Argus Kazakhstan and Central Asia Oil and Gas Markets 2025
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SOCAR Trading
Headquartered in Geneva, SOCAR Trading was established in December 2007 as the marketing arm of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
www.socartrading.com
SOCAR Trading is unique: it enjoys the advantages of being a wholly-owned state entity combined with the independence and global presence of a major commodities trading company based in Switzerland.
While the company continues to market the bulk of SOCAR crude oil export volumes from Ceyhan port in Turkey, it has also been able to develop significant third party volumes through both leveraging its system barrels, as well as its experienced traders developing new business.
Since 2017, SOCAR Trading has invested into the development of LNG and Gas trading capabilities with the carbon trading desk set up in 2021. Today, SOCAR Trading is the global trading house with offices in five major trading hubs and crude oil, refined products, LNG, natural gas and environmental products trading capabilities. Besides its trading activities SOCAR Trading has relationships with SWIFT and more than 40 banks in Europe, Asia and US.
Platinum Sponsor
Petrochina International
PetroChina International Co., Ltd. (PCI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina Company Limited. Established on January 18, 2002, it is responsible for PetroChina’s international trade operations. Its scope of work includes investment, construction, and management of domestic coastal and border port facilities, overseas trade platforms, as well as domestic and international futures trading. The company undertakes critical responsibilities such as coordinating and optimizing overseas equity oil sales, balancing the import and export of oil, gas, petrochemical products, and maintaining the equilibrium of domestic oil and gas supply and demand. Leveraging PetroChina’s strength, PCI specializes in the trade of five traditional areas: crude oil, natural gas, refined products, petrochemicals, and shipping. It is also actively expanding into two emerging sectors-new energy and new energy minerals.
www.petrochina.com.cn
The company continuously extends its value chain, diversifies trading methods, optimizes resource allocation, and integrates into the global market. PCI provides specialized solutions combining diverse energy products and carbon assets for its clients. With operations in 59 branches across 28 countries and regions, and business activities spanning over 120 countries and regions, PCI engages in both on-exchange and off-exchange trading of hundreds of product varieties in the international market and has established cooperative relationships with over 3,000 trading partners worldwide, with a good reputation in the global energy market.
By effectively utilizing “two types of resources” and “two markets,” PCI maximizes its professional advantages and enhances its global network layout. The company has established three major oil and gas trading operation hubs in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, along with six major oil and gas trade resource bases, including Central Asia and the Middle East. Over time, PCI has built a support system with high security, stability, flexibility, and efficiency, consistently strengthening its capacity for supply security, management optimization and efficiency improvement. PCI’s operations contribute significantly to serving global clients and supporting the broader PetroChina industrial chain.
Gold Sponsors
Texol
TEXOL Group — maintenance, infrastructure, transportation
www.texol.kz
The company works in three main areas:
• chemical cleaning of technological systems, vessels and pipelines;
• management of its own specialized infrastructure for the maintenance and repairs of railcars and tanks;
• railway transportation using its own fleet of railcars and tanks.
The main focus of the transportation services is offering complex contractual logistics for LPG transportation, including working under service agreements with major customers.
The company’s main priorities in all working areas are security, innovation and digitalization.
Alkagesta
Alkagesta is a global commodity trading house specializing in petroleum products, fertilizers, and biofuels. Established in Malta in 2018, the company operates as a multinational enterprise with 17 offices and representations worldwide. Alkagesta maintains partnerships with 28 international banks and conducts trading activities across 42 countries, facilitating over 7 million metric tons of commodity flows annually. Its extensive logistics network includes access to more than 700,000 cubic meters of storage capacity across Europe and Asia, supporting efficient and resilient global supply chains.
www.alkagesta.com
REDBRIDGE Energy
REDBRIDGE Energy DMCC is the energy trading company. Main Activities in trading of refined oil products and crude oil, plastic and nylon materials trading, chemical fertilizers trading and petrochemicals trading. Based in Dubai, UAE. Obtained licenses from the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC).
www.redbridgeenergy.ch
Midas Oil Trading
MIDAS OIL TRADING DMCC Company registered in March 2020.
www.midas-oil.ae
MIDAS OIL TRADING DMCC Company is a member of international oil trading business. Main activities are sale and purchase of gasoline, gasoil, arranging logistics for the Goods as well as their throughput at the terminals outside the UAE.
Silver Sponsor
PTC Holding
PTC Holding is a transport and logistics investment group of companies, an international provider of integrated logistics services in the oil and gas and container sectors, the largest owner and operator of railway rolling stock and infrastructure in the countries of Central Asia. The company offers a full range of transport and logistics services.
www.ptc-holding.kz
Bronze Sponsors
CIM Banque
In 34 years of experience, CIM Bank has developed a strong team of dedicated Private Bankers speaking more than 12
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different languages, providing each of its private and institutional clients with a personalised relationship and individual
financial solutions.
Innovative communication systems and newest technology have always been in the center of CIM Bank’s development,
together with a strong commitment to Swiss values and regulations.
With 3 offices in Switzerland (Geneva, Lugano and Wollerau) CIM Bank provides its international clientele a wide range of
services:
• Current accounts, commercial accounts, savings accounts and trading accounts
• E-banking access 24/7
• Multicurrency accounts
• International SWIFT Payments
• Trade Finance Services
• Credit cards and debit cards
• Private Banking & Asset Management
• Online trading (Stocks, Bonds, Funds, derivatives)
Conditions:
• Personal or corporate clients
• Free account opening
• Non-Swiss residents accepted
• Online account opening
• E-identification and E-signature
• No minimum deposit
CIM Bank works under the authorisation of FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, and is a member of
the Swiss Exchange and of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA).
Advice Vector
Advice Vector is a full-service law firm from the UAE. Finance deals, corporate and commercial matters are some of the areas that we cover.
www.advicevector.com
We advise on English and EU laws, Emirati matters and some continental jurisdictions, too. Most of the time, we work on international transactions, often with overseas counsel. Our team worked on deals in Australia, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, the BVI, Chile, China, throughout the CIS, in Eritrea, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Spain and Tanzania, to name a few.
A significant portion of our work is the commodities industry where we offer a very unique service. Through experience we have an unparalleled understanding of all types of transaction in the commodities market, from origination to derivatives regulation. All types of commodity – metals & mining, oil & energy and softs – are our cup of tea.
We are independent Emirati firm but our roots are in London. This is the level of service we offer to our clients – that of major corporate and finance firms in the United Kingdom.