Oil and Gas Solutions for Financial Institutions

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Make informed investments and acquisitions in the downstream oil and gas market

OPIS helps banks, lenders and other investors verify the earnings and financial health of downstream oil and gas companies. Historical and current oil prices, extensive retail fuel data and oil market news help inform the energy strategies of the financial services sector.

Download our financial institutions fact sheet for additional information.

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Historical and current downstream oil and gas commodity pricing

OPIS spot prices are essential for settling over-the-counter swaps for customers hedging against price volatility and helping investors understand how pricing impacts fuel company performance.

  • Price history: Extensive historical pricing is available for spot and rack gasoline and diesel and spot NGL/LPG.
  • Gasoline, diesel and jet fuel: Real-time pricing is available through the OPIS Spot Ticker, or get a daily report for markets on the west coast or east coast.
  • LPG: OPIS is the industry benchmark for LPG/NGL pricing in the U.S. Our daily North America LPG Report provides extensive pricing for Mont Belvieu and all key U.S. liquified petroleum markets.
Price History
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Reliable retail company and gas station data for investors

For investors in retail fuel companies, OPIS provides historical and real-time pump prices, sales volumes and margins for gasoline and diesel.

  • Retail sales volumes: See what brands in which markets are selling the highest retail fuel volumes to judge demand and competition.  Track retail fuel volumes sold out of the station regionally, benchmark throughputs, gauge true demand, and improve pricing strategies with consistent weekly volume demand data.
  • Retail margins and profits: Track the relative margins of a brand or geographic area in the country daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. Grade retail profit performance against key competitors in more than 300 markets.

Assess oil markets with real-time and published news

Learn what’s driving profit or loss and evaluate future risk.

  • Real-time news: Receive oil market news and analysis instantaneously with our digital intraday news alerts service, which explains the reasons behind markets moves, offers insight into public company results before earnings calls and keeps tracks of mergers & acquisitions for you.
  • In-depth newsletter: Get the weekly, the OPIS Newsletter for downstream oil industry news and analysis with in-depth editorial coverage and perspective.
Analysis

Make smarter commercial decisions

Leverage historical and forecast price insights to settle contracts confidently, validate pricing with our trusted end-of-month assessments, and identify arbitrage opportunities through real-time tracking of price movements and global trade flows down to the country level.

Short-Term Chemical Merket Outlook & Pricing Services:
Market Advisory Service – Stay agile with real-time chemical pricing data and short-term market intelligence.

  • Pricing insights for 150+ commodity chemicals across 30+ services
  • Spot and contract pricing trends
  • Supply & demand movements
  • Trade flow assessments and forecasting

Long-Term Chemical Market Outlook & Strategic Forecasting:
World Analysis – Plan with confidence using our forward-looking chemical market forecasts through 2060.

  • Covering 150+ chemicals across 40 services, with a market outlook through 2060
  • Global capacity, production, and trade outlooks
  • Long-range supply and demand modeling
  • Industry megatrends and scenario planning

Chemical Cost Curves & Competitor Benchmarking: Understand how your production costs compare to competitors now and in the future to support strategic planning and investment decisions. Analyze chemical price dynamics, identify which units will stay profitable or face challenges, assess cost and margin estimates for competing assets by location and technology.

Consulting & Advisory Services: Partner with over 200 specialized energy & chemical industry consultants to solve your most complex challenges.

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Retail Fuel Watch

OPIS Retail Fuel Watch newsletter is your convenient weekly scorecard for grading retail profit performance against key competitors in over 300 regional markets.

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OPIS Newsletter

Get targeted oil industry news and analysis delivered to you every week in the OPIS Newsletter. Pricing for gasoline, diesel, renewable fuels, LPG/NGL, jet fuel, crude oil, feedstocks, resid, and kerosene is included.

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Customized Retail Fuel Prices and Margins

Create custom data feeds for retail gasoline and diesel prices and margin information you need. OPIS tracks 140,000 retail stations and can create reports based on the region and time-frame of your choice.

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