Trading state and federal clean fuels markets (California LCFS, OR CFP, WA CFS, Canada CFR)
Trades executed OTC and via exchange
Working with the origination team to hedge credit volumes across programs
Building relationships with market participants- brokers, traders, reporters, exchanges
Conducting fundamental and technical analysis on relevant markets
Modeling supply and demand dynamics on fuels such as renewable diesel, RNG, SAF, gasoline, ULSD, ethanol, renewable diesel starting from a feedstock level
Communicating with a variety of commercial partners (EV companies, tech companies, dairy digester owners, utilities) and providing them with data and market analysis/price forecasts
Extensive policy research into various state and federal programs- primarily CFS programs and the RFS
Working with regulatory team to draft and submit comments on proposals released by state and federal regulators
Attending regulatory and policy meetings and workshops
Prospecting counterparties for structured term deals
Onboarding new counterparties and reviewing/editing master service agreements
Drafting and executing trade confirms
Entering all deals into an internal database and managing product inventory and supply deliveries
Environmental Credits Desk
Oil Brokerage Americas LLC
08.2020 - 09.2021
Building up the Renewables Desk brokering carbon offset credits (voluntary and compliance), benzene and sulfur credits, and renewable fuel credits (RINs and LCFS)
Building and growing relationships with a wide range of clients across the globe- refiners, trading shops, hedge funds, electric vehicle companies, etc
Extensive policy research and staying up to date with daily political news/legislature/elections
Creating market reports and daily recaps/data analysis for clients across the world and other desks in the company
Research Intern
Oil Brokerage Americas LLC
06.2019 - 08.2019
Developed research report on the Tier 3 Gasoline Sulfur program shared with internal gasoline and distillate desk