Platts
| Division[1] | |
| Industry | Energy, Commodities, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Metals, Agriculture |
| Headquarters | London, The United Kingdom[2] |
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Key people
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Imogen Dillon Hatcher - president[3] |
| Services | Commodities & Energy Markets |
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Number of employees
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Approx. 1,000 |
| Parent | S&P Global Inc. |
| Website | http://www.platts.com |
S&P Global Platts is a provider of energy and commodities information and a source of benchmark price assessments in the physical energy markets. S&P Global Platts was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1909 by Warren C. Platt (1883-1963) to provide "reliable market-based price information" on the oil industry.[4]
S&P Global Platts and Argus Media are recognized as two most significant Price Reporting Agencies for oil market.[5]
Overview
From an original focus on the oil industry, S&P Global Platts gradually expanded its purview to include metals, shipping, and all energy-related markets - oil, coal, natural gas, electricity, nuclear power, petrochemicals, renewables, and emissions.
Parent company
S&P Global Platts is a division of S&P Global Inc., (NYSE: SPGI), a provider of ratings, benchmarks and analytics to the global capital and commodity markets. The firm is sister to brands as S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence and S&P Dow Jones Indices. S&P Global Platts was acquired by S&P Global (formerly known as McGraw-Hill) in 1953.
Corporate history
In 2000 S&P Global merged S&P Global Platts with other like assets to turn the company into a provider of energy information. It is part of the commodity information and analytics group of S&P Global.[4] Ever since 2013, the company has held an annual Platts Global Metals Awards, modeled on the Platts Global Energy Awards. In 2015, these were held in London.[6]
See also
- Foster Natural Gas Report
- Oil & Gas Journal – a leading petroleum industry weekly publication
References
- ↑ {http://www.platts.com/about}
- ↑ {http://www.platts.com/office}
- ↑ {http://www.platts.com/leadership}
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- ↑ Oil Price Reporting Agencies // Report by IEA, IEF, OPEC and IOSCO to G20 Finance Ministers, October 2011: "The two most significant PRAs in the oil market, Argus and Platts"
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