Argus Media Ltd
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Argus Media Ltd is a leading independent provider of price information, market data and business intelligence for the global petroleum
, natural gas
, electricity
, emissions
, biofuels, biomass
, LPG and coal
industries.
Argus Media Ltd is a privately held UK-registered company, owned by the family of its founder and its senior staff. Established in 1970, Argus has more than 350 employees worldwide.
In 2011 Argus bought FMB, a price reporting agency for international fertilizer markets. FMB covers nitrogen, sulphur, potash, ammonia, phosphates and urea and also runs key networking events.
Argus' headquarters are in London
, with major offices in Moscow, Washington, Houston, Singapore, New York, Dubai, Astana, Kiev, Tokyo and Beijing as well as employees in other key locations including Germany, France, Nigeria, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile.
Argus main business is assessing prices and gathering and publishing trade information for over-the-counter energy markets. These markets are often opaque, with deals concluded under conditions of secrecy. Argus uses a precise and transparent methodology to collect information and their assessments are used internationally as benchmarks in spot and term contracts. Argus also has business intelligence services which provide fundamentals data, news analysis and informed opinion on aspects of energy markets.
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
, natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
, electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
, emissions
Emissions trading
Emissions trading is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants....
, biofuels, biomass
Biomass
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....
, LPG and coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
industries.
Argus Media Ltd is a privately held UK-registered company, owned by the family of its founder and its senior staff. Established in 1970, Argus has more than 350 employees worldwide.
In 2011 Argus bought FMB, a price reporting agency for international fertilizer markets. FMB covers nitrogen, sulphur, potash, ammonia, phosphates and urea and also runs key networking events.
Argus' headquarters are in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, with major offices in Moscow, Washington, Houston, Singapore, New York, Dubai, Astana, Kiev, Tokyo and Beijing as well as employees in other key locations including Germany, France, Nigeria, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile.
Argus main business is assessing prices and gathering and publishing trade information for over-the-counter energy markets. These markets are often opaque, with deals concluded under conditions of secrecy. Argus uses a precise and transparent methodology to collect information and their assessments are used internationally as benchmarks in spot and term contracts. Argus also has business intelligence services which provide fundamentals data, news analysis and informed opinion on aspects of energy markets.