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Webinar on-demand: Asia-Pacific Oil Outlook: Charting the Course for Summer

Published16 MAY 24 - 14:03 Reading time  minutes

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In this webinar our panel of oil industry experts including Jorge Molinero Sanz, Michael Ryan, Philip Jones-Lux, Samantha Hartke and James Noel-Beswick provided valuable insights into the following topics:

  • We assessed cross-barrel arbitrage opportunities to reveal supply/demand dynamics to help guide strategic decisions in the Asia-Pacific oil market.
  • We explored East/West pricing to help navigate evolving freight dynamics and geopolitical shifts.
  • We highlighted Sparta’s key views on trades to shape the summer market, sharing insights into market sentiment and investment opportunities in Asia-Pacific markets.
  • We highlighted green shoots in the region and how those translate to profitable trading opportunities, and examined competitive supply/demand threats from other regions.

Speakers:

Philip Jones-Lux – Commodity Owner: Philip.jones-lux@spartacommodities.com

Philip Jones-Lux is Senior Analyst for Sparta. Having worked with organisations such as JBC Energy and RP Global, Philip is a seasoned energy market analyst with expertise across the oil barrel and power markets 

Jorge Molinero – Commodity Owner: jorge.molinero@spartacommodities.com

Jorge Molinero is Commodity Owner for Naphtha and LPG at Sparta. Starting his career as a financial analyst with BBVA, Jorge quickly transitioned to market intelligence within the energy sector, spending 4 years as a naphtha analyst with Repsol before joining Sparta in early 2023.

James Noel-Beswick – Commodity Owner: james.noel-beswick@spartacommodities.com

James Noel-Beswick is Commodity Owner for Distillate at Sparta. Before joining Sparta, James worked as an analyst for the likes of BP and Shell, and leads our continued development of the distillate product vertical.

Michael Ryan – Commodity Owner – Freight: michael.ryan@spartacommodities.com

Michael Ryan, our Freight Commodity Owner at Sparta, brings over a decade of experience in the energy trading sector. His career started and flourished at Trafigura managing risk across products and regions before becoming Head of Risk for subsidiary Puma Energy. Michael then joined the Trafigura commercial team trading clean and gas freight while successfully growing the physical fleet through strategic dealmaking.

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