OQT, Oman’s global commodity trading company, has appointed Emmanuël Brasseur as Head of LNG at its Dubai office, strengthening its leadership as it expands its presence across global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets.
Brasseur joins OQT
from Castleton Commodities International, where he served as Executive
Director, Global LNG Physical. He brings more than 20 years of experience in
LNG trading, origination and portfolio management across the Atlantic, Middle
East and Asian markets.
His appointment
supports OQT’s strategy to expand its LNG portfolio and strengthen its
origination capabilities across major global markets. LNG is a key pillar of
OQT’s commodity strategy alongside crude oil, refined products, petrochemicals
and fertilisers.
With significant new
liquefaction capacity expected to come online globally through 2030, OQT sees
opportunities across the LNG value chain, including supply origination, freight
optimisation and longer-term offtake relationships in Asia, Europe and emerging
import markets.
Brasseur previously
held senior positions at JERA Global Markets, Diamond Gas
International/Mitsubishi, Eni Trading and Suez Group/Distrigas. At JERA Global
Markets, he led Atlantic Basin optimisation for an asset-backed portfolio with
capacity exceeding 30 million tonnes per annum.
In his new role,
Brasseur will oversee OQT’s LNG business across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific,
Europe and the Atlantic Basin, with responsibility for portfolio development,
trading, optimisation and developing new supply and offtake relationships.
OQT, the trading arm
of Oman’s integrated national energy company OQ and part of the Oman Investment
Authority group, has developed an integrated multi-commodity trading platform
over the past two decades. The company is now positioning LNG as a major growth
pillar for the coming decade.
Wail Al Jamali, Chief
Executive Officer of OQT, said: “Emmanuel’s appointment marks an important step
in the development of OQT’s LNG business. He brings a sought-after combination
of commercial, portfolio and origination experience across the world’s major
LNG markets. As we expand our LNG portfolio and global partnerships, he will
help us build the capabilities needed to serve our ambitions as a leading
global commodity trading house.”
Emmanuel Brasseur,
Head of LNG at OQT, said: “OQT combines an asset-backed foundation with a
trading mindset, an established credibility in the industry with the ambition
to build a globally connected LNG business. I look forward to developing the
portfolio, strengthening relationships with counterparties, and helping to
build the next phase of OQT’s LNG platform.” -OGN/TradeArabia News Service
