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Clearly defined and transparent methodologies are the backbone of Platts’ price assessment processes. Platt’s methodologies provide detailed descriptions and explanations of how we assess the market value of commodities so that customers and other interested parties understand those processes. In this section, we post documentation by commodity and region for all published price assessments and indices.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Assessments and Netbacks Methodology
(as of May 2013)

European Natural Gas Methodology
(as of April 2013)

M2MS – Gas Methodology
(as of April 2013)

North American Natural Gas Markets Methodology
(as of April 2013)

Platts RDS M2M Gas
(as of February 2013)

Platts-ICE Forward Curve -- Natural Gas (North America)
(as of February 2013)

Spark Spreads Methodology
(as of March 2012)