Head of Crude Oil Analysis

Job Description

We are looking for a Head of Crude Oil Analysis to lead FGE NexantECA’s global crude oil analysis and crude research team.

We are looking for a Head of Crude Oil Analysis to lead FGE NexantECA’s global crude oil analysis and crude research team. This is a senior leadership role responsible for developing our view of global crude markets across short-term developments and medium-term fundamentals. The role will bring together supply, demand, inventories, trade flows, geopolitics and market structure to develop clear, differentiated views on crude markets and pricing.

Crucially, this role will partner closely with the wider Oils team, particularly our fundamentals, refining and products teams, ensuring our crude analysis is connected to, and informed by, the broader oil market view.

Skills & Experience

• Significant experience analysing global crude oil markets within research, trading, consulting, industry or a related environment.
• Deep understanding of global crude supply and demand fundamentals, balances and price formation.
• Strong knowledge of OPEC+, upstream supply, crude trade flows, inventories and market structure.
• Experience developing crude oil balances, forecasts, price outlooks and scenarios.
• Good understanding of refining economics and the relationship between crude and refined product markets.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with sound market judgement.
• Ability to develop independent, evidence-based market views and clearly communicate their implications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting analysis to senior clients.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing analysts.

• Lead our global crude analysis, developing clear views on the key forces shaping crude markets and prices.
• Lead and develop the crude team, setting priorities, building capability and ensuring strong analytical standards.
• Develop our crude balances and outlooks, working closely with the wider Oils team to ensure consistency across supply, demand, refining and products.
• Lead our crude price outlooks and scenarios, translating market fundamentals into clear and commercially relevant views.
• Partner across the Oils team, bringing crude expertise into our wider market analysis and ensuring insights from fundamentals, refining and products inform the crude outlook.
• Support cross-oil price analysis, contributing crude market expertise to the development of product and wider oil price outlooks.
• Connect short- and medium-term analysis, understanding how immediate market developments affect the broader fundamental outlook.
• Drive differentiated research and thought leadership, focusing on the developments and structural changes that matter most to clients.
• Represent FGE NexantECA with clients, including briefings, calls, conferences and senior-level market discussions.
• Work closely with Research, Data and Product, improving the quality, consistency and scalability of our crude analysis and underlying data.

Why FGE NexantECA? This is an opportunity to take a leading role in shaping the crude oil outlook within a global research organisation with decades of experience analysing energy markets. You will work alongside recognised experts across crude, refining, products, NGLs, gas and LNG and chemicals, with the freedom to challenge established thinking and develop differentiated market views. The role offers significant exposure to senior decision-makers across the global energy industry and the opportunity to influence the development of our research, forecasting capabilities and wider oil market offering.

We are looking for someone who combines deep analytical expertise with curiosity, independent thinking and strong market judgement, and who wants to help us answer the questions that matter most to our clients.