Argus China Petroleum
Overview
The Argus China Petroleum service offers in-depth monthly coverage of oil markets in China, the world’s largest net importer of crude.
The service provides a data-rich, web-delivered product boasting over 30 datasets, including unique Argus surveys, as well as daily prices, news and analysis, and fundamental data via the China Oil Workspace. The service also includes regular PDF analysing market developments and summarising key datasets.
Key features
Track your markets, your way
Effortlessly track, compare and set up alerts for your key prices and markets.
Compare key prices and trends
Use powerful customised graphing to directly compare multiple prices.
Quarterly market update
Condensing our latest view of the market into a 20 minute presentation and discussion.
Access to Argus Direct
Receive the latest market reporting quickly and conveniently.
Data and downloads
Examine extensive raw data files, with currency and unit conversions.
Customers that benefit
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Refineries and corporate/strategic planning departments
Are affected by China’s policies and demand growth and will find insight into future trends.
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Financial institutions
Can access essential data and in-depth analysis of the Chinese crude market.
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Analysts, researchers and consultants
Can obtain hard-to-access data and prices, as well as an interpretation of developments in the Chinese crude market.
Product specifications
- Chinese apparent oil demand
- Chinese crude production, import and export statistics
- Detailed maps of China’s oil infrastructure
- Crude prices / refining margins
- Chinese gas demand
- Chinese domestic spot market crude trade
- Refinery runs and product output by province
- Chinese crude storage capacity and expansion plans
- Chinese refinery expansion and upgrade plans
- Oil company results
- Crude import / product export quotas
- Refined product storage
- INE crude stocks
Key price assessments
Argus prices are recognised by the market as trusted and reliable indicators of the real market value. Explore some of our most widely used and relevant price assessments.
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
Argus WTI Houston
The light sweet crude oil price on the US Gulf coast is based on the Argus Houston WTI price, which is the most transparent WTI price indicator.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus North Sea Dated
The Argus North Sea Dated assessment includes Brent oil prices and derivatives. In May 2023, Argus introduced WTI prices for Midland in the Brent basket and it has become a market standard.
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus ESPO Blend
Pricing for light crude shipped through the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Argus Brent Sour
An index based on the lowest priced of five fob traded North Sea grades — Johan Sverdrup, Grane, Flotta Gold, Brent and Forties.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
Argus AGS
Argus AGS oil index examines the US Gulf Coast trade, seaborne and coastal refineries as well as the WTI Midland light sweet crude oil prices.
Argus TMX Fob Vancouver
Get a real view with Argus TMX market updates and comprehensive coverage
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
Argus WTI Houston
The light sweet crude oil price on the US Gulf coast is based on the Argus Houston WTI price, which is the most transparent WTI price indicator.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus North Sea Dated
The Argus North Sea Dated assessment includes Brent oil prices and derivatives. In May 2023, Argus introduced WTI prices for Midland in the Brent basket and it has become a market standard.
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus ESPO Blend
Pricing for light crude shipped through the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Argus Brent Sour
An index based on the lowest priced of five fob traded North Sea grades — Johan Sverdrup, Grane, Flotta Gold, Brent and Forties.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
Argus AGS
Argus AGS oil index examines the US Gulf Coast trade, seaborne and coastal refineries as well as the WTI Midland light sweet crude oil prices.
Argus TMX Fob Vancouver
Get a real view with Argus TMX market updates and comprehensive coverage
US physical trade month
In the US, the crude industry utilizes a physical trade month, that is not based on a typical calendar month nor the Nymex futures contract schedule.
Nymex roll
The commonly-used calculation to determine the physical price of crude at Cushing.
Argus WTI Midland
The Argus WTI Midland price is a volume-weighted average of spot trades. The oil price is a differential to Nymex light sweet crude futures settlement.
Argus WTI Houston
The light sweet crude oil price on the US Gulf coast is based on the Argus Houston WTI price, which is the most transparent WTI price indicator.
Argus WTI diff to CMA
The ideal adjustment factor to calculate the price of WTI at Cushing.
Argus Western Canadian Select
Argus Western Canadian Select examines Cold Lake and Western Canadian Select (WCS oil prices), the most active spots on the US Gulf Coast for heavy crude oil streams.
Argus Sour Crude Index™ (ASCI™)
The Argus Sour Crude Index™ reflects medium sour crude prices at the US Gulf Coast trading hub, mainly used by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait to price oil exports to the US.
Argus North Sea Dated
The Argus North Sea Dated assessment includes Brent oil prices and derivatives. In May 2023, Argus introduced WTI prices for Midland in the Brent basket and it has become a market standard.
Argus Mars
The Argus Mars is a key crude benchmark and reflects oil spot prices for the US Gulf medium sour crude blend arriving on the Mars pipeline.
Argus LLS
Argus LLS oil index reflects the light sweet crude prices for St. James's terminals in the US Gulf Coast.
Argus ESPO Blend
Pricing for light crude shipped through the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean
Argus des Shandong
Argus des Shandong reflects five oil spot markets in key regions for China oil imports.
Argus Brent Sour
An index based on the lowest priced of five fob traded North Sea grades — Johan Sverdrup, Grane, Flotta Gold, Brent and Forties.
Argus Bakken
The Bakken oil price represents light sweet crude produced in North Dakota and Montana. Bakken spot prices, key benchmarks such as Nymex WTI and Ice Brent and more.
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