In the third episode of a brand-new podcast from General Index, we discuss the origins of the Dated Brent benchmark. 

In this episode, we return to the 1980s to explore the background to the Dated Brent benchmark, the role of the PRAs, and why price benchmarks became integral to the functioning of oil markets.

This episode of The Price of Everything is introduced by Neil Bradford and presented by David Elward. The guest was John Kingston. It was produced by Andrew Wheeler in collaboration with Sassy Clyde of Janno Media. 

John Kingston has a 42-year career covering commodities. During his time at price reporting agency Platts, he launched the Dated Brent benchmark, edited Platts Oilgram News, and served in a number of senior editorial management positions. He later became President of the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute and Director of Global Market Insights at S&P Global. He is currently Editor-at-Large with trucking data specialists FreightWaves.

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