China Gas Markets methodology Methodology last updated: 23 October 2017 Expiry date of this methodology – 25 January 2020
China Gas Markets methodology
Methodology last updated: 23 October 2017
Expiry date of this methodology – 25 January 2020
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List of contents
• Introduction to China Gas Markets (CGM)
• General methodology
• Rationale for gas methodology
• List of primary price references
• Definition of trading locations
• Recent changes to this methodology
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – General definitions
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Guidelines for the exercise of judgment
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Exclusion of data
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Indicative assessments
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Width of bid/offer spreads
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Types of market information used and collection process
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Transaction data threshold
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS - Verification of sources
• PRICE ASSESSMENTS – Definitions of periods
• SECONDARY DATA IN CGM
• CURRENCY CONVERSIONS
• OTHER PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES
–Changes to methodology
–Consistency
– Data standards
–Delivery locations
–Key submitter dependency
–Market communication
–Market data verification
–Minimum data threshold
–Units
• ICIS contact details
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Introduction to China Gas Markets (CGM)
China Gas Markets (CGM) contains independent price
assessments for LNG truck traded markets and freight
rates throughout China as well as in-depth analysis on
price drivers, authoritative commentary on each week’s
trading activity and weekly news.
CGM contains key fundamental data for China’s
domestic LNG production and sales volumes. It also
carries government data on regulated upstream and
downstream prices
CGM is a weekly report which was launched in 2010.
Historical data sets are available.
General methodology
ICIS continuously develops reviews and revises its
methodologies in consultation with industry participants.
Product specifications and trading terms and conditions
used are intended to reflect typical working practices
prevalent in the industry.
ICIS publishes market assessments based on
information continuously gathered from market
participants about: spot transactions, spot bid and offer
levels, contract price negotiations, prices of related
commodities, and relevant freight costs.
ICIS does not make retrospective adjustments or
changes to price assessments based on information
received after publication time in all cases or after any
cut-off point specified in individual methodology
documents.
ICIS regards all arm’s-length transactions which meet its
specification criteria as carrying equal weight.
ICIS uses proprietary models where necessary to
normalise data to the typical specifications for cargo size
and date ranges given for each commodity.
Some ICIS assessments are the product of calculation
alone, for example in markets where insufficient market
activity takes place to permit price assessment, or where
a market habitually itself sets prices according to a
formula. Such calculated assessments are noted as
such in their detailed methodology specifications.
ICIS endeavours to cross-check all the transaction
information it gathers. ICIS will not use information for
assessment purposes where such checks call into doubt
the accuracy of the original information, or where a
transaction appears to have occurred under
circumstances that render it non-repeatable or otherwise
markedly unusual.
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Rationale for CGM methodology
All ICIS LNG prices contained in CGM are intended to
provide a reliable and accurate measure of physical
market value on the over-the-counter traded markets.
In order to do this, ICIS has adopted an assessment
methodology, which can be applied as reliable measure
for all LNG truck markets.
Assessment
For markets at all stages of development, ICIS deems its
assessment methodology to be appropriate. This
methodology is designed to discover the tradable value
of a commodity for a single day. LNG assessments in
CGM are made at the close of the trading day and
freight rate assessments are made weekly, reflecting the
levels of liquidity on the Chinese markets.
The High and Low range published in ICIS assessments
represents the highest and lowest transaction prices
achieved for each region listed, on the date of
publication.
ICIS primarily uses transaction information in its
assessment process and uses bid/offer information
where this is not available.
Primary price references
published in CGM are as
follows:
ICIS C1 China Gas Price (CGP)/ICIS China
delivered assessments for LNG by truck in
coastal China
The CGP is calculated as an arithmetic average of the
midpoints of the South China and East China delivered
truck assessments published in CGM on the same date.
China’s new liquefaction capacity
The volume figures published for “Under Planning”
represent an estimate based on ICIS research of all
planned new capacity scheduled to start during the
month listed.
