Arcadia's heritage is based firmly in the business of trading physical oil.

For the past 18 years, an average of around 40 million tons of crude oil have flowed through our trading system; amounting to 800,000 barrels for each day of the year and comprising some 40 different grades of crude oil, loading at worldwide locations and each with their own characteristics and market values.


With specialist trading teams based in our London headquarters, we maintain constant contact with the world energy markets, monitoring the supply, demand and price evolution of crude oil fundamentals.

In West Africa, we have developed a strong source of supply through co-operation with equity producers and state oil companies. We continue to expand our knowledge and expertise throughout West Africa, working closely with state organisations. We are highly committed to securing long-term activities in this area, which is considered to be of great geographical and logistical importance in world crude oil supply.

Additionally, our many years of experience in the Yemen have provided us with a sound base of supply in the Middle East, upon which we have built a network of trading partners in the Indian sub-continent and South-East Asia.

Currently our eastern team covers the Far Eastern market, including mainland China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan. Arcadia also moves arbitrage cargoes to/from this region.

Over the years we have acquired an in depth knowledge of marketing and processing most crude oils in the Mediterranean and our customer portfolio includes many of the major oil companies/refiners and producers in the region. We have been active for more than 10 years in the Black Sea and thanks to our global presence and track record on arbitrage we can handle large volumes of oil outside the region. The newly opened BTC Pipeline (Baku Tbilisi - Ceyhan) pipeline takes oil from the Caspian area to the mediterranean by-passing the tanker routes along the black sea. It has contributed to an increase of sweet crude oil available and with greater export volumes predicted for future years, the Mediterranean basin is set to become one of the most strategic areas in the world for oil production/processing.

Our extensive activities in the Mediterranean and the North Sea have made Arcadia one of the pre-eminent traders in world crude oil.

Risk management has the highest priority within our organisation. State-of-the art internal trading and accounting systems constantly monitor our exposure across all aspects of our trading activities. All our physical crude oil is hedged to safeguard against the extremes of price volatility in today's oil markets. Arcadia was founded in 1988, and ranks amongst the major crude oil trading companies in the industry. From oil and products trading to risk management, shipping management, operational and financial arrangements, customer satisfaction is the primary focus of every Arcadia team.