Platts M2M-Gas is a transparent, objective tool that provides you with market-based 36-month gas forwards and 20-year forward curve benchmarks. Platts independent, comprehensive and objective price valuations provide the definitive mark-to-market, portfolio risk management and strategic decision support you need to make confident and profitable decisions.

Features

• The standard for gas-price benchmark information and provides you with clear and informed valuations to support investment and trading decisions.
• Market-based, 36-month gas forwards, using Platts proprietary models whenever market activity does not support an assessment.
• 20-year forward curve benchmark, which is based on the most current regional forward assessments.

Who Should Buy

Risk managers, compliance officers, and middle and back-office operations managers rely on M2M-Gas for its unbiased marks and prices to support investment and trading decisions.

Benefits

M2M-Gas is a trusted source of gas price benchmark information that enables clear, informed valuations and better investment and trading decisions. This important resource allows you to underscore your commitment to efficient risk practices by providing the checks and balances of an independently provided third party benchmark.

• Daily mark-to-market outsourcing or independent validation of internal marks around the daily reporting of trading functions
• Reliable and back-tested historical data for value at risk (VaR), EaR or CFaR or other daily risk management measurement and reporting functions
• Independent and methodologically-transparent daily forward price updates and historical datasets for key portfolio risk management functions around risk disaggregation and decomposition, stress testing and scenario building
• Longer-term market price-related valuations for strategic asset optimization, M&A and infrastructure investment decisions
• Assistance in resolving legal or contractual disputes through provision of standardized and industry-adopted independent valuations
• Supporting collateral management under credit (counterparty exposure management) risk or exchange settlement functions

M2M Gas is the industry's most complete market-based forwards solution for long-term energy contract valuation. Included are:

North American Gas 36-Month Forwards*

Platts M2M-Gas provides market-based, 36-month gas forwards, using Platts proprietary models wherever market activity does not support an assessment.

North American Gas 20-Year Forwards**

Regional forward assessments, provides annual price projections for 20 years:

*Delivered daily

** Delivered monthly

Hub Coverage

Basic Delivery

M2M-Gas is delivered in the same way as Dispatch Data files – either direct via FTP or via web delivery. You can receive M2M-Gas in either .txt or .csv files for easy integration into back-office and analytical databases.

Delivery Partners

Platts partners play a critical role to help ensure your company's success. We're pleased to have cooperative partnerships with the world's leading data delivery and analysis companies to help you extend the value of the information we provide throughout your organization. Please contact your nearest Platts office to discover whether you can access M2M-Gas through your existing vendor's delivery platforms.

Multiple-user Subscriptions

Many clients purchase multiple subscriptions to ensure their entire staff has access to Platts information. We'll work with you to make certain our distribution methods meet your specific needs. For details, contact your nearest Platts office.