The market price with the greatest integrity is the one based on the greatest liquidity. Liquidity matters because it is the foundation for accuracy and the cure for distortion.

Argus uses every spot trade available in the US trading day – not a few select deals at the close. Our US clean product prices represent transactions throughout the entire trading day, represented as low and high, and as volume-weighted averages of deals done.

Argus applies the differential prices we collect to the settlement price as published by the exchange, because it represents the deepest, broadest, and most easily hedged fixed-price value available. Argus provides prices as a tool for use in a broad hedging program, applying a pricing methodology that aligns with how companies actually trade oil.

Argus. Because liquidity matters.

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Long-dated gasoline and diesel swaps trade moves to Argus basis in US

Long-dated gasoline and diesel swaps in the US Gulf coast and New York markets have begun to migrate to indexing on prices published by Argus Media. Several quarterly swaps transacted over the last week…
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Argus Reports:

Argus US Products Atlantic, Gulf coast, west coast and mid-continent prices, market commentary and news. Sample issue Request a trial		Argus US West Coast Products US west coast prices, market commentary and news. Sample issue Request a trial
Argus Jet Fuel Global jet fuel prices, market commentary and news. Sample issue Request a trial		Argus US Ethanol Ethanol and RINs prices across the US, with market commentary and news. Sample issue Request a trial
Argus Freight Oil tanker freight rates in both Worldscale and $/mt format for clean and dirty oil shipping routes. Sample issue Request a trial Read the freight methodology

White Papers and Webinars:

• NEW WEBINAR A Clean Products Update Listen to the webinar, which discusses implications for hedging going into winter.


• Argus Clean Products Prices Explained: View this white paper describing Argus’ approach to spot market pricing.


• Streaming version of the Argus US Clean Products Methodology Webinar
  View the presentation that covers Argus’ principles of price assessment. Argus Media President Dan Massey and US Refined Products Editor Emily Lewis drill down into difficult pricing issues in each of the US clean product markets. Q&A session included.
  
  
• Spanish-Language Webinar – US Oil Product Prices: Clarifying the latest methodological differences and their relevance for Latin America
  Do you know what time of day most deals are getting done or how colonial volume-weighted averages compare to the mean of low and high? Would you like to know how Argus utilises deals done throughout the trading day? Get answers to these questions and more - listen to a webinar presented in Spanish by Latin American Regional Editor, Patricia Garip.
  
  
• Una presentación en castellano - Los precios de los derivados limpios en los EEUU: Aclarando las últimas divergencias metodológicas y su relevancia para Latinoamérica
  ¿Conoce Ud. a que hora se llevan a cabo la mayoría de las transacciones? ¿Cómo se comparan los promedios del volumen ponderado con el medio de la transacción mas alta y la mas baja? ¿Quiere Ud. conocer como utiliza Argus la información de las transacciones durante el día completo de trading? Conozca esta información y más durante una presentación en castellano, por Patricia Garip, editora regional de Argus.


• Historical Data: Request samples of our historical refined products data. See the methodological difference in the markets you operate in.

Argus Swaps on CME ClearPort:

Argus swaps on CME ClearPort®: View a list of swaps contracts based on Argus prices that can be cleared on the CME Clearport system.

Methodology and Data Specifications:

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• Argus US Products Methodology: View Argus price assessment methodology in the US clean products market, including specifications, timing and other details.


• Argus Gasoline RVP Transition Schedule: View a detailed document explaining our structuring of supplemental assessments for various RVP grades of gasoline in the US.


• Early price data distribution: See a list of Argus prices that are available at 5:00pm CST.


• Price data specifications: See links to price data documentation, announcements, information about corrections and historical deals done data.