this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message s & p global platts type division 1 industry energy commodities oil & gas petrochemicals metals agriculture headquarters london the united kingdom 2 key people imogen dillon hatcher president 3 services commodities & energy markets number of employees approx . 1 000 parent s & p global inc. website http www.platts.com s & p global platts is a provider of energy and commodities information and a source of benchmark price assessments in the physical energy markets . s & p global platts was founded in cleveland ohio in 1909 by warren c. platt 1883 1963 . 4 s & p global platts and argus media are recognized as two most significant price reporting agencies for the oil market . 5 contents 1 overview 2 parent company 3 corporate history 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit from an original focus on the oil industry s & p global 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 edit s & p global platts is a division of s & p global inc. nyse spgi a provider of ratings benchmarks and analytics to the global capital and commodity markets . the firm is sister to brands like s & p global ratings s & p global market intelligence and s & p dow jones indices . s & p global platts was acquired by s & p global formerly known as mcgraw hill financial in 1953 . corporate history edit in 2000 s & p global merged s & p global platts with other like assets to turn the company into a provider of energy information . it is part of the commodity information and analytics group of s & p global . 4 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 edit companies portal energy portal foster natural gas oil report oil & gas journal references edit about us . platts . office locations and contact details . platts . leadership team . platts . a b platts history . retrieved february 22 2010 . oil price reporting agencies report by iea ief opec and iosco to g20 finance ministers pdf . october 2011 . platts global metal awards . retrieved april 29 2015 . external links edit official website platts podcasts v t e s & p global inc. financial standard & poor s s & p capital iq s & p dow jones indices joint venture other units platts authority control worldcat identities viaf 134643298 lccn no96038361 gnd 10036689 2 this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title s % 26p global platts & oldid 743865642 categories petroleum economicsresearch and analysis firmsresearch and analysis firms of the united statesunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from june 2016all articles lacking reliable referenceswikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 18 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view