The volumes figures published for “Newly-
built/Expanded” represent an estimate based on ICIS
research of plants that confirm they have started
operations during the month listed.
The data in this table is researched and refreshed
weekly.
China’s LNG Production, Operating rate
The volume figure and the percentage operating figure
represent a total of the ICIS estimates for 43 major LNG
production plants within China. The data is researched
and refreshed weekly. Output of China’s remaining
plants is updated bimonthly.
ICIS C1 Delivered Assessments for LNG by
Truck in China
Delivery Location
Source of gas
Type Frequency in Chinese
version
Units quoted
South China
Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
East Guangdong
Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
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West Guangdong
Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Pearl River Delta
Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Fujian Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Guangxi Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
East China Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
North Jiangsu
Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
South Jiangsu
Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Zhejiang Domestic LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Yunnan Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Shaanxi Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Guizhou Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Henan Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Inner Mongolia
Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Shandong Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Shanxi Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Hebei Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Liaoning Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Jiangxi Domestic LNG & Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
Hubei Domestic LNG &
Spot D CNY/tonne
Import LNG
Hu’nan Domestic LNG& Import LNG
Spot D CNY/tonne
China’s LNG Arbitrage Flows on Truck
Delivery
The margin price represents the price at destination as
published in the ICIS delivered assessment table, minus
the price at the ex-works location as published in the
ICIS ex-works assessment table and minus the relevant
freight rate assessment published in the ICIS freight rate
assessment table.
If the arbitrage window is listed as “closed” this means
that freight costs plus the ex-works assessment exceeds
the delivered price assessment.
Prices of China’s spot LNG imports
Data in this chart originates from ICIS’ global trade
publication LNG Markets Daily (LMD). To see the
methodology for the China DES import prices displayed
here, please go to the latest LMD methodology
document on the ICIS website:
https://www.icis.com/compliance/reports/lng-
markets-daily/
List Prices & Spot Sales of Imported LNG at
Major Terminals
The price range published reflects the sales price offered
for FOB loaded trucks from the LNG import terminals
listed.
The offers relate to loading taking place at any point
during the calendar month in which the table is
published. Offers are typically stable for an entire
calendar month and ICIS researches and refreshes this
data once a month.
The spot sales volume listed reflects the volume sold on
the day of publication.
LNG vs Substitute Energies in East/South
China
ICIS China collects and compares delivered prices of LNG and prices of imported liquefied petroleum gas
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(LPG) and gasoil under the same calorific value in east and south China. The data is refreshed weekly.
List Transactions on Shanghai Petroleum &
Natural Gas Exchange
ICIS China collects raw data from Shanghai Petroleum & Natural Gas Exchange (SHPGX) and presents transaction volumes of piped gas and LNG listed on the platform. The data is updated weekly.
Turnaround schedules of Chinese LNG plants
Designed capacity refers to daily liquefaction capacity of the listed LNG plant. Capacity offline means liquefaction capacity affected by the turnaround. The data is updated weekly based on information collected from 43 major LNG plants.
Operating rates and ex-works prices on truck
delivery at major Chinese LNG plants
The volume figures and the percentage operating figures represent ICIS estimates for 43 major LNG production plants within China. Ex-works price ranges published represent the offer price from each plant for loading on the day of publication. The data is updated weekly. Output at the remaining LNG plants is updated bimonthly.
China LNG retail prices for vehicle use
Prices in this table represent the midpoint between the
highest and lowest retails prices offered by LNG filling
stations within the cities listed as verified by ICIS.
Prices are sourced from a sample of filling stations in
each city collected by ICIS reporters each week.
