Guides
Plain-English fuel-sector guidance.
Short, practical explainers on what makes a downstream fuel business work — pricing a cargo, financing it, distributing it and contracting for it — written to orient, with links to the templates that put each idea into practice.
General information only, not legal or financial advice. Engage qualified counsel and your bank before acting.
The landed-cost build-up, line by line
How a pump price per litre is actually built — from the FOB cargo price through freight, duty, ZERA levies and your margin — and why getting each line right is the difference between a profitable cargo and a loss.
Read guideHow self-liquidating fuel trade finance works
Why fuel cargo lends itself to facilities that repay themselves — the cargo cycle, the security package, what makes a facility 'self-liquidating', and what a financier looks for before approving one.
Read guideBuilding a distributor and retail network
How downstream fuel reaches the pump through depots and forecourts — exclusive vs non-exclusive appointments, volume commitments, branding, credit, and the compliance that sits behind every site.
Read guideSupply contracts that hold up
The clauses that decide whether a fuel supply contract protects you — title and risk, quality and specification, payment and default, force majeure, and the compliance terms regulators expect.
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