Platts
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| Division[1] | |
| Industry | Energy, Petrochemicals, Metals |
| Headquarters | London, The United Kingdom[2] |
Key people | Imogen Dillon Hatcher - president[3] |
| Parent | McGraw Hill Financial |
| Website | http://www.platts.com |
Platts is a provider of energy and metals information and a source of benchmark price assessments in the physical energy markets. 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]
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, 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
Platts is a division of The McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., (NYSE: MHFI), an information provider, and sister to such brands as Standard & Poor's, J.D. Power & Associates, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and McGraw-Hill Construction. Platts was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 1953.
Corporate history
In 2000 McGraw-Hill merged Platts with other like assets to turn the company into a provider of energy information. It is part of the Information and Media Services group of McGraw-Hill.[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}
- 1 2 "Platts History". Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ "Platts Global Metal Awards". Retrieved April 29, 2015.
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