ICIS C1 China Freight Rate Assessments for Truck-delivered LNG
Region Distance (km) Type Frequency in
Chinese version
Unit
North and northwest
China
Below 300 Spot W CNY/tonne
300-500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
500-1000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
1000-1500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
1500-2000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
Above 2000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
East China
Below 100 Spot W CNY/tonne
100-200 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
200-300 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
300-500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
500-1000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
Above 1000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
South China
Below 100 Spot W CNY/tonne
100-200 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
200-300 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
300-400 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
400-500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
500-600 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
700-1,200 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
Southwest China
Below 400 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
600-700(Sichuan to Guizhou) Spot W CNY/tonne/km
1000-1100 (Sichan to Yunan) Spot W CNY/tonne/km
1100-1200 (Sichuan to Guangxi) Spot W CNY/tonne/km
Central China
Below 500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
500-1000 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
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Definition of trading
locations
Recent changes to this methodology
1,000-1,500 Spot W CNY/tonne/km
Operational Gas-fired power plants in
Guangdong
This table provides reference data sourced by ICIS
showing installed CCGT capacity in Guangdong
province.
For all delivered and FOB locations, delivery may be
made at any point within the border of the named
province or region
The delivered South China assessment incorporates an
arithmetical average of the Pearl River Delta, East
Guangdong and West Guangdong assessments.
East China – indicates the arithmetical average of
the high/low assessments of the southern Jiangsu,
northern Jiangsu and Zhejiang assessments.
Pearl River Delta is the arithmetical average of the
high and low assessments of East Guangdong and
West Guangdong.
East Guangdong – covers the Shantou, Jieyang and
Chaozhou regions.
West Guangdong – covers Zhanjiang and Maoming
regions.
Fujian – covers Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou and
Xiamen regions
Guangxi – covers Nanning and Beihei regions
Northern Jiangsu – covers Xuzhou, Liangyungang,
Suqian, Huai’an and Yanchen regions
Southern Jiangsu – covers Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi,
Changzhou and Zhenjiang regions
Zhejiang – covers Hangzhou, Taizhou and Quzhou
regions
Yunnan – covers Kunming and Qujing regions
Shaanxi – covers Yulin, Yan’an and Xi’an regions
Guizhou – covers Guiyan, Zunyi, and Liupanshui
regions
Hennan – covers Sanmenxia, Jiaozou, Zhengzhou
and Xinyang regions
Inner Mongolia – covers Ordos, Ulanqab and Baotou
regions
Shandong – covers Dezhou, Heze, Binzhou, Yantai
and Weihei regions
Shanxi – covers Datong, Taiyuan and Jincheng
regions
Hebei – covers Zhangjiakou, Shijiazhuang, Handan,
Xingtai, Chengde and Baoding regions
Liaoning – covers Huluda, Jinzhou, Shenyang, and
Yingkou regions
Jiangxi – covers Nanchang, Jingdezhen and Juijiang
regions
Hubei – covers Jingmen, Wuhan, and Shiyan
regions
Hunan – covers Yueyang, Changsha and Chenzhou
Date Items Changes
4 September
2017
Benchmark city gate prices of natural gas
supplies to non-residential users in China by
province/municipality/region
Updated
31 May 2017 China’s LNG production, operating rate Adjusted
31 May 2017 Operating rates and ex-works prices on truck
delivery at major Chinese LNG plants
Adjusted
7 March 2016 List Transaction on Shanghai Petroleum &
Natural Gas Exchange
Added
Turnaround schedules of Chinese LNG plants Added
1 February
2016
ICIS C1 China freight rate assessments for
truck-delivered LNG (freight rates for 200-
300km distance and 300-500km distance in
east China, for 700-1,200km distance in south
China, and for 1,000-1,500km distance in
central China)
Added
11 May 2015 Hu’nan delivered price Added
11 May 2015 LNG vs substitute energies in east/south China Added
ICIS C1 China Assessments for loaded LNG
(FOB)
Deleted
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Price assessments
General definitions
All LNG price assessments published in CGM represent
traded value on the day of publication (Monday) from
08:30 to 16:30 Beijing time.
Freight rate assessments represent traded value during
the working week prior to and including publication date.
Priority is given to transactions completed closest to the
date of publication. Only transactions conducted
between 08:30 and 16:30 are taken into consideration.
Delivered and Ex-Works (FOB) prices represent delivery
or loading from the date of assessment up to 4 days
ahead of the assessment date, including any public
holidays which fall within this period.
