Trading Capabilities
Physical Trading at Global Scale
Our trading desks operate across crude oil, refined products, and oil products — managing physical cargo, derivatives, and structured transactions from Dubai's premier energy hub.
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Monthly Cargo
Per month avg.
Crude Desk
Grade Distribution
Active positions
Operations
Desk Coverage
Global trading desk
Book Value
AUM Breakdown
By product type
Trading Desks
Product Coverage
Three dedicated desks covering the full spectrum of hydrocarbon commodities, each staffed by specialist traders with deep domain knowledge.
Crude Oil
Physical cargo trading across all major grades — Arab Light/Heavy, Murban, Basrah Heavy/Light, CPC Blend, ESPO, Brent and WTI. We trade spot, forward, and structured volumes.
Key Grades / Products
- Arab Light
- Murban
- Basrah Light
- Brent
- WTI
- ESPO Blend
Refined Products
Full range of refined petroleum products including gasoline, gasoil, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, and naphtha. Bulk and marine bunkering supply solutions.
Key Grades / Products
- Gasoline RON 92/95
- Gasoil 10/50ppm
- Jet A-1
- VLSFO
- Naphtha
- LSFO 0.1%
Oil Products
Petrochemical feedstocks, base oils, bitumen, lubricant base stocks, and specialty petroleum products for industrial, marine, and refinery end-uses.
Key Grades / Products
- Base Oil SN150/500
- Bitumen 60/70
- Naphtha
- Petcoke
- Sulphur
- Slack Wax
Oil Products Portfolio
Specialty & Industrial Products
Beyond fuels, our oil products desk covers the full spectrum of specialty petroleum products — from bitumen and base oils to petcoke and sulphur — serving refinery, construction, and industrial end-users worldwide.
Base Oil
Group I, II and III base oils for lubricant manufacturing. We supply SN150, SN500, and bright stock grades for automotive, industrial, and marine lubricant blenders.
End-uses: Engine oils, gear oils, hydraulic fluids, marine lubricants
Bitumen
Paving and industrial grades of bitumen for road construction, waterproofing, and roofing applications. Supplied in bulk vessel, drums, or ISO tanks across Asia, Middle East, and Africa.
End-uses: Road paving, airport runways, waterproof membranes, roofing
Petroleum Coke
Green and calcined petroleum coke (petcoke) for aluminum smelting, electrode manufacturing, and power generation. One of the densest carbon sources in industrial use, with sulphur content ranging from 0.5% to 7%.
End-uses: Aluminum, steel, cement kilns, power generation
Sulphur
Recovered sulphur from sour crude and gas processing. Traded in granular, prilled, and lump form — a critical raw material for fertilizer production via sulphuric acid and superphosphates.
End-uses: Fertilizers (DAP/MAP), sulphuric acid, rubber vulcanisation, pharmaceuticals
Slack Wax & Paraffin
Slack wax and fully refined paraffin wax sourced from lube refinery operations. Used across packaging, candle manufacturing, rubber processing, and moisture-barrier coatings.
End-uses: Candles, packaging, rubber processing, cosmetics, waterproofing
Naphtha & Feedstocks
Light and heavy naphtha for steam cracking, catalytic reforming, and blending. A critical feedstock for ethylene, propylene, and aromatics (BTX) production across Asian and European petrochemical complexes.
End-uses: Ethylene crackers, aromatics plants, gasoline blending, solvents
Supply Modes
Flexible Delivery
All oil products available in multiple packing and transport modes to match end-user requirements.
Bulk Vessel
Panamax to Handysize tankers
ISO Tanks
20–24kl containers, door-to-door
Flexi-bags
Cost-efficient for dry bulk
Drums & IBCs
200L drums, 1000L IBC pallets
Risk Management
Protecting Value Across the Curve
Our risk advisory team designs bespoke hedging programmes for producers, refiners, airlines, shippers, and industrial consumers.
Futures & Forwards
ICE Brent, NYMEX WTI, and Singapore Exchange positions to hedge physical cargo exposure across the forward curve.
Options Strategies
Vanilla and exotic options structures — collars, spreads, Asian averages — tailored to client budgets and risk tolerance.
Crack Spread Hedging
Refining margin protection through crack spread swaps on gasoline, gasoil, and jet fuel vs. crude benchmarks.
Basis & Location Risk
Differential hedging across geographic and quality spreads — Dubai/Brent, HSFO/VLSFO, Med vs. Arab Gulf.
FX Risk Management
USD and multi-currency hedging solutions for non-USD counterparties active in physical commodity contracts.
Credit Structuring
Prepay, tolling, and offtake structures that optimise working capital and manage counterparty credit exposure.
How We Trade
From Sourcing to Settlement
Market Intelligence
Real-time price discovery, fundamental analysis, and supply/demand modelling across target markets
Origination
Sourcing physical cargoes and bilateral deals from producer relationships and exchange platforms
Execution
Documentation, credit approval, insurance, and nomination — fully managed by our operations team
Settlement
Quality inspection, demurrage management, invoicing, and counterparty payment coordination
Explore Our Operations
Learn how our operations team delivers physical cargoes from source to destination with precision and reliability.