Argus North American Natural Gas Forward Curves
Overview
When participating in the energy commodities markets, you need to see the most accurate forward prices from a source without distortion or bias. Our clients act with confidence because our forward curves are created from unbiased, industry-specific methodologies with undistorted, fair market values. You can trust Argus' forward curves to provide deep market insights and data to support precision in your risk management and bottom line.
Key features
Daily asessments
Key natural gas daily assessments in monthly granularity, as well as natural gas seasonal block and electricity seasonal block.
Seven-years forward
Month, quarter and calendar forward contracts, with a minimum of seven-year forward curves.
Differentials
Basis differential to CME Henry Hub futures, as well as fixed prices.
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
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Risk managers
Risk managers use our forward curves data for unbiased, third-party curve validation against counterparties and internal valuations.
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Traders
Traders rely on our extensive historical analysis in determining locational and temporal spread relationships and use prior-day curves on a daily basis as a reference when entering the market the following morning.
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Gas marketers
Gas marketers use Argus natural gas forward curves when making decisions on bilateral forward sales.
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Pipeline and storage operations managers
Pipeline and storage operations managers use our forward curves to plan and value current and future natural gas operational requirements.
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Chemical manufacturers
Chemical manufacturers in charge of procurement trust our forward curves to help with hedging and asset optimisation.
Product specifications
We cover daily assessments of natural gas forwards at more than 80 locations, including all the major natural gas hubs and relevant trading locations in North America.
- Gulf coast/south Texas
- Midwest
- Northea
- West
- NYMEX
- HSC
- Katy
- Carthage
- TETCO – STX
- NGPL – STX
- TGP - Z0
- TGP – 500
- TGP – 800
- ANR – SE
- CG Onshore
- TGT - SL T
- TGT - Zone 1
- Trunkline-LA
- Sonat
- Transco Zone 1
- Transco Zone 2
- Transco Zone 3
- Transco Zone 4
- TETCO – ELA
- TETCO – ELA
- TETCO – WLA
- TETCO – ETX
- FGT - Z1
- FGT - Z2
- FGT - Z3
- Centerpoint
- CG Mainline
- NGPL – TxOk
- PEPL
- ANR – SW
- ANR – SW
- NGPL - Midcont.
- Oneok Oneok
- Southern Star
- NNG Ventura
- NNG Demarc
- Chicago CG
- Michcon CG
- Dawn
- Eastern Gas Transmission
- TCO
- TETCO - M3
- Transco Z5 dlvd.
- Transco Zone 6 (non-NY)
- Algonquin
- Iroquois Zone 2
- Niagara
- Waddington
- Waha
- EP Permian
- TW Permian
- EP San Juan
- NWPL Rockies
- CIG Rockies
- Opal
- AECO
- Sumas
- Malin
- PG&E CG
- Socal
- Kern River
- Empress
- Leidy Hub
- TETCO - M1 30
- Leidy Line
- TETCO - M2
- TGP - Z4 (Marcellus)
- AECO (CAD/GJ)
- Union – Parkway
- TCPL – Enbridge
- CDA
- TCPL – Emerson
- Millennium
- APC-ATP
- Spectra-Station 2
- REX Zone 3
- Transco Zone 6 (non-NY North)
- TGP - Z4 (300 line)
- TGP - Z4 (200 line)
- ANR ML7
- Socal CG
- Consumers CG
- Trunkline Zone 1A
- Transco Zone 5 South
- Nat Gas MidMkt Basis Curves
- Nat Gas MidMkt Fxd Price Curves
- Nat Gas BidOffer Basis Curves
- Nat Gas BidOffer Fxd Pr. Curves
- Excel format
- Excel add-in
- FTP – CSV file
- API – CSV file
- Argus Direct client portal
- Argus Date Science Studio
- Third party channel partners
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
Key price assessments
Argus Germany inland HVO price assessments
Trusted price assessment for the value of HVO100 in the German transport sector
Argus Sour Crude Index™（ASCI™）
Argus Sour Crude Index™ は、米国湾岸の貿易ハブにおける中質酸性原油の価格を反映しており、主にサウジアラビア、イラク、クウェートによって米国への石油輸出価格を決定する際に使用されています。
Argus USGC Group I and Group II fob
Independent price assessments capturing the value of group I and II base oils exported from the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Antimony
Antimony is a key raw material for technology and energy transition applications and its concentrated production in China introduces risks for countries in Europe and the US who rely entirely on imports.
