Consulting Services
Argus Consulting Services provides clients with tailored analysis, research, data and commentary services on international energy markets.
As you might expect given Argus’ pedigree in reporting on the energy trade, Argus' energy and fertilizer research is firmly focused on markets — their structure, outlook, logistics and economics — where Argus' understanding, knowledge and insight provide clients with a real competitive advantage.
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For more information email consulting@argusmedia.com or telephone + 44 (0) 20 7780 4200
Clients are often confronting a set of business issues that require detailed expert answers to key market questions such as:
- What is the structure of a particular market?
- What is market supply and demand?
- What is the outlook for production, consumption and trade flows?
- Who supplies the market and how?
- What will be the impact of new regulations, new product specifications, new infrastructure?
- How competitive will we be in a new market?
- What are the routes to market — infrastructure and logistics?
- What is the value of our product to the market?
- What are key emerging market developments?
In providing clients with answers to these questions, Argus Consulting Services conducts in-depth research and analysis to support clients in their business and commercial planning activities.
A typical assignment will comprise detailed study of a group of key issues, depending on each client’s particular requirements, from a matrix of strategic market themes.
Market outlook
- Market structure analysis
- Supply and demand analysis
- Trading and flow patterns
- Market player review
Market logistics
- Infrastructure survey
- Freight cost analysis
- Pipeline tariff economics
- Refinery capacity analysis
Market economics
- Hedging impact
- Pricing and netback analysis
- Export and import analysis
- Feedstock valuation
Argus has undertaken research work for many of the biggest names in the energy industry. We also serve a wide range of medium and smaller-size clients. Our clients include governments, national oil and energy companies, multinationals, energy traders, upstream, mid and downstream independents, as well as companies in the finance, consultancy and energy services sectors.
Our research services focus on key strengths — energy markets expertise, global networks, deep databases — in order to deliver real client value.
- Argus has been at the forefront of analysing international energy markets for 40 years.
- We have a large staff of market-expert personnel around the world, who are called upon as required to participate in research assignments.
- We have dedicated research analysts in London, Beijing, Moscow, Singapore, Tokyo and the US.
- Our networks start internally, with sector-expert local staff in all key international energy market locations.
- These include a major presence in Russia and China – two opaque yet critical energy regions where a long-established local presence, reputation and contacts are vital to understanding the market.
- Through our journalistic roots in reporting on energy markets, we have unparalleled depth of contacts across industry and government. This means we are uniquely placed to access market knowledge and information.
We have some of the deepest proprietary databases in the business. Beyond our proprietary data, we are expert at sourcing hard-to-find statistics and information not easily available in the public domain.
- Adherence to the highest ethical standards is a longstanding Argus tradition.
- We are independent and impartial
- We are committed to complete client confidentiality
- For many years, we have had a formal Argus ethics policy that all staff must sign on joining the company
For further information
For further details of Argus Consulting Services and to discuss your research requirements, please contact us:
Philip Shaw
VP, Consulting Services
Argus Consulting Services, London
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7780 4200
consulting@argusmedia.com