity in North American Monthly Gas Markets (as of September 2010)
2010 daily gas survey calendar
2010 monthly bidweek calender
Formats for submitting price data in North American natural gas
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