How is LPG priced internationally?

International LPG cargoes from the Middle East are priced against the Saudi Aramco Contract Price (CP) for Propane and Butane, weighted by composition, plus a spot premium, freight (Baltic BLPG routes), insurance and any war-risk surcharge.

LNG is priced under three dominant mechanisms: oil-indexed using a Brent slope (typically 11–14% × Brent + a constant), Henry Hub-indexed for US-origin FOB cargoes (115% × HH + a fixed liquefaction fee), and spot-indexed against JKM in Asia or TTF in Europe, with shipping added separately when sold DES.

How are crude oil cargoes priced?

Crude cargoes are priced against a regional benchmark (Brent for Atlantic Basin, Dubai/Oman for Middle East sour grades, WTI for US barrels) plus an Official Selling Price (OSP) differential set monthly by the producer, adjusted for quality (API, sulphur) and freight on the relevant Worldscale route.

How are EN590 and Jet A-1 priced?

Refined products are priced against Platts assessments — CIF NWE Cargoes or FOB ARA Barges for Europe, MOPS for Asia — averaged over the agreed Quotation Period, then adjusted for premium, freight on Worldscale clean routes, SGS or Intertek inspection and insurance.

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Group structure & related entities

Who we are, who we are not, and how the entities named elsewhere on this site relate to us.

The trading house

MENA United Trading F.Z.C

Trades physical crude and refined products, petrochemicals, helium and industrial gases, and undertakes selective automotive and armoured-vehicle re-export. Head office in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in Dubai, London, Amman, Singapore, Mauritius and Tashkent. This website belongs to this entity.

Chairman's separate firm — not a group company

Syndicate Lending Corporation

A Canadian debt-advisory and capital-raising firm founded and led by Inam Qureshi, who serves as Chairman of MENA United Trading. Syndicate Lending Corporation is a separate legal entity. It does not own, and is not owned by, MENA United Trading, and it does not trade physical commodities.

Third party — client of the Chairman's firm

Airlife Gases Pvt Ltd

Airlife Gases acquired a controlling stake in Royal Helium Ltd. (TSX-V: RHC). Syndicate Lending Corporation acted as sole agent to Airlife on that transaction. MENA United Trading was not a party to it and holds no equity in Royal Helium Ltd. or in Airlife Gases.

What this means in practice

· MENA United Trading holds no equity in any publicly listed issuer.
· MENA United Trading holds no upstream production equity.
· No commercial relationship described on this site should be read as a joint venture, guarantee or common control between the entities above.
· Where the Chairman's other roles are mentioned on this site, they are stated to describe experience, not to imply that MENA United Trading was a party to those transactions.

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