LEVERSTONE
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Welcome to LEVERSTONE Investment Group (LIG). 
Historically the company started activity in 1995 in New Mexico, USA as FAIM Trading Ltd., which merged in 1996 with LEVERSTONE COMPANY LLC. Since 2016 the Headquarters are located in California, USA. 
During years of market activity, implementation of new partnerships, joint ventures and participation in new business opportunities, the LEVERSTONE has had a presence in four specific business areas, acting with a world class team, on a global scale: 

•    Trading of oil, oil derivates and other energy sources (LNG, LPG), refining of crude oil;
•    Development and implementation of renewable energy sources;
•    Engineering Project Management Particularly Oil Refinery builds and related infrastructure in South America

 

Currently the company’s primary focus is in the Oil and Gas sector.  LEVERSTONE through its extensive network secures proven suppliers and locates capable buyers to take delivery of Gas, Oil and Oil Products. 
Renewable energy is one of the most important business fields of the future in which LEVERSTONE is already active, and is currently co-operating on a number of projects. In doing so, the Company assists those of our partners who wish to move away from dependence on fossil fuels, and invest instead in sustainable energy s o u r c e s for the future. Environmentally friendly processes are thus one of the key c r I t e r I a for the selection of suppliers by LEVERSTONE. 
The primary objective is long-term relationships based on continuity and co - operation with partners. The LEVERSTONE seeks to establish a Joint Venture with its partners so as to utilize resources and marketing of products in the most efficient way thereby sharing the workload and the profits. This approach is to the advantage of small and medium-sized suppliers by securing for them a better position on world markets, but also ensures optimal returns for larger producers. 

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We are living in a great world with a wonderful natural environment. 
To protect this world, the LEVERSTONE is focusing on human capital and green renewable energy projects. We are working with top developers and engineers to realize our dreams. Clean energy for everyone. 

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Physical Trader 
Ours is primarily a physical distribution business and one that operates on a truly global scale. We identify imbalances between supply and demand and we act quickly and safely to restore the equilibrium. 
We are not speculators on absolute price movements. Nor do we expose ourselves or our customers to unnecessary risks. Rather, we use our worldwide reach, local understanding and experience to anticipate change, marshal resources and deliver innovative, effective and reliable logistics solutions. Our principal responsibility is to our customers; we are able to think fast and act decisively. NIG is a broadly-based group of complementary businesses and we have the systems, people and flexibility to make intelligent connections, optimize economies of scale and create external partnerships every bit as enduring and open as their internal counterparts. 
Core Trades.

 

•    Crude Oil
•    Natural Gas
•    LPG
•    LNG
•    Naphtha
•    Gasoline
•    Gas Oil & Jet
•    Fuel Oil
•    Coal
•    Carbon
•    Ethanol
•    Methanol
•    Chemicals
•    Shipping
•    Crude Oil

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What we do in Leverstone Investment Group (LIG) 
LIG is a significant participant in global crude oil markets and crude oil is the largest part of LIG’s total energy portfolio. 
Where we do it 
LIG trades crude oil globally. We have a presence and on the ground expertise wherever crude is produced, traded, stored and supplied to customers. This means that we operate in Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, as well as in Russia, the Caspian, and North and South America. 
Weave local offices in countries around the world covering everywhere from Buenos Aires to Sydney and Luanda to Latvia. Having a presence on the ground is key to our approach to getting firsthand information as it happens and sharing that information, quickly and efficiently. 
How we do it 
We believe that we offer a competitive advantage because we have the flexibility, speed and logistics expertise that our customers need and expect. More than 25 years’ experience of turning market intelligence into market advantage as well as our extensive links with all the major crude producers and refiners means that we are able to work with existing and new crude streams in any part of the world. This will help the producer to understand the real value of the crude oil. 

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We also help our customers manage their physical requirements, all within an overall commitment to the development of long-term relationships that benefit all parties. Our long-established ventures with the state oil companies of Nigeria, Oman, and South American countries are clear demonstrations of our commitment to long term relationships. 
To offer all this service, NIG has established a Network of Cooperation’s worldwide. NATURAL GAS 
Where we do it 
   We deliver gas to customers in virtually every country across the world – utilizing an extensive transportation and storage portfolio. 
Across the Atlantic, we source and trade Canadian, US and African gas for our portfolio business, and facilitate the growing LNG trade around the US Gulf region, where we have invested heavily in storage. 
How we do it 
The scale of our operations and extent of our geographical coverage allow us to take a holistic view of market changes, leverage economies of scale and match supply to demand wherever and whenever the need arises. We have built on the relationships in place with our energy industry partners, and invested in new relationships and innovative contractual arrangements with suppliers, pipeline and storage operators in the gas sector, with commitments reaching out nearly two decades ahead. 
In addition to being one of the main physical liquidity providers at trading hubs and cross border points, our significant and flexible portfolio makes us an ideal trading partner for tailor-made, physical structured products. We are able to offer our clients a wide range of both physical and virtual services – helping them to expand across markets and borders. They can benefit from NIG’s core strengths in physical risk and portfolio management, where we are able to help them to maximize the profitability of their physical portfolio with a range of sophisticated solutions. 
An appetite for investment in physical Natural Gas assets has helped NIG cement its presence in this sector and has led to a number of multi-year transactions. 

