Interdealer broker · London

Crude oil options brokerage since the early ’90s.

Venture Commodities Partners is a specialist intermediary in crude oil options. We provide banks, funds, trading houses, market makers and oil companies with liquidity, price discovery and discretion, with more than five decades of options experience on one desk.

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Combined oil options experience
50+ yrs
FCA authorised
FRN 668118
NFA membership
0478291
Based in
Chelsea, London

Products we broker

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The partners.

Nour Beyhum

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Nour began his career in 1988 on Merrill Lynch's energy trading desk in London. In 1993 he joined ICAP's oil brokerage team, where he developed the then-nascent oil options market, and by 1995 was running its crude swaps and options team. He co-founded Venture Commodities in 2013. Nour has a BA in Business Administration, Richmond University.

Denis Labatut

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Denis started as an equity index broker at Sécurité Futures in Paris in 1992, then brokered bonds at Finaccor from 1995 and at ICAP from 2001. He moved to ICAP's oil options desk in 2005, working alongside Nour until they co-founded Venture Commodities in 2013. Denis holds a DESS (master’s degree) in Finance from Paris II Assas.

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Contact us.

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Policy documents.

The policies that govern how we work with our counterparties. Each opens as a PDF.