operations
Oil & Products
TRADE OIL imports, exports, distributes, finances and trades in the following oil and products in the West African and international markets:
- Crude Oil
- Gasoline and Diesel
- Naphtha
- Fuel Oil
- Jet Fuel
- VGO
- Petroleum Distillates
- Gasoline Blendstocks
- Lubricants
Lubricants
Trade Oil is the exclusive importer, distributor and representative of EURO LUBE lubricants of the United Arab Emirates in all of markets of West Africa.
Storage, Blending and Distribution
Trade Oil as part of its strategy has entered into partial participation arrangements with:
Storage & Blending
Trade Oil has lease and rental agreements in regional storage tank farms in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo.
Guinea Conakry: feasibility study completed for the development of a new storage tank farm with the sole facility in the market for storage and distribution to the regional markets.
Distribution
Through a joint venture with a oil products marketer, Trade Oil has access to a fleet of over 300 road tankers and 260 petrol stations.
We have become a medium size company in the regional markets benefiting from imports of branded and blended gasoline and gasoil through the network of our expanding West African region.
Upstream - Republic of Niger
Trade Oil Niger is engaged in the supply of petroleum products and export of crude oil from the new frontier market of Niger, where there have been major oil discoveries.
We signed an M.O.A. with the Ministry of Petroleum for two major oil blocks situated in the Northern Eastern Region of the country — The Taffasasset Block and The Grein Block.
Commodities - Bauxite
Trade Oil has a joint venture with a local indigenous Bauxite Mining Group in Guinea to mine, exploit and export bauxite from block 2-4, home to the world’s largest bauxite reserve.
We see a long-term trading prospective for supplying alumina to high-demand markets in Asia (in particular China) and the U.S.A.
Solar Power
Ivory Coast
Development of a 20 MW solar park with a PPA signed with the Ministry of Electricity to supply the local national electricity grid.
Niger Republic
Development of nationwide solar parks with PPAs in progress to provide electricity to the national electricity grid.