What We Offer

Locked-In Fuel Pricing

Fuel Hedging

Fuel hedging protects businesses and municipalities from oil market volatility, ensuring budget stability and known expenditure.

Portland’s fuel hedging products offer organizations of all sizes the opportunity to lock in a guaranteed price, without the need to switch fuel suppliers.

Our customers can hedge any percentage of their overall fuel consumption, achieving certainty and protection against price fluctuations on an agreed volume.

Volatility in the oil market causes overspending nightmares for commercial and municipal diesel fuel users. Without controls in place, budgets are impossible to meet and the profitability of any organization can be jeopardized.

Our fuel hedging products safeguard against changes in the fuel price, removing your exposure to the market. However, you do not have to make any changes to your fuel buying and supply arrangements. We can lock in a guaranteed price, meaning that whatever happens in the fuel market, you will be protected. This simple solution is available to organizations of all sizes and not only offers budgetary certainty, but can also provide a significant market advantage.

Benefits of hedging fuel costs with Portland:
– No change of fuel supplier needed
– Extremely low minimum volumes
– Hedge any percentage of your overall consumption
– No fees to fix a price
– A known fuel cost, with no nasty surprises

Tell Portland the quantity per month you’d like to lock in a price for, and we will do the rest. You can even provide us with a target price.

Carbon Compensation

The road to lower emissions is not easy for commercial fuel users, but organizations can use Portland’s carbon compensation service to offset their emissions as a first step towards decarbonization.

We offer access to verified carbon reduction projects in various sectors, with no minimum volume commitment and no impact to normal operations.

Climate change is the energy sector’s greatest challenge, with transportation and fuel companies often being the largest polluters. Although many businesses plan to transition to lower-emission vehicles, the path to carbon neutrality is not always clear and therefore emission reduction must be tackled methodically and pragmatically.
Portland can help your business to compensate for carbon emissions without impacting your operations. Our carbon compensation service allows your company to responsibly offset emissions and decarbonize in an affordable and practical way, with no operational change.

Our popular scheme offers the following benefits:
– Access to carbon reduction projects in sectors including renewable energy and forestry, verified and audited by industry bodies such as Verra.
– You can compensate for the emissions from any business activity
– It is possible to offset any percentage of your overall carbon emissions
– There is no minimum volume commitment

Consulting

Portland offers advisory services for organizations looking to decarbonize or switch to alternative fuels, providing tailored solutions and recommending the best course of action for our clients’ needs.

Alternative Fuels

Portland provides expert advisory services to organizations looking to switch to alternative fuels to reduce carbon output and move to sustainable procurement methods. We can provide information on the various options available to end users and recommend solutions that best suit their requirements.

Our expertise covers high blend biofuels, gas-to-liquids technologies (GTL) and hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO).

For clients aiming to decarbonize, we can formulate an approach tailored to the requirements of the client’s business by conducting a thorough assessment of existing carbon emissions. Based on our findings, we will recommend the best course of action to establish an ongoing reduction in emissions with the least operational impact.

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Procurement Optimization

Portland offers assistance with fuel procurement optimization, including analyzing procurement strategy, managing tender processes, and ensuring invoice price accuracy.

Portland’s procurement service examines existing fuel supply agreements and analyzes procurement strategy over a twelve-month period. Our findings and strategic recommendations are provided in a bespoke written report and presented back to the commissioning organization.

We also offer a fully managed tender process on behalf of fuel buyers, including the development and issue of Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation, followed by the collation and analysis of responses to provide a recommendation. We conduct discussions and negotiations with suppliers on behalf of the client and review contracts and documentation to ensure offers are upheld and implemented effectively.

Our invoice price checking service ensures that any agreement between you and your supplier is upheld. We will guarantee you receive the correct price based upon your contracts, and that your contractual pricing accurately reflects industry standards.

All these services can be offered individually, or as part of an ongoing partnership package, and can be tailored to the precise requirements of your business.

Our advisory services are delivered by Portland Analytics, our expert consultancy arm, which has extensive experience of providing specialist fuel advice to companies and governments across North America and Europe. With a wealth of knowledge on everything fuel, we are regularly invited to contribute to relevant news stories in the media.

In-Depth Analysis

Portland’s bespoke energy market reports are tailored to our client’s specific needs. Our research is used to inform decision-making and stay ahead of market developments.

We specialize in providing fuel consultancy services to organizations across North America and Europe.

The bespoke energy market reports we produce for our clients cover a wide range of topics, based upon the scope defined with each client. Whether your organization requires a view of what has happened in oil markets in the past, or perhaps a view of what we might expect in the near to medium-term, we can help.

Previous projects have included detailed explanations of fuel supply chains in regional or global
territories, or by specific fuel grade (road and marine), studies into alternative fuels and examinations of various (established or potential) domestic and international markets. Our studies have been used by clients to aid decision-making and to gather background information before entering new sectors and geographies.