Argus China Petroleum
Overview
The Argus China Petroleum service offers in-depth monthly coverage of oil markets in China, the world’s largest net importer of crude.
The service provides a data-rich, web-delivered product boasting over 30 datasets, including unique Argus surveys, as well as daily prices, news and analysis, and fundamental data via the China Oil Workspace. The service also includes regular PDF analysing market developments and summarising key datasets.
Key features
Track your markets, your way
Effortlessly track, compare and set up alerts for your key prices and markets.
Compare key prices and trends
Use powerful customised graphing to directly compare multiple prices.
Quarterly market update
Condensing our latest view of the market into a 20 minute presentation and discussion.
Access to Argus Direct
Receive the latest market reporting quickly and conveniently.
Data and downloads
Examine extensive raw data files, with currency and unit conversions.
Customers that benefit
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Refineries and corporate/strategic planning departments
Are affected by China’s policies and demand growth and will find insight into future trends.
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Financial institutions
Can access essential data and in-depth analysis of the Chinese crude market.
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Analysts, researchers and consultants
Can obtain hard-to-access data and prices, as well as an interpretation of developments in the Chinese crude market.
Product specifications
- Chinese apparent oil demand
- Chinese crude production, import and export statistics
- Detailed maps of China’s oil infrastructure
- Crude prices / refining margins
- Chinese gas demand
- Chinese domestic spot market crude trade
- Refinery runs and product output by province
- Chinese crude storage capacity and expansion plans
- Chinese refinery expansion and upgrade plans
- Oil company results
- Crude import / product export quotas
- Refined product storage
- INE crude stocks
Key price assessments
Argus prices are recognised by the market as trusted and reliable indicators of the real market value. Explore some of our most widely used and relevant price assessments.
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
Argus AGS
Argus AGS oil index examines the US Gulf Coast trade, seaborne and coastal refineries as well as the WTI Midland light sweet crude oil prices.
Argus Brent Sour
Индекс, в основе которого лежит самая низкая из цен на пять североморских сортов нефти, продаваемых на условиях fob: Юхан Свердруп, Грейн, Флотта Голд, Брент и Фортиз
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus Смесь ВСТО (Восточная Сибирь – Тихий Океан)
Цена одного из самых востребованных сортов нефти в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе
Argus North Sea Dated (Argus Североморский датированный)
Cтоимость корзины из пяти сортов нефти, добываемых в Северном море, – Брент, Фортиз, Осеберг, Экофиск и Тролль, которые оцениваются на базисе fob Северное море, а также американского сорта WTI Мидленд
Argus WTI Midland
Котировка Argus WTI Midland отражает цены на нефть Пермского бассейна с поставкой в ближайший месяц на терминалы Enterprise и Plains в Мидленде
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
Argus AGS
Argus AGS oil index examines the US Gulf Coast trade, seaborne and coastal refineries as well as the WTI Midland light sweet crude oil prices.
Argus Brent Sour
Индекс, в основе которого лежит самая низкая из цен на пять североморских сортов нефти, продаваемых на условиях fob: Юхан Свердруп, Грейн, Флотта Голд, Брент и Фортиз
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus Смесь ВСТО (Восточная Сибирь – Тихий Океан)
Цена одного из самых востребованных сортов нефти в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе
Argus North Sea Dated (Argus Североморский датированный)
Cтоимость корзины из пяти сортов нефти, добываемых в Северном море, – Брент, Фортиз, Осеберг, Экофиск и Тролль, которые оцениваются на базисе fob Северное море, а также американского сорта WTI Мидленд
Argus WTI Midland
Котировка Argus WTI Midland отражает цены на нефть Пермского бассейна с поставкой в ближайший месяц на терминалы Enterprise и Plains в Мидленде
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
Argus AGS
Argus AGS oil index examines the US Gulf Coast trade, seaborne and coastal refineries as well as the WTI Midland light sweet crude oil prices.
Argus Brent Sour
Индекс, в основе которого лежит самая низкая из цен на пять североморских сортов нефти, продаваемых на условиях fob: Юхан Свердруп, Грейн, Флотта Голд, Брент и Фортиз
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus Смесь ВСТО (Восточная Сибирь – Тихий Океан)
Цена одного из самых востребованных сортов нефти в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе
Argus North Sea Dated (Argus Североморский датированный)
Cтоимость корзины из пяти сортов нефти, добываемых в Северном море, – Брент, Фортиз, Осеберг, Экофиск и Тролль, которые оцениваются на базисе fob Северное море, а также американского сорта WTI Мидленд
Argus WTI Midland
Котировка Argus WTI Midland отражает цены на нефть Пермского бассейна с поставкой в ближайший месяц на терминалы Enterprise и Plains в Мидленде