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GASOLINE 

What we do 
Every day, LIG trades entire daily demand. At any given time, we will have between 50 and 100 gasoline tankers on the world’s oceans and we are a significant supplier of gasoline. We are experts in identifying added value and arbitrage opportunities and we aim to develop long term strategic relationships, either by supplying or by off taking and often adapting to changing local specifications to ensure security of supply. 
Where we do it 
We operate, trade and participate in tenders in every producing country in the world. We lease extensive storage in Singapore, Fujairah (UAE), Houston, California, the Netherlands, Latvia, Argentina and Canada. We serve the requirements of refiners, state- owned oil companies and marketers in the Oceanic Region, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East – and are working hard to meet the growing needs of refineries and marketers in China and India. We have a growing number of partnerships in Russia and the former Soviet states. Our markets are global and include California, one of the most highly regulated gasoline markets in the world. 
How we do it 
In a non-commoditized market, where gasoline specifications differ according to state and country regulations and where change is increasingly driven by environmental concerns and a growing demand for low Sulphur products, market intelligence really matters. Our experience, combined with our understanding of worldwide energy markets, gives us an in depth, real time awareness of the specific needs of end-users. 
Our logistics reach and ability to act decisively wherever demand occurs means we’re able consistently to understand and meet those needs. 

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LPG 
LIG is an independent international LPG trader. We have access to the world’s largest pressurized vessels and, indeed, the largest fleet. 
At the core of our operation is a fleet of 27 pressurized vessels and 9 fully refrigerated VLGCs. These vessels, built primarily within the last ten years to LIG’s specifications, enable us to offer excellent flexibility and, importantly, speed and reliability. Refiners tend to have limited LPG storage on site, and with increasingly stringent flaring regulations they need to be able to ship the gas to market quickly. 
By collecting, shipping, storing and trading gas that would otherwise be flared, we are meeting the needs of both the petrochemical industry and domestic users, as well as supplying the growing demand for Autogas. 
In addition, LIG is highly active in the refrigerated long-haul arbitrage business, ready to move cargoes wherever global market conditions dictate. 

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Where we do it 
Our fleet ships considerable volumes to countries where bottled gas is popular – such as Australia, Portugal, France, Germany, Poland, Morocco and Turkey– as well as supplying cargoes to the US, China, West Africa, East Africa, South America and the Caribbean. 
LIG also has access to LPG storage in Europe, as well as West Africa, through a joint venture that will see significant reductions in flaring in Nigeria by providing infrastructure for the gas to be marketed inland. 
How we do it 
Our size is not and never has been an end in itself: it is simply a consequence of our success and the strength of our customer relationships. The NIG LPG team is truly multinational, and we use local knowledge and insights to anticipate demand and react swiftly and efficiently. 
Increasingly, we work with oil and gas companies as a logistics and physical risk management solutions provider, and we are known for our ability to bring innovative thinking to life through decisive action. 

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LNG 

What we do 
LNG will continue to be the fastest growing sector of the international energy business for many years. LIG continues to supply their customers both on long term and spot basis as their requirements change. Our ability to integrate with the group’s natural gas business, to optimize shipping and manage cross commodity physical pricing provides a wealth of opportunities to meet our customers’ needs. 
The business is now balanced between term sales and spot transactions. With a growing portfolio we are committing to more longer-term agreements. Operating many such agreements enables LIG to offer more flexibility and optimize the flow of LNG inside the portfolio and externally. We continue to apply our core energy trading skills to bring opportunities and new physical risk management solutions to the sector. 
Where we do it 
As the number of new entrants continues to grow our customer base is growing to all the traded regions of the world. We have developed existing relationships and quickly established new supply partnerships in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Through our network of regional offices and locally in country we are able to work with our customers on their short- and longer-term requirements. 
How we do it 
LIG’s independence is important to our LNG customers. Unlike many of the largest operators, we are impartial and uncompromised, with no joint ventures or upstream/downstream obligations. Our business is based on the market fundamentals, and our customers gain by our ability to respond with speed and flexibility. 
What we do 
LIG trades and moves tons of naphtha globally per year. The volume bought and sold has grown steadily over the last years. We source, trade and move naphtha feedstock and clean condensate for petrochemical customers, refineries and large industrial concerns, leveraging the logistics advantages available to us through the scale and flexibility of our global shipping, strategic storage and arbitrage operations. 