Where Monday falls on a Chinese public holiday and the
following Tuesday is a working day, CGM will be
published on that Tuesday and price assessments will
reflect Tuesday trading. If Monday falls during a Chinese
public holiday of longer duration, CGM will not be
published for that week.
“Low” represents the lowest transaction price collected
and verified by ICIS on the date of publication.
“High” represents the highest transaction price collected
and verified by ICIS on the date of publication.
Price assessments – Guidelines for the
exercise of judgement
ICIS gives priority to verified transaction data in its
assessment process.
In the absence of verified transactions, ICIS uses the
highest verified bid and the lowest verified offer to make
its price assessment.
ICIS may disregard verified transaction data where the
buyer or seller is known to have a distressed physical
position and where the rest of the market is known to be
unable or unwilling to transact at that price.
Where ICIS believes a verified transaction price is part of
a deal which is not stand-alone, but has other terms and
conditions attached that are not related to that individual
transaction, it may disregard that price.
Where no confirmed transaction or bid and offer
information is available ICIS may use price spreads
between regions to move its assessments. However,
ICIS only uses geographic spread information between
regions where a strong price correlation has been
demonstrated by past trading activity. ICIS will also use
fundamental supply/demand data within the named price
region to inform its assessments in the absence of
transactions, bids or offers.
Price assessments – Exclusion of data
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In line with its Editorial Standards policy, ICIS reporters
actively seek to identify anomalous market information
and exclude it from the assessment process. For gas
market assessments, this is done by the daily information
gathering and verification process carried out by reporters,
whereby market transaction, bid and offer information is
confirmed and verified by multiple sources. The context of
ICIS reporters’ knowledge of the fundamental
supply/demand situation on a given market is also used to
verify transaction data that appears to be anomalous but
may be done at a price level explained by changes in the
physical market.
In assessing gas markets, ICIS takes into consideration
only arm’s-length transactions between non-affiliated
parties.
ICIS does not accept bids or offers that are not firm. Any
bid or offer which is demonstrably not firm will be
disregarded and further bids or offers from the same
counterparty may also be disregarded. For example, if a
company indicates to the market that it is bidding or
offering at a certain price and volume but ICIS can confirm
that it later refused to transact when that bid was hit or
offer lifted, it will not use that company’s bid/offer
information.
ICIS also excludes from its assessment process
transactions where ICIS reporters have reasonable
grounds to doubt the transaction is representative of
typical market behaviour: for example, where a deal is
concluded disregarding the best bid or offer on the
market; where there is evidence that a market participant
has disclosed only part of its market activity to ICIS; or
where a transaction lies outside the prevailing range of
typical market activity as established through other market
evidence.
ICIS actively seeks to verify the time at which reported
transactions took place. If such verification cannot be
obtained, ICIS may exclude the transaction information.
Price assessments –
Width of bid/offer spreads
ICIS publishes a minimum high/low range of RMB
50/tonne and a maximum of RMB 400/tonne.
Price assessments – Types of market
information used and collection process
ICIS gathers market information primarily via telephone,
instant messenger and e-mail.
Market information includes bids, offers and deals done
by sources or seen/heard by sources. ICIS reporters
also investigate the reasons for market price movements
and cross-check information received against market
fundamentals data.
Information is typically gathered between 08:30 and 16:30
Beijing time on the day the assessment is published
(Monday). ICIS may disregard information received after
16:30 Beijing time.
On the working day immediately preceding the Chinese
New year public holiday, ICIS assesses markets earlier
and gathers information between 08:30 and 15:00Beijing
time.
ICIS will never use information received after
assessments have been published to retroactively
correct an assessment.
Price assessments –
Transaction data threshold
ICIS does not impose a minimum transaction data
threshold on its assessment process.
Alongside its role in assessing the more active and
mature gas markets, ICIS plays a role in bringing price
transparency to new markets where trading and market
information can be sporadic. Such markets are not
conducive to minimum data thresholds.
