The Mentor is independend and works anonymously in the background. The HANSE Mentor is a person who has a very successful track record in energy-, gas and crude oil and fields such as Governance & Public Policy, energy- and oil banking and trading, contracting and financing.
HANSE Mentor since 1972
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HANSE Restrictions and Undesired Persons
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Money talks, bullshit walks
A trader can talk about whom he want to trade with and whom he does not want to trade with, but at the end of the day a trader would always sell to the buyer bidding the best price. Decisions are based oncashing in money and not on popuar talk
Patience is like eating an elephant
Some business will come slowly. It takes a lot of effort to get a final result. Take it step by step (one bite at the time). Especially in business development.
Don't be shy, else you die
Take initiative and be a decision trader. If not, the competition would take your business away. Be seen in the market. Without a good network or partner(s) it is difficult to create business. You must have self-confidence when you are trading. If you miss that you will never be happy in your job, it will give stress.
Russia Oil Trading
Nigeria Oil Trading
Buying crude oil from Nigeria on OFF-OPEC terms is an extremely difficult process. HANSE has raised a red flag (High-Risk) over a potential fraud risk in relation to oil trades involving Nigerian traders.
ICPO. What behind?
If any intermediary offers you an ICPO you know they are inexperienced or trying to scam you. Only the end buyer can offer such a document. The intermediary should first ask the supplier for a “RFQ” (Request for Quote) not issue a (LOI). The next document is an “Offer” for you as a “buyer/seller intermediary” to consider from the supplier (“Offer to Sell”) Not (ICPO). HANSE does never issue nor attend those papers.
Anti-Corruption
HANSE observes a zero-tolerance policy with regards to any form of unlawful, improper or dishonest practices, including but not limited to bribery, corruption, fraud or misrepresentation.
Suppliers must not give, promise or offer to any of the HANSE directors, officers, employees or representatives (or their respective family members), be it directly or indirectly, money, gifts, entertainment or any other inappropriate financial and/or non-financial benefit for the purpose of securing contracts or business transactions, or to obtain a business advantage.
Time Wasting
The biggest time waster is day dreaming. Thinking about what you will do or how things could be will get you absolutely nowhere. Take action if you have a business plan. If you do not have a plan, get one. Dreams will not put one penny in your bank account. Action will.
Finance
Cash Flow, Corporate or Private Liquidity
Shariah Modes of Islamic Financing
Trading
POP prove of Product
A Proof of Product (‘POP’) is often requested by buyers or intermediaries who believe it will give them some guarantee of the existence of the product and ability of the supplier to deliver. Many POPs produced are fake. The POP offers no proof at all, because once a POP has been drafted, it is automatically out of date. The product could have been sold to another buyer and no longer exists. If an end Buyer were dealing with a supplier, anything can be suggested especially in matters of POP.
Broker Chainsj
If you’re real serious about dealing in this market and transacting business with us, hereunder in this category my basic tips for you. Do not get involved with broker chains. The key is to have access to principals.
About NCNDA and NDA
NCNDA stands for (Non Circumvention, Non Disclosure Agreement.) This document is not worth the paper it is written on. If you have your name on this document and get circumvented, do you have hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay to take this through the international courts? This is a document that is very hard to enforce. Only a misinformed or unskilled intermediary/broker would send you a NCNDA. Is the NCNDA any protection for an intermediary?
Not even close to protection. Once again, the NCNDA is a totally useless piece of paper unless the product is in your own country. Internationally, these documents floating around the Internet are impossible to enforce in a court of law.
Buying from Nigeria
Trading is a zero sume game. Your loss is their gain
Since there are more loser than winners in the market, trading can be very profitable, if you 're good.
Joker Brokers
There are a lot of people who would like to become a brokers and act like a broker. These people send offers on email and use the internet to make various offers. Often the quantities are too big and unrealistic. The prices are not even close to real values. Terms like LOI, POP, RWA, IPCO, FCO etcetera are mentioned in the offer. The market has difficuties to take these offers serious and never replies on this business, These types of brokers are therefore rightly called "joderbrokers".
Fraud Alert
Warning about companies identifying themselves as companies of the HANSE Group.
Companies calling themselves "HANSE partners or members" , have established websites and are engaged in activities on the Internet, identifying themselves as companies of the HANSE Group. Please beware that those companies have absolutely no relationship or association with HANSE group
Independent Fuel Trade
Many traders have learned the hard way, that venturing into the unregulated space of independent fuel trading is wrought with pitfalls, fraud and uncertainty, thereby making Trade-Ex one of the greatest resource assets to the independent trader. Entering into a trade transaction, with the comfort of knowing that the Seller's fuel has been physically verified and the Buyer's funds are sitting in escrow ready to close is the epitome of 'best-case-scenario' in the fuel trade. A “Trade Desk” normally flips to Exit Buyers, but must have the funds to “Buy the Fuel” first, all else is illegal, period. Therefore, once you own it, then you can sell it.
Some News
Oil Market Price
With crude starting the year strongly, HANSE OIL experts said they expects Brent to reach $65 a barrel by the summer, sooner than previously anticipated.
2021 Good reasons to become a HANSE Partner
With 2021 shaping up to be one of the most important years for the energy sector in modern history, there is no better time to become a HANSE Partner
Legal
Bank not liable on Commitment Letter
A recent case in California involving a lender's decision not to extend a loan after issuing a commitment letter to the prospective borrower underscores the importance of carefully documenting conditions to commitment letters. While the proposed borrower agreed to the terms of the commitment letter, because the letter did not set forth all of the material terms of the proposed loan, the court decided that no binding agreement was reached regarding the full scope of terms of the proposed loan.
Contract Conclusion Language
Recent decisions by the Texas Supreme Court should put practitioners and industry members on notice that attention to specific language in a contract is crucial, and that even if certain language has a common understanding in the industry, the court will defer to the plain meaning of that language over industry custom and practice in the event of a dispute as to interpretation.
Subject to Contract
Force Majeure - Burden of Prove
The burden of prove rests upon the person who claims that the event which prevented his performance was beyond his reasonable congtrol. Thus, the seller would have to establish that an event within the clause(eg embargo) prevented fulfillment of his contract with the buyer. He had to prove that no goods of the contract decription were available and that following notice of the event, he was unable to obtain such goods by the exercise of any means reasonably open to him.
Offer and Acceptance
A quotation or a "letter of intent" are usually considered as an "invitation". However, if they show an binding intention, they may be treated as an offer. Acceptance is an epression of assent to the terms of the offer. It must correspond to the terms of the offer. If it contains varied or additional terms, it is regarded as a counter offer.
Humburg
Hopeless
Same procedure every day: receiving emails offering huge transactions sent from private, anonymous email addresses ..we as mandates from a refinery..., or as end-seller, as title older, ...under perjury of...., loaded on vessel.., and so on. What utter humburg.