Mission Statement

Energy Merchant's corporate mission is to create and share economic value with our customers by designing and implementing supply and risk management programs that reduce the inherent price risk in their business due to the volatility of the energy markets.
 

Energy Merchant Corp., is the umbrella entity of a group of companies each having a particular involvement in a segment of the energy industry.  An Energy Merchant company has owned and operated oil and biofuel refineries, storage and distribution terminals, conducted exploration and production activities, managed supply, marketing, and trading of refined products and biofuels, and conducted fund management and brokerage services.  The company was originally formed in 1995 to pursue the acquisition of the Powerine Oil Company, a refinery in Santa Fe Springs, CA.  Energy Merchant has offices in New York, California, and New Jersey and an experienced team that has extensive knowledge of the energy sector and a background in offering long-term energy contracts and risk management services. 

Energy Merchant companies fill a unique role for their customers. They combine the financial sophistication normally found only in Wall Street firms with the supply and distribution expertise expected from a large oil company. They do this with a customer focus found only in the most responsive local distributors.  Many suppliers in the oil industry look to exploit their customers to maximize their own bottom line. Energy Merchant takes a longer-term approach in developing relationships with customers. Some of Energy Merchant’s customers have been purchasing oil from the Energy Merchant team for over 20 years.

Energy Merchant has distinguished itself with the reliability of its supply. When the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 hit, most suppliers in the Southeast left their customers with a shortage of product.  Energy Merchant delivered all of its supply commitments to that region plus more. The same happened in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast when extreme cold snaps hit in 2001, 2003 and 2004: Energy Merchant was there for all of its heating oil customers.

Changing conditions abroad, domestic economic changes, decisions on national fuel reserves, and domestic regulatory decisions require low-risk, proven, custom-driven solutions to supply and management relationships. Energy Merchant offers its customers just such a spectrum of energy choices. Today’s energy market for various volume, term and spot supply contracts offers key advantages to industrial and commercial customers who partner with Energy Merchant. This is due to Energy Merchant’s low-cost production assets, terminaling agreements, strategically-located operations, and growing supply capabilities.

Resource Development

Energy Merchant Corp also identifies investment opportunities (primarily energy related) in distressed assets and more.  The Energy Merchant team has been very successful in revitalizing these distressed assets, managing the operation of assets, and reselling the assets at an improved value. 

More recently Energy Merchant has invested in biofuel asset related projects and continues to be involved in project development and management of biofuel feedstock and production plant opportunities.

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