Ensuring Speed, Compliance, and Clarity in Cross-Border Oil & Gas Logistics
Offshore energy projects — from deepwater drilling platforms to cross-border LNG shipping — involve not just physical cargo but highly complex financial, legal, and operational infrastructures. At Lokiva, we serve as the silent operational layer behind these flows, ensuring that every dollar, document, and deadline moves with precision.
Multi-Jurisdictional Complexity Demands Operational Precision
Energy-related transactions often span multiple jurisdictions: crude oil loaded in one country, shipped through another’s waters, sold through a third-party intermediary, and settled in a fourth currency. In such cases, we manage:
- Currency conversion with exact execution timing to minimize FX exposure.
- Dual-layered beneficiary verification across sanction-sensitive jurisdictions.
- Structured payment routing between offshore and onshore entities.
Why Energy Clients Choose Lokiva
- Speed: We enable high-value settlements (often exceeding $1M USD) in less than 48 hours — even across sanctioned corridors.
- Confidentiality: We act as a financial proxy, shielding principals while staying within legal frameworks.
- Operational resilience: When primary banking routes fail, we reroute payments via tested secondary corridors in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.
A Recent Case: LNG Transaction Through Southeast Asia
In Q1 2025, a Hong Kong-based buyer of liquefied natural gas needed to finalize a multi-leg shipment involving Singaporean storage, Indonesian certification, and Kazakh financial clearing. The original bank blocked the transaction due to embedded risks.
Lokiva stepped in:
- Cleared the client and counterparty via internal KYC modules.
- Structured a compliant payment architecture using yuan and dirham corridors.
- Settled final payment to the supplier within 36 hours.
The result: no legal flags, no shipment delays, full operational visibility.
Your Logistics Partner — Beyond the Dock
We don’t own tankers or pipelines. But we ensure they move.
We don’t drill or refine. But we make sure your money gets where it’s meant to go — fast, legally, and without exposure.
If your operations involve energy, cross-border complexity, or restricted jurisdictions, Lokiva ensures your deals don’t stall.
