Petrolodex
Membership Category
Corporate Membership Up to Three
Membership No.
0466
Commission
Custom and Trade Facilitation
Company Profile
Petrolodex Corporation FZCO
Petrolodex is a principal petroleum and chemical trading company headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, supplying refined petroleum products and industrial chemicals to buyers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
The company was established to address two structural failures in the international fuel trade: intermediary broker chains that inflate pricing and obscure title, and nominal suppliers who cannot perform against contract. Petrolodex trades exclusively on a principal-to-principal basis, sourcing from direct refinery and producer relationships, with no intermediary layers between supply and delivery.
Every supply source is authenticated before a contract is executed. Every transaction is escrow-secured, so buyer funds remain protected until delivery or confirmed transfer of product control. The company provides complete logistics management from the loading port to the final destination.
Business Activity
Petrolodex operates as a physical commodity trading principal in refined petroleum products and industrial chemicals. Core activities:
· Physical trading — purchase and sale of refined petroleum products and chemicals as contracting principal
· Supply sourcing — direct procurement from established refineries and producers
· Counterparty verification — pre-contract authentication of all supply sources
· Transaction structuring — binding contracts, transparent pricing, escrow-secured settlement
· Logistics management — vessel and inland coordination from load port to discharge and final delivery
Represented by:
Allan Buenafe
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Petrolodex
Allan Buenafe
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Petrolodex
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Petroleum and commodities trader active in international markets since 2006, and founder of Petrolodex — a principal petroleum and chemical trading company supplying diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, marine fuels and industrial chemicals to buyers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Petrolodex was established to address two structural failures in the international fuel trade: intermediary broker chains that inflate pricing and obscure title, and nominal suppliers who cannot perform against contract. The company trades exclusively principal-to-principal on direct refinery and producer relationships, authenticates every supply source before contracting, and settles through escrow so that buyer funds remain protected until delivery or confirmed transfer of product control.
Executive career spans petroleum and chemical trading, telecommunications leadership in Southeast Asia, and three decades of business ownership across the United States and Asia Pacific.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Petrolodex
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · October 2025 – Present
Principal petroleum and chemical trading company supplying refined products and industrial chemicals worldwide.
· Founded and lead the company as contracting principal, trading diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, marine fuels and industrial chemicals across North and South America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
· Source directly from established refinery and producer relationships, contracting principal-to-principal with no intermediary layers between supply and delivery — buyers transact with a single counterparty holding contractual title.
· Structure transactions end to end: binding contracts, transparent pricing, escrow-secured settlement, and complete logistics coordination from loading port to final destination.
· Operate a pre-contract supply-source authentication standard that excludes shell companies and counterparties whose supply position cannot be substantiated.
· Serve buyers across the construction, government, transportation, aviation, marine and fuel distribution sectors.
Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Telenet Philippines Inc.
Pasig City, Philippines · August 2014 – August 2019
Led the company as chief executive for five years, with full accountability for corporate strategy, commercial performance and operations.
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Los Angeles, California, United States · September 1996 – Present
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Management
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) · 1998
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Physical Commodity Trading · Petroleum and Fuel Supply Chain · Principal-to-Principal Transaction Structuring · Counterparty Verification and Risk Mitigation · International Trade · Procurement · Logistics Management · Contract Negotiation · Market Research
LANGUAGES
English (Native) · Tagalog (Filipino Native)