Argus 北東アジア（ANEA™）
Argus Northeast Asia des（ANEA™）LNG 価格は、日本、韓国、台湾、中国の港に船積みされる LNG カーゴの日々の現物スポット価格を毎日査定しています。この価格は、評価日から 2 〜 5 ヶ月先までの4 つの半月ウィンドーにわたる受渡しの価格です。
Argus UCOME バイオディーゼル
Argus UCOME（使用済み食用油メチルエステル）価格評査定は、欧州の廃バイオディーゼル市場の重要なベンチマークです。UCOME の価格査定の主なベースは、アントワープ、ロッテルダム、アムステルダム、ドルトレヒト、フラッシング、ゲントを含む ARAのfob レンジです。アーガスは中国南東部地域の UCOME 価格査定も行っています。
Argus RME バイオディーゼル
Argus RME（菜種油メチルエステル）価格査定は、欧州における主要なバイオ燃料ベンチマークです。この価格査定は、スワップや現物取引、取引所を通じた清算・決済の価格決定に使用されます。
Argus European RED 海洋バイオディーゼルインデックス
Argus B24 (UCOME) dob West Med、Argus B30、B100（Advanced Fame 0）dob ARA、Argus B30 (UCOME) fob ARA
Gasoil diesel 50ppm fob offshore Lome STS cargo
The market’s first and only price assessment of low sulphur gasoil cargo for West Africa.
Argus steel scrap cfr Taiwan
The LME Steel Scrap CFR Taiwan (Argus) is a cash settled futures contract based on the reported arithmetic monthly average of Argus’ Ferrous scrap HMS 1/2 (80:20) containerised CFR Taiwan price.
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.
US coking coal
Argus provides three fob Hampton Roads coking coal price assessments — low-volatile, high-volatile type A (HVA) and high-volatile type B (HVB).
Petroleum coke: Argus fob USGC high sulphur coke index
The Argus fob US Gulf 6.5pc sulphur 40 HGI petroleum coke index is the benchmark price reference for coke originating in the US Gulf and midcontinent and shipping to the seaborne market.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Baltic wood pellet
The fob Baltic wood pellet price assessment is the price reference for wood pellets sold out of Baltic ports in the 90-day spot window. It is also known as Argus fob Riga.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
Argus Germany inland HVO price assessments
Trusted price assessment for the value of HVO100 in the German transport sector
Argus Sour Crude Index™（ASCI™）
Argus Sour Crude Index™ は、米国湾岸の貿易ハブにおける中質酸性原油の価格を反映しており、主にサウジアラビア、イラク、クウェートによって米国への石油輸出価格を決定する際に使用されています。
Argus USGC Group I and Group II fob
Independent price assessments capturing the value of group I and II base oils exported from the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Antimony
Antimony is a key raw material for technology and energy transition applications and its concentrated production in China introduces risks for countries in Europe and the US who rely entirely on imports.
Argus 北東アジア（ANEA™）
Argus Northeast Asia des（ANEA™）LNG 価格は、日本、韓国、台湾、中国の港に船積みされる LNG カーゴの日々の現物スポット価格を毎日査定しています。この価格は、評価日から 2 〜 5 ヶ月先までの4 つの半月ウィンドーにわたる受渡しの価格です。
Argus UCOME バイオディーゼル
Argus UCOME（使用済み食用油メチルエステル）価格評査定は、欧州の廃バイオディーゼル市場の重要なベンチマークです。UCOME の価格査定の主なベースは、アントワープ、ロッテルダム、アムステルダム、ドルトレヒト、フラッシング、ゲントを含む ARAのfob レンジです。アーガスは中国南東部地域の UCOME 価格査定も行っています。
Argus RME バイオディーゼル
Argus RME（菜種油メチルエステル）価格査定は、欧州における主要なバイオ燃料ベンチマークです。この価格査定は、スワップや現物取引、取引所を通じた清算・決済の価格決定に使用されます。
Argus European RED 海洋バイオディーゼルインデックス
Argus B24 (UCOME) dob West Med、Argus B30、B100（Advanced Fame 0）dob ARA、Argus B30 (UCOME) fob ARA
Gasoil diesel 50ppm fob offshore Lome STS cargo
The market’s first and only price assessment of low sulphur gasoil cargo for West Africa.
