TRADING

Our trading activities cover all geographical areas and serve a network of national oil organizations, major oil companies and independent trading companies. B.B. Energy trades in Crude Oil and the full array of its products, as well as specialized products where opportunities arise.

B.B. Energy launched into oil trading in 1969 with its first purchase contract of Syrian Soueidie crude. Since then, Libyan, Iraqi, Egyptian, and Saudi crude have all followed. Our team trades crude on term and spot basis in established, lucrative markets in the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Far East.

The bulk of B.B. Energy's activity is in sour grades, which are sourced against term supply contracts and offered to refineries against tenders or on direct sale, processing, or product buyback arrangements. B.B. Energy will continue to take advantage of emerging opportunities and enhance relationships with our expanding customer base in Asia Pacific.

B.B. Energy is the largest trader of gasoline in the Mediterranean. It has a large downstream system capacity in the Eastern Mediterranean. In addition, we act as a swing supplier for the American and Asian markets. We trade more than 1 million tons of gasoline and 150,000 tons of naphtha per year in addition to gasoline components and other specialized products to meet various specifications.

B.B. Energy's global network of middle distillates comprises of a wide range of products, most prominently jet, kerosene, diesel, and heating oil. Our operations in these products are traded global. We use our storage and logistics for blending and optimising timely deliveries to fulfil customer requirements.

B.B. Energy has been ranked among the key players of fuel oil in the Mediterranean region since 1972. Recently, our trading activities have increased alongside higher value sales in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Trading opportunities have further expanded through term supplies in various areas spanning from the Caribbean to the Far East.
B.B. Energy has often used the Red Sea and the Arab Gulf regions as locations for swing supply, depending on arbitrage opportunities. 

The Singapore office is the base of our operations in the Far East. The Far East market is the largest bunker market in the world. With an overall shortage of fuel oil in the region, our group works closely with national and major oil companies in order to best meet their requirements, while keeping an eye out for opportunities to expand.

B.B. Energy is rapidly becoming a key player in the trading, transportation and production of Bitumen in the Mediterranean as well as Africa and the Arab Gulf. Bridging the gap between the demand markets and suppliers, B.B. Energy has formed strong partnerships with both.

From small quantities of specialized products to bio fuels and other commodities B.B. Energy identifies opportunities and relationships that complement our core businesses.