Mercuria CSR Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 17
| Crude oil and refined products
Mercuria is one of the world’s largest independent
traders of crude oil and the Group has a long-standing
expertise in crude oil trading.
interlaced with bio-based components which can take
the form of physical products such as ethanol for
instance or “paper” products in the form of renewable
certificates. Mercuria deploys its expertise to offer
competitive pricing that include all these elements.
We source barrels worldwide and have access to all
the key crude grades. Our global network of trading
offices, ideally located in all the major oil trading
regions, allows us to identify changing crude oil flows
and evolving market dynamics. We capture value
throughout the supply chain through its relationships
with oil producers, superior logistics capabilities, and
strategically located storage and blending facilities.
Our experience and understanding of oil markets
enables us to implement robust hedging programs in
volatile environments.
We offer commercial support with specially tailored,
structured transactions, applying our risk management,
financial and investment expertise. In Europe, Mercuria
is one of the lead providers of liquidity in the Dated
Brent market
We supply middle distillates such as jet fuel, heating oil
and diesel globally and work with our partners to meet
all their needs incorporating logistics, finance and risk
management.
Above all, we are a trusted partner. We have built our
business on long-term relationships and the quality
of our operations is highly valued by our partners.
We are rigorous in our quality controls and have been
supplying jet fuel for many airports as well as various
government entities.
We are active in the fuel oil, gasoline, naphtha and
reformate world markets. In an environment where
specification varies widely by region, we utilize our
extensive logistic, storage and blending capabilities to
guarantee delivery of the right quality in the right volume
| Biofuels
We have been trading biofuel since 2006 and have
become a leading physical trader in what is now a
dynamic global arena.
Our activities encompass sourcing, blending and
supplying physical products and components.
Being at the forefront of an evolving market, we are
able to align our activities with the ever-changing
European biofuels legislation. We operate within the
Renewable Energy Directive (RED) framework and we
have developed a fully audited system for product
sustainability and traceability. The group and its
entities are International Sustainability and Carbon
Certification (ISCC) certified.
We are also a leader in the waste-based biodiesel
market. We own and operate a manufacturing plant
dedicated to producing biodiesel from used cooking
oil. Located in Brunsbüttel, on the Kiel Canal near
Hamburg, the plant is ideally placed to serve the large
German biodiesel market as well as the strategic
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp (ARA) oil hubs. The
group is a major importer of biodiesel in the United
Kingdom and France.
Combined with our middle distillates trading expertise,
Mercuria is a strong and dependable partner in the
biodiesel market. We supply biodiesel to a large number
of European customers including to major refiners.
at the right time. Gasoline markets are increasingly
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