Platts
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| Type | Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies |
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| Industry | Energy, Petrochemicals, Metals |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Key people | Warren C Platt |
| 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.[1]
Purview
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 Companies, Inc., (NYSE: MHP), an information provider, and sister to such brands as Standard & Poor's, J.D. Power & Associates, Aviation Week, and McGraw-Hill Construction. It 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.[1]
See also
- Foster Natural Gas Report
- Oil & Gas Journal – a leading petroleum industry weekly publication
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Platts History". Retrieved February 22, 2010.
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