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Argus (formerly known as Petroleum Argus Ltd[1]) is an independent publisher which provides news, price information, data, analytics consultancy services and conferences, for the global [[1]], [gas|natural gas], [[2]], [trading|emissions], [[3]], [[4]], [petroleum gas|LPG], [[5]], [[6]], [[7]], [[8]] and [[9]] industries.

Overview Argus is a privately held UK-registered company[1] which publishes news, price assessments, Data, analytics and consulting services of international energy and other commodity markets. It also offers conferences.

Argus was the first price-reporting agency to apply the IOSCO Principles for Oil Price Reporting Agencies in 2013, and subsequently roll them out to cover the other energy and commodity markets it covers. Argus retains the services of a leading accounting firm to undertake an annual independent assurance review to verify adherence to the Principles.[2]

Argus was owned by the family of its founder Jan Nasmyth and its senior staff, but in September 2016 a majority-stake was sold to the equity firm [Atlantic|General Atlantic] valuing the company at $1.4 billion.[3][4]The company’s ownership structure was updated in 2024 when Chairman and Chief Executive, Adrian Binks became majority owner and General Atlantic consolidated its stake.

Argus's headquarters are in [[10]], with major offices in Houston, Dubai, Singapore, Paris, Seoul, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Riga, Kyiv, Astana, Calgary, San Francisco, Mexico City, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, New York, São Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney, Granada, Brussels, Lagos, and Cape Town.[5] Tbilisi Georgia, Jakarta.

Prices assessed by Argus for energy, fertilizer, metals, chemicals and agriculture markets are widely used as benchmarks to settle futures contracts and as indexes for short or long term physical supply contracts.

History

Argus was established in 1970 by former Daily Telegraph journalist Jan Nasmyth.[3][6][7] In 1985, Argus opened offices in Singapore and Houston, covering European gas and power in 1995, and coal and biofuels in early 2000s.

In 2011, Argus bought FMB Consultants Ltd (FMB) - a [reporting agency|price reporting agency] for international fertilizer markets.[10][11] FMB was founded in 1982 and focused on nitrogen, phosphate, sulphur, potash and ammonia.[10]

In 2012, Argus also acquired US petrochemical market intelligence, pricing and consulting firm DeWitt & Co,[10][12][13] and European power and gas fundamental data provider Fundalytics.[14] In 2013, Argus bought petrochemical market specialists TABrewer Consulting[15] and Jim Jordan & Associates.[10][16]

Argus launched coverage of the global iron ore market with daily report Argus Steel Feedstocks in February 2013.[17] Argus expanded its metals coverage further in 2015, after acquiring MetalPrices.com[18] - a specialist pricing, news and analysis service focusing on speciality metals, rare earths and ferro-alloys.[19]

In 2018, Argus purchased Integer Research a London-based market intelligence, conference and consulting firm. In 2019, Argus acquired German oil reporting specialist O.M.R.[20]

In 2020, Argus bought French agricultural intelligence company Agritel.[21]

In 2021, Argus acquired the renewable chemicals specialist Oleochem Analytics.

In 2022, Argus acquired Pipe Logix, a US-based provider of pipe and tube market information.

In 2023, Argus acquired Mercaris, a US-based provider of organic and non-GMO commodity prices.

Awards

Argus won the [Awards for Enterprise|Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export)] in the UK in [Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2002)|2002],[22] [Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2009)|2009][23][24] and 2015.[25][26]

Argus has won the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation continuously since 2000, and achieved Gold status in 2025

References 1. "ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2018. 2. "Fixing the fix". The Economist. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018. 3. "Argus company scooped up by General Atlantic". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2017. 4. "General Atlantic Agrees to Buy Majority Stake in Argus". Bloomberg.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016. 5. "Contact Us | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023. 6. "Jan Nasmyth: nonconformist oil industry journalist". [Times|The Times]. 26 September 2008. [(identifier)|ISSN] [[11]]. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 7. "Family owners of Argus in line for £500m payout from sale ". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2016. 8. Grammenos, Costas (2010). The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business. London: Taylor & Francis. [(identifier)|ISBN] [[12]]. 9. Long., David (1995). Oil Trading Manual : a comprehensive guide to the oil markets. Cambridge: Woodhead Pub. [(identifier)|ISBN] [[13]]. [(identifier)|OCLC] 437172329. 10. Johnson, Owain (9 August 2017). The Price Reporters : A Guide to PRAs and Commodity Benchmarks (1st ed.). [(identifier)|ISBN] [[14]]. [[15]] 1001389267. 11. "Top 50 Rising Stars: The UK's most exciting fast-growth businesses". Growth Business. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 12. "Argus buys DeWitt to expand energy data-reporting". 13 WTHR Indianapolis. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 13. "Argus buys consulting firm DeWitt & Co. - Plastics News". www.plasticsnews.com. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 14. "Argus today announced the acquisition of Fundalytics | Media Mergers". www.mediamergers.co.uk. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 15. "Argus acquires TABrewer Consulting, expands presence in petrochemical consulting". www.digitalrefining.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 16. "Jim Jordan & Associates, LP: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 17. "Argus introduces global iron ore price assessments". SteelGuru India. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 18. TWK. "Argus - Fast Track". Fast Track. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 19. "Metalprices.com, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 20. "Argus buys German oil reporting specialist O.M.R. | Argus Media". 21. "Argus acquires agricultural specialist Agritel | Argus Media". 22. "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2002: International Trade, Innovation, and Sustainable Development". The London Gazette. 56544, Supplement No. 1: 1. 21 April 2002 – via The Gazette. 23. "International Trade « Award Category «". queensawardsmagazine.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018. 24. "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2009" (PDF). The London Gazette. 59039, Supplement No. 1: 1. April 2009 – via The Gazette. 25. "2015 Press Book" (PDF). The Queen's Award for Enterprise. April 2015 – via Gov.uk. 26. "The Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2015". The London Gazette. 61204, Supplement No. 1: 3. April 2015 – via The Gazette.

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13:37, 28 November 2025 (UTC)Dilan.N.Christian (talk)

• Why it should be changed:

I would like to update the Argus Media Wikipedia page with the following updated information, replacing all the content on the page as the content is out dated and we have updated content we would like to update to this page. I work for Argus Media and I am the website operations manager, driving all web and digital related requests.

Dilan.N.Christian (talk) 13:37, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dilan.N.Christian Hi Dilan.

Firstly, thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. While I understand your needs as a company to update this article, and the following are in my opinion:

• The vast majority, if not all, of your sources are primary sources, sources that are either directly related to/closely discuss the subject matter without offering a third-person analysis/opinion, or come from the subject matter themselves, and Wikipedia's articles ideally should be based off secondary sources, which are more analytical or have some sort of distance from the primary subject (in this case Argus Media), and to ensure neutrality. And per Policy 6 on the guidelines of primary sources, you should not base an entire article on primary sources, and be cautious about basing large passages on them.
• You should ensure minimal conflict of interest between Wikipedia and your company and declare your conflict of interest (which you haven't; in which case you should do it in your userpage or here). This is especially important if you want to continue work on Wikipedia and ensure that your article receives proper updates in the future.

Cheers! -- in the club bumping that 14:54, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your feedback. I have now declared my conflict of interest with the page on my profile.

Re the content, do all content need an external reference or can I get the number of staff and offices updated as this is internal information for us.

The rest of the content, I will work on getting external sources updated. Dilan.N.Christian (talk) 10:59, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dilan.N.Christian I think the number of staff and offices coming from your company's self-published records would be okay. ✾✾ 🙞 quái hoa 🙝 (talk) (contribs) ✾✾ 11:59, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]