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Posted on January 31, 2025
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Julien Roper, a crude oil trader, has left Mercuria. His departure from the Mediterranean crude trading desk was mutual and amicable.
LONDON (Reuters) - Crude oil trader Julien Roper left Switzerland-based commodities trader Mercuria on Thursday, five trading sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Roper was part of the Mediterranean crude trading desk, trading cargoes like the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) Blend crude grade produced by Kazakhstan.
It was not immediately clear why he left the company, but a person familiar with the matter said it was a mutual decision that was reached in a "very amicable" manner.
Roper joined Mercuria in October 2023, according to his LinkedIn profile, after spending more than nine years as a fuel oil and then crude oil trader with energy major Shell.
(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar, Robert Harvey, Ron Bousso and Anna Hirtenstein; Editing by Jan Harvey)
It was not immediately clear why he left the company, but a person familiar with the matter said it was a mutual decision that was reached in a 'very amicable' manner.
Roper was part of the Mediterranean crude trading desk, trading cargoes like the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) Blend crude grade produced by Kazakhstan.
Roper joined Mercuria in October 2023, according to his LinkedIn profile, after spending more than nine years as a fuel oil and then crude oil trader with energy major Shell.
The news of Julien Roper's departure was reported by Reuters, with five trading sources providing information on the matter.
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