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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 2012)

Spark Spreads Methodology
(as of March 2012)

North American Natural Gas Markets Methodology
(as of January 2012)

Platts-ICE Forward Curve -- Natural Gas (North America)
(as of September 2011)

European Natural Gas Methodology
(as of August 2011)

Platts RDS M2M Gas
(as of March 2011)