Trading & Shipping
Each day billions of people use oil, natural gas, and electricity to commute, work, heat and cool homes and offices, and perform many other everyday activities. TotalEnergies buys, sells, and transports these energies to markets around the world.
Houston: TotalEnergies' Strategic Trading and Shipping Hub
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Our Houston trading hub provides physical and financial trading as well as marketing, transportation, and storage activities for crude oil, refined products, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), liquified natural gas (LNG) as well as power.
Houston is one of TotalEnergies’ three regional trading and shipping hubs where our traders and logistics experts manage international negotiations and shipping from production sites to consumer markets in a timely and cost-effective way.
They work in close collaboration with our Company’s upstream and downstream businesses, forming a one-stop shop for oil, natural gas, and power markets to optimize market positions and offer tailored solutions across the entire energy value chain.
Delivering Power Where and When it is Needed
TotalEnergies opened a U.S. power trading hub in 2024 as part of its Integrated Power strategy, enabling the Company to manage the electricity produced at our assets so it can be added to the grid at the right time and in the right quantity.
These assets include operated and non-operated utility-scale solar and wind farms, battery storage, and flexible gas-fired power plants in operation or construction in the three largest U.S. electricity markets – PJM, ERCOT and CAISO.
Visit our Renewables page to learn more.
First-Class Shipping and Logistics Management
Our shipping team oversees first-class maritime transport and logistics management with access to a vast fleet of vessels and barges to ensure that products move where and when they are needed. We also strive to be leaders in shipping’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint thanks to the use of alternative fuels such as biofuels and LNG, and the optimization of our operations.
A Pioneer in LNG Shipping and Digital Transformation
TotalEnergies was one of the first companies in the world to ship liquefied natural gas, as early as 2003. Our Company is now one of the top three global players in this market and the largest exporter of U.S. LNG.
The pioneer spirit that has been part of TotalEnergies’ DNA for the past 100 years now pushes us to harness the power of the digital transformation in our trading activities. For example, our Digital Lab helps us develop business solutions that improve the day-to-day management of portfolios, the live tracking of vessels, and create new market opportunities.
Interested in a career in trading and shipping?
Check out our careers page here.