The market intelligence platform built for fuel oil traders

Live blending economics, global differentials, and freight, connected in one workspace. So you see the opportunity before the market does.

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speed-to-market

Real-time pricing

Live physical differentials across finished grades and blending components globally, combined with Sparta’s fuel oil curves and 400+ DPP freight routes.

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Global blending clarity

Instantly identify turning points for swing barrels across all major blending hubs, before they move.

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Actionable economics

Live blending optimisation that tells you where to place or source physical barrels and how to trade paper spreads with conviction.

Built for the complexity of fuel oil markets

Fuel oil and blending component prices distilled into actionable insights

Fuel oil blending economics move faster than most platforms can track. Sparta’s live fuel oil optimiser connects blending components, swing barrels, and freight in real time, so you see where the value is before the market does.

The Sparta difference

Act before the market catches up

Live blending economics across cracks, spreads, EW, Hi5, and visco, updated continuously so your positioning reflects what’s happening now, not what happened this morning.

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Your complete market view

Custom chart pages with up to nine fully configurable charts. Mix live curves, forwards, seasonals, swaps, futures, physical, and freight in one view. Build the workspace your desk actually needs.

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See the extra gains you could unlock with Sparta with our ROI calculators

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Tools and features to give you the edge

The Sparta for Fuel Oil platform is tailor-made for the fuel oil market, providing features and tools that enable you to trade with greater conviction anytime, anywhere.

Sparta Curves

The most accurate pricing platform available today

Real-time global pricing across futures, swaps, physical, and freight. Accessible via web, iOS, or Excel, wherever you work.

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Fuel Oil Blender

Real-time insights into accurate blending economics globally

Live blending optimisation across all major hubs. Place and source physical barrels, trade spreads and paper with accuracy and conviction.

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Sparta Breakeven Blender

The first of its kind, tailor-made for the fuel oil market

Work in reverse. Determine optimal inclusion levels for swing barrels across each blending hub, so you know the workable level before you negotiate.

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DPP Freight Calculator

Up-to-date reliable freight rates

Prompt and forward freight rates across 400 global fuel oil routes and vessel classes. Always current, always trade-ready.

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Speak with our fuel oil expert

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Hoa Nguyen

Commodity Owner

hoa.nguyen@spartacommodities.com

Hoa Nguyen is a Commodity Owner at Sparta. Before joining Sparta, Hoa spent 4 years at Trafigura in Singapore and was in charge of Fuel Oil analysis at the company. Prior to that, Hoa worked in emerging markets fixed income at Eaton Vance (Morgan Stanley) in Boston and equity research at Cannell & Spears in New York.

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“You can definitely tell Sparta was designed with the Trader and Analyst workflow in mind.”

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“This is impressive. I haven’t seen anything like this before.”

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“I stopped updating my Excel sheet 4 months ago.”

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“I’ve not run a manual blend in months.”

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