Argus Marine Fuels Forward Curves
Independent market valuation tool to support investment and trading decisions for global bunker fuel markets
Overview
The Argus Marine Fuels Forward Curves service is an independent market valuation tool used to support investment, risk management and trading decisions for companies involved in the bunker fuels markets. The service provides price transparency for all companies involved in the often volatile bunker fuels markets around the globe.
Argus forward curves are built from unbiased and transparent industry-specific methodologies, producing market representative values that are free from distortion. This data and deep market insight support effective risk management to benefit your bottom line.
Argus forward curves are built from unbiased and transparent industry-specific methodologies, producing market representative values that are free from distortion. This data and deep market insight support effective risk management to benefit your bottom line.
Key features
Daily assessments
Daily assessments for 27 global marine fuels, providing a rolling 24-month view of monthly forward prices.
Regional bunker markets
Regional coverage across key markets for VLSFO, LSFO, HSFO, marine gasoil and VGO.
Time-stamped
Time-stamped using the appropriate market’s daily settlement time in Singapore, London and New York.
Robust methodology
Independent and transparent market-appropriate methodology.
Delivery options
Receive our forward curve data via data feed, third-party channel partners, our client portal or via email.
Customers that benefit
The Argus Marine Fuels Forward Curves service is essential for anyone with exposure to global bunker markets. Below are examples of how clients use this service:
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Vessel owners
Vessel owners use our forward curves to determine fuel costs and commitments for the coming fiscal year and to make informed hedging decisions when securing fuel supply.
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Risk managers
Risk managers use our forward curves data for unbiased, third-party validation against counterparties, internal valuations, and for mark-to-market purposes for daily profit and loss assessments.
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Traders
Traders rely on our extensive historical analysis to determine locational and temporal spread relationships and use prior-day curves as a reference when entering the market.
Product specifications
- Gulf coast fuel oil 0.5%
- NY Harbor fuel oil 0.5%
- NY Harbor marine gasoil 0.5%
- NY Harbor residual fuel oil 1%
- Gulf coast residual fuel oil 3%
- Fuel oil 0.5%S barge NWE fob
- VGO 0.5% NWE
- Marine gasoil 0.1% NWE
- Fuel oil 3.5%S swap NWE cif
- Fuel oil 1.0%S swap NWE fob
- Fuel oil 3.5%S 380cst swap cargo Singapore fob
- Fuel oil bunker 0.5%S 380cst Singapore dob
- Gasoil bunker 0.1%S Singapore dob
- Fuel oil bunker 0.5%S 380cst Zhoushan dob
- Fuel oil barge 3.5%S 380cst Fujairah fob
- Fuel oil 3.5%S 180cst swap cargo Singapore fob
- Fuel oil bunker 3.5%S 380cst Singapore dob
- European marine forward curves
- Asia marine forward curves
- US marine forward curves
- Excel format
- Excel add-in
- FTP – CSV file
- API – CSV file
- Argus Direct client portal
- Argus Date Science Studio
- Third party channel partners
The Argus Data Science Studio makes forward curves more powerful than ever before. Through our sophisticated algorithms, comprehensive data and robust methodologies, you can build and calculate your own curves, unique to your business.
Argus forward curves are a proven, reliable tool for analytical and risk-management processes, including:
• Mark-to-market (MTM) accounting
• Value-at-risk (VaR)
• Potential future exposure (PFE)
• Deal valuation
• Regression analysis
• Scenario analysis
• Valuing option premiums associated with forward crude contracts
Argus forward curves
We offer a full suite of forward curves across key energy and commodity markets. Support your investment and trading decisions with our powerful, independent market valuation tool.
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The Argus Brent Sour® price index is based on the lowest priced of five fob traded North Sea grades — Johan Sverdrup, Grane, Flotta Gold, Brent and Forties
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Argus Base Oils Europe Group II fca ARA
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Argus Brazil diesel fca
The Argus Brazil diesel fca price assessments are spot market prices for Brazil’s wholesale imported, custom-cleared diesel traded in the country’s most active distribution hubs for domestic consumption.
Argus Brazil gasoline diesel dap
The Argus Brazil gasoline and diesel DAP prices are assessed independently based on transactions, providing key transparency to this market.
Argus Brazil MAP cfr
The Argus Brazil MAP cfr price is a leading assessment for 11-52 prices west of Suez. Brazil is the world’s largest MAP importer by a considerable margin.
Argus bionaphtha fob ARA
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northwest Europe.
Argus bionaphtha cfr NE Asia
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northeast Asia.
Argus China HRC
The Argus China HRC price assessment is the official settlement price for the London Metal Exchange (LME) Steel Hot-Rolled Coil FOB China Futures contract.
Argus 8800 PRB
The Powder River basin is the largest coal-producing basin in the US and produces half of the coal used for US power generation. The coal is a cost-effective fuel choice for generators.
Argus aluminium scrap
Recycled aluminium is a valuable input material in the production of new aluminium products, and provides additional benefit through a reduced environmental impact and improved energy efficiency compared with mined raw materials.
Argus Asia-Pacific coking coal
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Trusted price assessments capturing the value of used cooking oil in Asia.
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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.
AFEI-Edmonton and AFEI-Ripet netbacks
These Argus Far East index netback prices are used to determine the value of exporting propane compared to Canadian domestic prices
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 Brent Sour
The Argus Brent Sour® price index is based on the lowest priced of five fob traded North Sea grades — Johan Sverdrup, Grane, Flotta Gold, Brent and Forties
Argus Base Oils Europe Group III (a) and (b) price
The only price assessments in the European market that differentiate Group III base oils with different approvals.
Argus Base Oils Europe Group II fca ARA
The price that captures the latest changes in demand-supply fundamentals.
Argus Brazil diesel fca
The Argus Brazil diesel fca price assessments are spot market prices for Brazil’s wholesale imported, custom-cleared diesel traded in the country’s most active distribution hubs for domestic consumption.
Argus Brazil gasoline diesel dap
The Argus Brazil gasoline and diesel DAP prices are assessed independently based on transactions, providing key transparency to this market.
Argus Brazil MAP cfr
The Argus Brazil MAP cfr price is a leading assessment for 11-52 prices west of Suez. Brazil is the world’s largest MAP importer by a considerable margin.
Argus bionaphtha fob ARA
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northwest Europe.
Argus bionaphtha cfr NE Asia
The key price reference for naphtha produced from renewable feedstocks for northeast Asia.
Argus China HRC
The Argus China HRC price assessment is the official settlement price for the London Metal Exchange (LME) Steel Hot-Rolled Coil FOB China Futures contract.
Argus 8800 PRB
The Powder River basin is the largest coal-producing basin in the US and produces half of the coal used for US power generation. The coal is a cost-effective fuel choice for generators.
Argus aluminium scrap
Recycled aluminium is a valuable input material in the production of new aluminium products, and provides additional benefit through a reduced environmental impact and improved energy efficiency compared with mined raw materials.
Argus Asia-Pacific coking coal
Argus publishes fob Australia, cfr China and cfr India indexes for premium low-volatile hard coking coal, mid-volatile hard coking coal, and pulverised coal injection (PCI) in Argus Ferrous Markets and delivered online through the Argus Metals platform. Argus also publishes prices for Chinese and Colombian metallurgical coke exports.
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