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NAPHTHA 

Where we do it 
We operate and trade with every producing country in the world. We lift from Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, the Russian Federation, South America and North and West Africa to name a few. We facilitate the requirements of refiners, state-owned oil companies and marketers in North America, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East – and are working hard to meet the growing needs of refineries and ethylene plants in China and India. 
How we do it 
Webring all our core oil trading values, skills and services to the naphtha market: clients rely on us for our physical expertise, our professional operations staff as well as our absolute commitment to deliver products that are on specification and on time. Our ability to always deliver is a reflection of our commitment to building long term relationships, the flexibility afforded by our shipping and storage resources, our financial security and our comping range of physical risk management skills and tools. We have the skills and track record to respond to opportunities swiftly, reliably and, whenever necessary, innovatively. 
 

GAS OIL & JET 

What we do 
LIG is the one of the leading traders in middle distillates and has a real depth and reach of expertise in global arbitrage business. LIG already supplies jet fuel to many of the world’s airlines. LIG Aviation is rapidly expanding our business in this area, adding value through our wealth of experience in handling physical products. With our strong storage position and market expertise we are one of the key global suppliers of gas oil and ultra-low Sulphur diesel 
(ULSD). 

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Where we do it 
We have offices and Reps in Houston, London, Johannesburg, Singapore, Bahrain, Dubai, Hamburg, and Brisbane and we serve the key distillates markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America and the US. We are actively expanding our business in Africa and China. 
Our middle distillates trading is supported by LIG’s expertise and scope of resources in storage, based in Singapore, the Middle East, the US and a network of locations throughout Europe. 
How we do it 
Excellent market intelligence underpins each and every trade we make. We are keen observers of economic, political and consumer trends on both macro and micro levels; we understand how cold weather in Asia affects supply to Europe; we try to predict, anticipate and react to international, national and regional imbalances wherever in the world they occur. 
Drawing on our global trading, shipping and storage resources and expertise in the US, South America, Europe and Asia, we are ideally placed to move cargoes and realize the opportunities arising from regional and global imbalances. Our detailed local knowledge of specifications – particularly important in jet fuel – gives us a real advantage in achieving better trading performance. 
Global arbitrage has long been a core LIG strength. Today, it is a structural feature of the middle distillates market and, as such, NIG is fully qualified and equipped to optimize trading opportunities – both now and in the future. 
Aviation What we do 
LIG Aviation was established in 2007 for the specific purpose of providing both bulk and into wing jet fuel supply to a broad inland customer base, sharing the benefits of NIG’s global supply chain efficiencies and expertise. Along term value offering of both jet fuel, physical risk management and carbon reduction instruments. 
Where we do it 
LIG Aviation Company, Aviation supplies Frankfurt, Brussels, Luxembourg, Liege, Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Stansted, Manchester and London Heathrow Airports and Hong Kong in Asia. A further 21 airport locations have been added to the LIG Aviation portfolio in 2012. 
How we do it 
As worldwide bulk trader of jet fuel, LIG has always been a major participant in trading markets, with significant supply contracts with all the major export refiners, including in the Middle East, Europe and the Far East. Underpinned by this security of supply, we have system operational controls and fully audited product quality practices which meet and exceed the stringent global specifications and joint industry guidelines for managing and handling jet fuel, coupled with an understanding of the dynamics that influence jet fuel prices and linkage with our trading business. This is supported by an unwavering commitment to becoming a long-term significant participant in the wholesale and retail jet markets, a firm yet dynamic global base on which to continue to build this fast-growing enterprise. 

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FUELOIL 

What we do 
LIG is one of the most long established and active independent physical traders in the global fuel oil market. 
We have a large and increasing share of the bunker market, driven by the establishment of strong long-term relationships with fleet owners. We have also built an extensive and expanding network of storage terminals in key strategic locations. 
Where we do it 
LIG trades fuel oil globally. We have extensive storage facilities including Rotterdam, Fujairah, the Caribbean and Singapore. We source high Sulphur fuel oil from markets such as Mexico, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, to ship to Asia and take low Sulphur fuel oil from the USA and Europe, often to Asia. Feedstocks are frequently sourced from Europe, North and West Africa and shipped to refiners in the US Gulf Coast. 
How we do it 
We have the flexibility, speed and logistics expertise that our customers need and expect. Our longevity and success stems from our ability to add value beyond simply moving physical product. LIG is resolutely customer focused, providing physical fuel oil solutions, and stocks all over the world. We also have the experience and in-house blending expertise to meet refiners’ widely varying demands for different blends of feedstock. 
We are able to optimize the value of a seller’s stream and to meet and exceed the demands of refinery, bunker and vessel owners. We succeed by being consistently dynamic, innovative and well-informed. 

