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powered by General Index

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Find out more about how you can access
General Index's oil & refined products pricing.
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Consistency
Trusted by 3k+ users
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~450
daily oil prices
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200+
voluntary carbon prices
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Our partnership

In 2024, Bloomberg partnered with General Index to power {BOIL<GO>} - providing 450 key oil & refined product prices. In addition to prices on the terminal, customers can access General Index data for enterprise use via Bloomberg Data License and Bloomberg’s real-time market data feed, B-PIPE.
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What's included?

More data available
as part of {BOIL<GO>}

  • ~450 prices across key regions, grades and products from crude and refined oil markets, as well as 200+ voluntary carbon market prices through {SPOT<GO>}
  • New functionality on the Bloomberg Terminal - search by key criteria or browse the full General Index catalogue
  • Data available across North America (US and Canada), Europe, Middle East and Asia

Compliant & ethical

  • Indexes based on data from 225 vetted data contributors, based on thousands of daily trades
  • Compliant with IOSCO and UK / EU Benchmark Regulation
  • Transparent and objective methodology, rather than a "black box" full of surprises (like traditional price reporting agencies)

Straight-forward pricing
and licensing

  • Desktop access for existing Terminal users
  • Data License & B-PIPE deliveries require General Index license
  • Low use, single, multi or global enterprise licensing options

How do Bloomberg users use General Index data?

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Commodities traders

Traders use our data to inform their trading decisions across multiple commodities and are referenced in contracts (in physical and derivatives).
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Portfolio managers

Traders use our data to inform their trading decisions across multiple commodities and are referenced in contracts (in physical and derivatives).
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Quantitative analysts

Quants feed their AI models with our data to analyze financial markets, using historical data and forward curves.

Equity research

Equity research teams use our data to model revenue projections and earnings estimates - as well as understanding the impact on GDP and inflation.
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Energy analysts

Energy analysts in financial services analyze pricing trends, supply and demand factors and market conditions using our data.
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Risk managers

Risk managers use our historical data to understand price volatility to manage exposure in commodities markets.

Comprehensive coverage of key markets

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Crude oil

Key crude grade price assessments for Europe, Americas, Middle East and Asia. Including Dated Brent, Forties, Ekofisk, WTI, Dubai, Oman, OSPs & ESPO.
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Refined products

Daily benchmarks for Europe, Americas, Middle East and Asia. Including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, naphtha, gasoil, propane, and butane.
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Marine fuels

Port-delivered marine fuel prices for 500+ bunkering locations in Europe, North America, Africa, Middle East and Asia - based on a historic dataset of 40,000+ data points.
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Biofuels
Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) production prices & biodiesel spot prices covering a range of methyl esters.
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Voluntary carbon
Carbon credit price baskets and aggregated scheme indexes that lead to greater liquidity and increased transparency in the market.
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Trusted by market leaders

“With geopolitical volatility and soaring energy prices, there is strong demand among investors for reliable, transparent commodity pricing data. Through GX, Bloomberg is delivering high quality oil spot data.”
Emilie Gallagher, Head of Commodities
Emilie Gallagher,
Head of Commodities, Bloomberg
“As a leader in commodity data distribution, our partnership with General Index ensures we are responding to the market; providing critical information that is affordable to all our customers and their differentiated needs and requirements.”
Andrew Toumazi
Andrew Toumazi
Head of Commodities, LSEG

Plans

Low Use

  • Single user
  • Single Cust
  • Limited access - single EID

Single

  • Single enterprise application
  • Up to 10 users
  • <3 Custs
  • Unlimited access to all 400 BOIL tickers

Multi Enterprise

  • Multiple enterprise applications
  • Up to 20 users
  • >3 Custs
  • Unlimited access to all 400 BOIL tickers

Global Enterprise

  • Global multiple applications
  • >20 users
  • Unlimited access to all 400 BOIL tickers
  • 2000+ additional GX indexes

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