In the absence of both transaction and bid/offer
information, ICIS procedures are described above in the
“Exercise of Judgement” section.
Price assessments - Verification of sources
ICIS policy on general market data is that we welcome
all information regardless of source or constitution as
long as it is provided in good faith as true.
However, only active market participants verified as such
by existing active industry participants and verified as a
viable business by ICIS investigations will be allowed to
contribute price data to ICIS for the purpose of
assessing tradable market value under this
methodology.
In addition, ICIS reporters use the indicators contained in
the section entitled Validation Checks on Sources from
the company’s Data Standards Policy. This policy can
be read in full in the ICIS Compliance Manual.
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Price assessments – Definitions of periods
ICIS C1 Delivered Assessments by Truck
All prices reflect trucked LNG to be delivered from the
date of assessment up to and including four days
forwards from this date. Should a public holiday fall
within this delivery period, it will still be included in the
assessment methodology.
ICIS C1 LNG Assessments Ex-works
All prices assessed reflect loading from the day of
assessment up to and including the fourth day forwards
from this date. Should a public holiday fall within this
delivery period, it will still be included in the assessment
methodology.
ICIS C1 Freight Rate Assessments for Truck
Delivered LNG
All prices assessed reflect freight rates for deliveries
from the day of assessment up to and including 4 days
ahead from the day of assessment.
Assessments are made on the Friday before publication
where Friday is a working day in China. Where Friday is
a public holiday in China, the assessment is made on
the prior working day.
Price assessments – quality specifications
LNG considered for assessment in CGM has the
following specifications:
Quality
Methane ≧75%
Nitrogen ≦5%
Density 430kg/m3 – 470kg/m3 (520 kg/m3
maximum)
Temperature -166°C - -157°C
Note: the specifications above conform to regulation GB
17820-2012, published on 11th May 2012 by the
General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of
China.
Price assessments – volume specifications
For all assessments the only truck size considered is19-
23 tonnes. Single transactions for delivery of 1 to 5
truckloads will be considered.
Secondary data in CGM
Benchmark city gate prices of natural gas
supplies to non-residential users in China by
province/municipality/region
These prices are the benchmark prices for non-
residential users for consuming pipeline gas delivered at
the city gate as published by the Chinese government’s
national Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
ICIS updates this data following any change issued by
the NDRC.
City-gate prices set by local government in
some provinces/municipalities
This data represents city-gate prices for pipeline gas in
some regions, where local authorities may adjust the
central government guidelines published in the table
above.
ICIS refreshes this data following any changes issued by
the local pricing bureaus or NDRCs.
China Natural gas retail price
This price data is the monthly regulated price for retail
gas use as published by local pricing bureaus or
NDRCs.
Japan Customs-cleared Crude (JCC) Index
The JCC figure is the monthly average price of crude oil
imported by Japan from all sources, which is calculated
by the Japanese finance ministry before the end of the
following calendar month.
The full calendar of publication dates is available on the
Japanese customs website:
http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/calendar/calend_e.htm
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Currency conversions
ICIS C1 adopts the exchange rate released by the
People’s Bank of China at 10:00 Beijing time on each
working day. The exchange rate is a mean of offers/bids
at a specified time on a specific day. The exchange rate
provided by ICIS C1 is intended for reference only and
may differ from the exchange rate released by local
banks or other financial institutions.
Other principles and guidelines
Changes to methodology
All markets evolve, and ICIS has a duty to ensure its
methodologies for market-reporting evolve in step with
markets.
ICIS therefore regularly conducts internal reviews of the
appropriateness of its methodologies.
Draft changes are then made public and comment
requested from industry participants, with a minimum
one-month notice period, except where, exceptionally, a
force majeure event (natural disaster, war, bankruptcy of
a trading exchange etc) makes necessary a shorter
notice period.
ICIS is committed to reviewing all comments on
proposed methodology changes, but in some cases may
find it necessary to alter its methodologies against the
wishes of some market participants.
