Argus Caspian Markets
Overview
The report provides price assessments for key crudes and oil products produced in the region, export destinations, as well as the latest news and analysis of crude and oil products markets. A unique Argus methodology is used to calculate price assessments and comparable market prices for crude and oil products exports from Kazakhstan and other Central Asia.
Key features
Motor fuel price assessments
Motor fuel price assessments in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, results of exchange trading in Turkmenistan, price differentials for fuel supplied to Georgia and Armenia
Exports costs
Tax payments, excise duties and other costs for fuel supply to Central Asian and Transcaucasian countries
Kazakhstani market
Prices for give-and-take crude delivered to Kazakhstani refineries; wholesale and small wholesale prices for oil products in Kazakhstan; oil product yields at Kazakhstani refineries; changes in fuel stocks at oil depots in Kazakhstan; bitumen prices in the domestic market of Kazakhstan as well as for supply from Russia to Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Export prices
Transportation and associated costs for crude exports from Kazakhstan; weekly price assessment for the Alashankou Blend crude supplied to China (daf Alashankou)
Central Asian Market
Retail prices in Central Asian and Transcaucasian countries; bunker fuel prices at the ports of Baku and Aktau, jet fuel prices at the airports of the Caspian region and Central Asia
Statistics and historical data
Regularly updated statistics and price history from 2008
Customers that benefit
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Regulators
Use the information to calculate the amount of customs duties on imported oil products
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State-owned and private companies
Use Argus information to price export cargoes of crude, oil products, liquefied petroleum gas and petrochemicals; Argus is the official source of pricing information in the domestic crude and oil products market of Kazakhstan
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Traders and refiners
Use our price assessments in commercial contracts with oil producers
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Marketers, consulting and auditing firms
Use the information to prepare reports, in marketing research and to make market forecasts
Product specifications
Crude and oil product price assessments, news and analytics of the Caspian and Central Asian markets
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.