Methodology & Specifications

S&P Global Commodity Insights methodologies bring consistency and robustness to our price assessments through principles and parameters that guide our market specialists at every stage of the process.

In this section you will find documentation for all published Platts price assessments and indices by commodity.





Agriculture

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Electric Power

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Shipping

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Chemicals

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Oil

View latest methodology guides for crude oil and indexes

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LNG

View latest methodology guides for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

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Natural Gas

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Metals

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Coal

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Energy Transition

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Analytics

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Risk

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FX Guide

View latest foreign exchange rate guide

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