Consistency
ICIS achieves consistency between its assessors in
exercising their judgement by requiring all assessors to
understand and follow this detailed methodology as well
as the company’s Editorial Standards document.
Data standards
ICIS has a public Data Standards Policy which covers
the type and quality of information it asks market
participants to report.
The following principles relate to ICIS China Gas Market
assessments and commentaries:
Where possible, please allow access to active market
traders and allow them to comment on active news
stories.
Where possible, please provide market data from
both front and back-office functions.
Where possible, please provide complete data and
not a subsection.
Flag inter-affiliate transactions.
When a source or contact leaves the organisation
please alert ICIS to the replacement (ICIS requests that
both the source and the organisation contacts them).
Where information is not validated by the source (i.e.
rumour) please indicate as such.
Delivery locations
Locations for ICIS CGM assessments are chosen to
reflect areas of traded liquidity. Assessments relate to
physical delivery at any point within the named province.
See section above: “Definition of Trading Locations”
Key submitter dependency
Because of the sometimes thinly-traded nature of certain
gas markets and the existence of markets where there
are a limited pool of active counterparties, ICIS does not
employ minimum rules on the number of submitters.
ICIS plays a key role in bringing price transparency and
efficient trading to markets in the early stages of
development.
Market Communication
ICIS communicates with a broad range of market
participants – traders, brokers, back-office employees,
supply managers, operations personnel and company
executives – to obtain market information.
ICIS communicates with participants by telephone,
email, instant messenger and face to face. All instant
messenger, email communication and notes of any face-
to-face communication are archived and details of
telephone communication are logged and data-based.
ICIS does not accept instant messenger communication
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from unknown parties, and reporters are required to
verify a market participant’s identity prior to using instant
message communication.
ICIS reporters are bound by a Code of Conduct to report
to their superiors any coercive or threatening
communication from market participants, or any offers of
inducements of any kind intended to influence an
assessment.
Where improper communication appears to have taken
place, ICIS will communicate in the first instance with
senior management at the company or companies
involved, and if necessary with relevant market
authorities.
ICIS expects the highest standards of propriety from all
market participants, and regards all communications
from market participants as representative of the views
of an individual’s employer.
Market data verification
ICIS will always make best endeavours to confirm bids,
offers and transactions with the relevant party/parties.
ICIS attempts to cross-check all market data received
from a buy or sell-side participant with a participant’s
trading counterparty.
Where both counterparties to a transaction cannot or will
not confirm the data, ICIS seeks corroboration from
other market sources.
Where ICIS has grounds to doubt an item of market
data, it may request further evidence that a transaction
has taken place, including documentary evidence.
In markets with low liquidity and a low number of
counterparties, ICIS may choose to use unconfirmed
data, but only in so far as it is aligned with other market
information and comes from a source deemed reliable
by ICIS based on previous interactions.
Minimum data threshold
Because of the sometimes thinly-traded nature of certain
gas markets and contracts, ICIS does not have a
minimum data threshold for its assessment
methodologies in these markets. ICIS’ China Gas
Markets (CGM) methodology is designed to function
accurately under all market conditions and to make use
of parallel data where no direct transaction or bid/offer
data is available. See the section entitled “Price
Assessments – Exercise of Judgement” above.
Units
ICIS assesses China LNG truck markets in the units
which attract the majority of trade. Most trading activity
takes place in CNY/tonne, which is the unit chosen by
ICIS for its price assessments. Trading also takes place
in CNY/cubic metre. Trade in this unit is also taken into
account and converted into CNY/tonne.
ICIS uses the conversion factor appropriate for each
individual LNG loading location. These conversion
factors are published in China Gas Markets.
Where ICIS has transaction information for delivered
deals in CNY/cubic metres and cannot obtain the
precise loading location, it will use a standard conversion
factor of 1 tonne = 1,389 cubic metres.
ICIS Contact Details
To comment on this document or request further
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Sarah Chen
Analyst
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Analyst,
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