# OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

> OPIS supplies benchmark prices, market news, data and software for businesses buying, selling and managing exposure to energy and related commodities. Its products connect physical fuel markets, wholesale terminals and retail pricing, with additional coverage of environmental commodities, chemicals and hydrogen. It is part of Dow Jones, a News Corp business.

- **Founded:** 1977
- **Headquarters:** Gaithersburg, United States
- **Founders:** Tom Kloza (Co-founder of the OPIS pricing service launched in 1980), Ben Brockwell (Co-founder of the OPIS pricing service launched in 1980)
- **Products:** Oil Express, OPIS Newsletter, Spot pricing and market reports, Retail fuel pricing database, Axxis software
- **Notable:** Built a fuel information business from petroleum newsletters to data feeds and workflow software., Publishes methodology documents and annual IOSCO PRA assurance reports, including a 2025 report., Acquired by News Corp with related assets for $1.15 billion in cash in February 2022.

## Products & services

- **Oil Express** — Petroleum industry newsletter; the publishing origin of the business.
- **OPIS Newsletter** — Petroleum pricing and market news newsletter.
- **Spot pricing and market reports** — Assessments, market news and analysis for physical fuels, feedstocks and related commodities.
- **Retail fuel pricing database** — Retail gasoline and diesel price intelligence and competitive analysis.
- **Axxis software** — Software for fuel purchasing, selling, dispatch and reconciliation; acquired in 2005.
- **OPIS RackPro** — Interactive wholesale pricing, benchmark views, alerts and historical analysis.
- **OPIS Rack API** — Machine-readable wholesale benchmarks for internal applications and invoice checks.
- **Carbon market intelligence** — Compliance and voluntary carbon assessments, reporting and analytics.
- **Global Hydrogen Analysis** — Hydrogen economics, projects, supply-demand analysis and calculators with Hydrogen Calc.
- **Conferences and education** — Industry conferences, webinars and market education.

## Achievements

- Built a fuel information business from petroleum newsletters to data feeds and workflow software.
- Publishes methodology documents and annual IOSCO PRA assurance reports, including a 2025 report.
- Acquired by News Corp with related assets for $1.15 billion in cash in February 2022.
- Expanded benchmark use into environmental derivatives through the 2026 Nodal Exchange collaboration.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Dow Jones launched the unified Dow Jones Energy identity on August 25; OPIS remains an attributed source of benchmarks and methodologies.
- **2026-08** — Nodal Exchange and OPIS announced financially settled environmental contracts on August 17, working with IncubEx.
- **2026-08** — Global Hydrogen Analysis launched August 3 with project data, production economics and long-term supply-demand analysis.
- **2026-05** — OPIS announced the Los Angeles CARBOB GATX daily assessment on May 14.
- **2026-04** — OPIS announced daily pricing for New Mexico clean transportation fuel credits on April 1.

## Links

- Website: https://www.opis.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/opis
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/OPIS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OilPriceInfoService
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oilpriceinfo

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Last updated: 2026-10-21