Digitalization in Energy Trading & Risk

Q1. Could you start by giving us a brief overview of your professional background, particularly focusing on your expertise in the industry?

Energy trading professional with 12+ years of experience in oil trading, biofuels, power trading, commercial strategy, procurement, and business development. Expertise in trading naphtha, gasoline components, heavy aromatics, biodiesel, and ethanol across India, SEA, China, AG, and ARA markets.

Q2. How are digital tools and analytics influencing trading decisions, risk management, and forecasting in energy markets?

Digital tools and analytical platforms serve a great purpose in understanding spot and future market arbitrage. Helps predict the future by considering factors such as supply, demand, geopolitics, etc.

Q3. How is price discovery in biofuels evolving as markets become more policy-driven rather than purely demand-supply driven?

I would say that policy creates demand and, hence, follows supply, which develops a trading ecosystem in which trade occurs from one continent to another through arbitrage.

Q4. Where do you see the biggest gaps between sustainability narratives and on-ground market behavior in biofuels?

With the introduction of ISCC EU/Plus/Corsia, the gap between sustainability requirements and on-the-ground reality is narrowing. Every stakeholder now understands the requirement from the feedstock collector to end use, such as…