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Home Distributed Ledger Technology

Natixis, IBM and Trafigura introduce blockchain trading for US crude oil market

Published by CryptoNinjas.net
03/28/2017

Natixis, IBM, and Trafigura have announced today establishment of the first blockchain solution in commodity trade finance for US crude oil transactions.

The distributed ledger platform, built on the Linux Foundation open source Hyperledger Fabric, allows major steps in a crude oil transaction to be digitized on the blockchain, ensuring improved transparency, enhanced security, and optimized efficiency.

By having the buyer, seller and their respective banks all on the same ledger, all parties can simultaneously view and share data on the status of a transaction, from the time a new trade is confirmed and validated, to when the crude oil is inspected, to its final delivery and cancellation of the letter of credit.

Arnaud Stevens, Managing Director, Head of Global Energy & Commodity – Americas at Natixis and Blockchain Lead

Arnaud Stevens, Natixis’ New York Head of Global Energy & Commodities said:

“Natixis wants to use blockchain to enhance client service by optimizing the antiquated arena of commodity trade finance. The current process is paper and labor intensive, we have multiple friction points with high processing costs and limited automation. Distributed ledger technology brings some much-needed innovation into our industry.”

The new trading platform allows trade documents, shipment updates, delivery, and payment status to be shared across a single shared ledger, helping to reduce transaction time, duplication of documents and authentication processes among all trading partners.

Traditionally these transactions require complex workflows and paper-based processes in which documentation is shared through courier, fax and email exchange. The solution, which is hosted on IBM’s cloud platform, Bluemix, was led and delivered by IBM France.
Key benefits of the solution include:

  • Reduced cash cycle times.
  • Improved efficiency via lower overhead costs and fewer cost intermediaries.
  • Increased transaction visibility to help reduce the threat of tampering fraud and cyber-crime.
  • The creation of transparent transactions by using shared processes and recordkeeping.

James Wallis, Vice President, blockchain markets and engagements, IBM said:

“Processes in the energy and commodities trade business are ripe for improvement.”

“The approach we are taking, using a permissioned blockchain network built on the Hyperledger Fabric, has the potential to transform the crude oil industry by creating consistency in trade finance and by digitizing transactions and information sharing. Creating this ecosystem for the commodities market working with two world leaders in this industry will help create an entirely new approach to managing the global commodities trade.”

The platform will soon be expanded to allow all parties in the transaction to enter data directly onto the blockchain. For example, the shipping company, pipeline operator, inspector or warehouse can provide real-time status updates via the blockchain on the crude oil transaction, helping lower the risk of fraudulent transactions.

More importantly, the distributed ledger for crude oil transactions is designed to be adopted at scale across the entire industry. By creating a shared permissioned ledger for use across all trading partners, including multiple buyers, sellers, banks and trading partners, even further efficiencies can be anticipated.

Rodney Malcolm, Trafigura Trading’s North American Chief Financial Officer said:

“Together with Natixis and IBM, we have analyzed the workflow of crude oil transactions in the US, detailing the different steps of a transaction, our interactions with the financial institutions and the documents exchanged among the various parties.”

“The goal is to replace paper-heavy manual processes with blockchain-based workflows to improve transparency and data sharing. With the distributed ledger technology, all transaction participants in the network are updated simultaneously with a record that cannot be altered or tampered with. Each change or new transaction immediately creates a new record in the shared ledger.”

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