A fundamental course designed for anyone who purchases physical fuel.

Meet Your Instructor

Scott Berhang
Director of Education
& Corporate Training,
OPIS

A 10-time course instructor, Scott is an oil industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience covering spot markets, wholesale gasoline and diesel fuel markets, as well as industry news. Scott developed the OPIS West Coast Spot market report, whose spot prices have been the industry benchmark for 20 years. Scott also travels around the country teaching fuel buyers the latest strategies on how to purchase rack and spot bbls.

 

Fuel experts are predicting more volatility
and record crude prices.
Benchmarks and fuel buying formulas are changing.
Negotiating supply contracts and choosing benchmarks
is more challenging then ever.

Attend Winning Fuel Buying Strategies and benefit from these changes by…

• Buying Smarter – Learn how to shop your fuel purchases and leverage your volume with suppliers.
• Negotiating Better – Get the know-how you need to negotiate a great supply deal and write a contract that works for your business.
• Elevating Your Knowledge – Discover the pros and cons of using spot-based purchasing formulas versus more traditional benchmarks for truck and trailer purchases..
• Controlling Costs – Don’t let suppliers take advantage of you. We’ll show you how to keep your suppliers in check by making sure the invoice price you pay is the correct price.
• Increasing Profits – We’ll teach you how to use price discovery tools to read the market and predict your next day’s wholesale costs.
• Growing Your Business – Learn how to use basic, inexpensive charting techniques to determine where the next opportunity lies for your business.

Stay on the cutting edge in this volatile fuel marketplace!