Argus steel scrap cfr Taiwan
The LME Steel Scrap CFR Taiwan (Argus) is a cash settled futures contract based on the reported arithmetic monthly average of Argus’ Ferrous scrap HMS 1/2 (80:20) containerised CFR Taiwan price.
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.
US coking coal
Argus provides three fob Hampton Roads coking coal price assessments — low-volatile, high-volatile type A (HVA) and high-volatile type B (HVB).
Petroleum coke: Argus fob USGC high sulphur coke index
The Argus fob US Gulf 6.5pc sulphur 40 HGI petroleum coke index is the benchmark price reference for coke originating in the US Gulf and midcontinent and shipping to the seaborne market.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Baltic wood pellet
The fob Baltic wood pellet price assessment is the price reference for wood pellets sold out of Baltic ports in the 90-day spot window. It is also known as Argus fob Riga.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
Argus Germany inland HVO price assessments
Trusted price assessment for the value of HVO100 in the German transport sector
Argus Sour Crude Index™（ASCI™）
Argus Sour Crude Index™ は、米国湾岸の貿易ハブにおける中質酸性原油の価格を反映しており、主にサウジアラビア、イラク、クウェートによって米国への石油輸出価格を決定する際に使用されています。
Argus USGC Group I and Group II fob
Independent price assessments capturing the value of group I and II base oils exported from the US Gulf Coast.
Argus Antimony
Antimony is a key raw material for technology and energy transition applications and its concentrated production in China introduces risks for countries in Europe and the US who rely entirely on imports.
Argus 北東アジア（ANEA™）
Argus Northeast Asia des（ANEA™）LNG 価格は、日本、韓国、台湾、中国の港に船積みされる LNG カーゴの日々の現物スポット価格を毎日査定しています。この価格は、評価日から 2 〜 5 ヶ月先までの4 つの半月ウィンドーにわたる受渡しの価格です。
Argus UCOME バイオディーゼル
Argus UCOME（使用済み食用油メチルエステル）価格評査定は、欧州の廃バイオディーゼル市場の重要なベンチマークです。UCOME の価格査定の主なベースは、アントワープ、ロッテルダム、アムステルダム、ドルトレヒト、フラッシング、ゲントを含む ARAのfob レンジです。アーガスは中国南東部地域の UCOME 価格査定も行っています。
Argus RME バイオディーゼル
Argus RME（菜種油メチルエステル）価格査定は、欧州における主要なバイオ燃料ベンチマークです。この価格査定は、スワップや現物取引、取引所を通じた清算・決済の価格決定に使用されます。
Argus European RED 海洋バイオディーゼルインデックス
Argus B24 (UCOME) dob West Med、Argus B30、B100（Advanced Fame 0）dob ARA、Argus B30 (UCOME) fob ARA
Gasoil diesel 50ppm fob offshore Lome STS cargo
The market’s first and only price assessment of low sulphur gasoil cargo for West Africa.
Argus steel scrap cfr Taiwan
The LME Steel Scrap CFR Taiwan (Argus) is a cash settled futures contract based on the reported arithmetic monthly average of Argus’ Ferrous scrap HMS 1/2 (80:20) containerised CFR Taiwan price.
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.
US coking coal
Argus provides three fob Hampton Roads coking coal price assessments — low-volatile, high-volatile type A (HVA) and high-volatile type B (HVB).
Petroleum coke: Argus fob USGC high sulphur coke index
The Argus fob US Gulf 6.5pc sulphur 40 HGI petroleum coke index is the benchmark price reference for coke originating in the US Gulf and midcontinent and shipping to the seaborne market.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Baltic wood pellet
The fob Baltic wood pellet price assessment is the price reference for wood pellets sold out of Baltic ports in the 90-day spot window. It is also known as Argus fob Riga.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
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