
The Global Integrated
Oil Energy People
Crude and refined product supply, clean oil technology, refining, storage, shipping and exploration, run from Gaborone, Botswana.
What we do
Big Oil Trading Company Limited is a Botswana based integrated oil energy multinational organization, moving product from wellhead to forecourt.
Trading, processing, recycling, transport and retail sit inside one group, so supply is controlled at every step rather than handed between third parties.
- 01
Supply & trading of crude oil & refined petroleum products
- 02
Turning used (PCB’s) ‘dirty’ oil into new ‘clean’ oil for electricity transformers
- 03
Boutique Filling Stations
- 04
Refinery processing & downstream activities
- 05
Storage, storage facilities & marketing
- 06
Direct supply of the full product range, from crude oil, refinery feed stocks, refined products like LPG, Naphtha, mogas, jet fuel, gas oil, fuel oil & bio-fuel
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Shipping & logistics
- 08
Oil & gas exploration & development
Vision & objective
….the global integrated oil energy people…. …to lead in clean oil energy supply & technology…
Presidential Key Note
Operational excellence
As the global demand for oil and gas energy rises, there is a need for more players in the industry. This also comes in with greater responsibility of protecting the environment and the communities in which these minerals are found. Hence, Big Oil has a Green Agenda policy which is a Directive to always do right by the environment and the human race.
Big Oil has processes based on industry and proven best practices that lay out the requirements and procedures for achieving higher levels of safety, health and environmental objectives. This requires complete commitment from the entire workforce, partners and all stakeholders and requires us to pass it on to the next generation.
Leaders at Big Oil set clear expectations, guide, monitor and shape the behaviors of our people and world. By following set procedures, recognizing hazards, providing feedback and stopping unnecessary destructions, workers help prevent incidents that are dangerous to the environment. Forming our operational excellence are five objectives:
- 01Achieve an injury-free world.
- 02Promote a healthy workforce and mitigate significant workplace health risks.
- 03Identify and mitigate environmental and process safety risks.
- 04Operate with industry-leading asset integrity and reliability.
- 05Use natural resources and assets efficiently.
Our people and world need to rely on us not only for providing them with the best oil products and jobs, but also for securing their future and that of their world.
Dr Paul Chileshe / Presidential Key Note
Company Structure
Five strategic business units
Big Oil Trading Company (BOTC) is determined to stand out as a world leader in oil space and so has five established strategic business units (SBU) which support one another in accomplishing this goal namely:

Oil trading, bunkering and storage terminals

Crude oil refinery and ‘dirty’ oil recycling

Bitumen manufacturing

Shipping and logistics

Boutique filling stations
Each unit supports the others across trading, processing, manufacturing, transport and retail.
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Clean Oil Technology
Turning ‘dirty’ used oil into new ‘clean’ oil
Big Oil does not only deal in crude oil. We intend to make use of commercially proven technologies of turning ‘dirty’ used oil into new ‘clean’ oil. This proprietary technology will initially be used to target the multi-billion dollar market for transformer oil.
Product Range
A fully integrated fuel delivering service anywhere in the world
Big Oil Trading Company works to establish itself as an international trading conglomerate through strategic infrastructure of supply and trading teams based in various global locations, refinery and plant infrastructure, including oil terminals and vessels.
Fuel Oil
Transformer oil
Bitumen
Base Oil & Lubricants
Gas Oil & LPG
Naphtha & Jet Fuel
Protecting People and the Environment
We place the highest priority on the health and safety of our workforce and protection of our assets and the environment.
We aim to be admired for proven performance through disciplined application of our Operational Excellence Management System.

Leadership
“Our people and world need to rely on us not only for providing them with the best oil products and jobs, but also for securing their future and that of their world.”
Dr Paul Chileshe / Presidential Key Note
Insights
Guides to oil trading, clean oil technology and fuel infrastructure
Trading enquiries, supply contracts and partnerships start in Gaborone.
A Dream Africa Energy Company / A Member of the Dahar Group