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COAL

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What we do 
Having entered the coal market in 2006, LIG has grown rapidly to become one of the world’s top coal traders. In recent years, the coal market has become increasingly liberalized, with new grades of coal and pre-financing instruments creating a more sophisticated environment and one that is ideally suited to LIG’s experience and expertise. We cover a wide range of specific origins for both steam coal and anthracite, have a presence in every major mining region  and are successfully meeting the diverse needs of customers around the world. 
  As well as investing significantly in production output, we have signed long term contracts with producers in both the Far East and Europe. 
LIG is also actively managing and developing a range of innovative logistics solutions, which are providing access to international markets for a wide range of small and medium sized producers with whom we have developed long-term relationships. 
Where we do it 
LIG partners, finances and owns mines in the US, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, South Africa, Colombia and 
Russia. We supply across the Asia Pacific region and into all major European power utilities. 
How we do it 
Our flexibility, liquidity and ability to manage our financial risk allow us to work in more challenging environments, both as a producer and a buyer, and to trade in physical forward markets up to five years ahead. Wearer also applying models employed in oil and natural gas; by focusing on the physical aspects, we can add significant value in areas such as coal finance and logistics. 

Our approach is personal and trusted. We build long term relationships with local partners and we invest in a shared future. Carbon What we do LIG has one of the largest and most diverse carbon project portfolios in the world and our involvement and expertise in carbon markets is global and comprehensive. 

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Where we do it 
LIG has a global reach, we remain very much a hands-on, physical trader with a local presence where it matters. With carbon desks in Geneva, Singapore, Beijing, Dubai, Houston and London we cover the global carbon market from Europe to US, Japan to Australia and everywhere in- between. 
How we do it 
LIG is one of very few participants in the market whose involvement extends all the way from project inception to trading activity – right through the value chain. The size and diversity of our project’s portfolio allows us to take on trades and structures that others might have to syndicate. Although our portfolio is wide ranging, we pride ourselves on being a small team enabling speed of decision making 
– key in a dynamic and constantly changing environment.
How we do it 
LIG´s status as a global energy trader gives access to new markets and allows the business to build on synergies generated within the Group. 

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LEVERSTONE INVESTMENT GROUP’s new Projects:

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1. New Marine Fuel terminal to Supply Baja California

 

he State of Baja California, Mexico, is practically an island. The only efficient way to supply the State fuel demand is by sea. There is only one Marine Fuel Terminal in operation in Rosario, B.C., which unloads ship tankers via a monopoly (SPM) connected to shore by underwater pipelines that are 50 years old and in bad conditions. The monopoly (SPM) is exposed to the sea weather. 
The environmental risk associated with fuel spills are high and there is no way to respond quickly in case of an accident. In case of a spill, the environmental impact to the beaches of Rosario, B.C., and San Diego, CA (USA) is going to create problems. The operation and maintenance cost of a monoblue are high, which has an impact on fuel prices for Baja California. 
   There is an opportunity in the need for an efficient and environmentally safe Marine Fuel Terminal to supply Baja California. 
   LEVERSTON and SERPORT has developed a project to build a new MARINE FUEL TERMINAL in port El Sauzal, B.C.,    Mexico, to supply gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, needed in Baja California. 

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SERPORT´s Marine Fuel Terminal is the only marine facility in the State of Baja California, that offers a docking position to unload the tanker ships. 
The new Marine Fuel Terminal in port El Sauzal, B.C., represents a more efficient and environmentally safer solution to supply fuel to Baja California. 

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project has all the permits required to start construction and operation of a Marine Fuel Terminal. Including: 

Regulatory Energy Commission (CRE),  Port authority (SCT), 
Customs (authorization to import fuels),  ASEA / SEMARNAT 
SASISOPA, and  Municipality. 

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We are planning to provide services for unloading tanker ships, storage the 
fuel and reload to trucks for distribution directly to retail gas stations of two types of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. 
The first year (2021) of operation, SERPORT expects to grow from 0.6 million to 1.2 Million bbl. /month. 
From its second year (2022) and on, SERPORT terminal is targeting 80% of Baja California demand equivalent to 1.2 Million bbl. per month, generating an EBDITA of $2.9 Million USD per month, equivalent to $35.6 Million USD per year from 2022 on. Financial evaluation is included in more detail later. 
expectations are based in its technical, economic and 
environmental greater solution and its advantage of having all permits 
required to start construction and operation of a Marine Fuel Terminal as 
soon as possible. 
SERPORT´s terminal will be the first, most modern and efficient Marine Fuel Terminal to offer a docking position to safely unload ship tankers to supply 
fuel to Baja California. 

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2. Supply Petroleum products to PEMEX (Mexico Government)

LEVERSTONE made an agreement with ENERMEX to supply LNG, LPG, D2, and Automotive Gasolines

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