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About Us
Petrosil is a leading and independent provider of commodity reports, prices, databases, trade data, conferences and exhibitions for the global energy and commodity markets.
Petrosil
The Petrosil Group is a neutral commodity reporting agency and organizer of global industry conferences and exhibitions. We offer news, reports, analysis, price benchmarks, trade data, directory databases, conferences and exhibitions to the global energy and commodity industries. Many of the world’s leading commodity companies from large multinational corporations to mid and smaller sized companies subscribe to our services and attend our conferences and exhibitions. Petrosil has launched specialized services for a broad spectrum of industries in recent years. Our reports and services enjoy a subscriber base of over 800 user licenses and our AMEA Bitumen and Base Oil Conference and Exhibition has attracted more than 400 companies since inception in 2017.
Petrosil Price and Information Methodology
Information is gathered, primarily by telephone, email or instant messenger platforms by our team of experienced editors mainly located in the UAE and India. We conduct comprehensive surveys of key industry participants to collect vital trade information and gauge prevailing market sentiment. Our method is inclusive, diverse and integrated and the information is unbiased, neutral and transparent. The price assessments are obtained by discussing prices with a wide variety of sources, including refiners, resellers, marketers, traders, logistics providers, shipping companies and end users. We cover many geographical regions and often corroborate prices and information with many of our subscribers and other industry players. We also receive regular information from many of our global subscribers who wish to share new price announcements or other information. We constantly strive to bring transparency to the markets we report on by relentlessly obtaining information that is not readily available to industry players.
Interesting Facts
50,000 +
Total Registered Members
800 +
Global Report Subscribers
700 +
Total Conference Participants
70 + Countries
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Our Leadership Team
Riaz Lawyer is the CEO and a Director of Petrosil Group. He graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder and has worked in the petroleum and information technology industry for over 20 years. Riaz organizes global industry events, develops digital marketplaces, creates new services and manages the reporting content with the Petrosil team to create comprehensive and transparent information for industry players who receive the commodity business and market intelligence on a subscription basis. He was the founder of India’s first petroleum digital marketplace and now develops and promotes a spectrum of vertical industry events, platforms and reports.
Riaz Lawyer
CEO & Director
Dhiren is a chemical engineer who started his career with a reputed transformer oil manufacturing company in India as Sales Engineer for 2 years and enhanced his knowledge by undergoing a business management course at the Indian Merchants Chamber. He later ventured and specialized in imports and logistics of petroleum products for 10 years and in 2002 became part of the Petrosil Group. He is the Editor-in-Chief and reviews all content and articles for accuracy and appropriateness, providing suggestions where necessary to improve them. Dhiren helps set the tone of voice for the brand ensuring that all content produced meets the company's high standards.
Dhiren Shah
Editor-in-Chief
Arun Pandya has five years of experience in different areas of Business Management and his expertise extends to finance, commercial and general administration. Previously, Arun worked as a Senior Account Officer with one of the leading ISO 9000 – 2000 business groups that manufacture dyes, pigments and intermediates. Arun is a commerce graduate with finance and economics and also has a diploma in computer management from Mumbai University. He effectively handles many finance, accounting, administration and commercial matters for Petrosil.
Arun Pandya
Commercial Manager