Middle East Downstream Analyst

FGE NexantECA; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

FGE NexantECA in Dubai seeks an analyst to build Middle East downstream market models, analyze refinery operations and pricing, and translate data into actionable client insights.

The role emphasizes Excel modelling, Python/SQL exposure, and strong English communication; training is available; open to graduates with strong numeracy and curiosity.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical foundations and numerical proficiency.
• Advanced Excel with strong modelling aptitude is essential.
• Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage but not essential.
• Python or SQL is a meaningful plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and analyse refined product data across the Middle East.
• Build and maintain downstream supply and demand models.
• Analyse refinery operations, throughput, yields, outages, and capacity additions.
• Assess trade flows, arbitrage dynamics, and pricing structures.
• Prepare client-facing presentations, charts, and written analysis.
• Support senior analysts on cross-barrel and cross-regional projects.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Modelling aptitude

Analytical foundations

English fluency

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Who We Are

FGE NexantECA is a global energy and chemicals intelligence business helping energy companies traders investors and governments make better decisions in some of the world s most complex and fast-moving markets. We combine deep market expertise with rigorous data-driven analysis across oil gas LNG chemicals and the energy transition. Our clients range from major producers and utilities to trading houses and sovereign funds - and they rely on us to cut through noise and give them a clear view of what s happening and what comes next. We re also in the middle of something genuinely exciting. We re launching Lumen a next-generation intelligence platform that moves us beyond static research towards something faster more connected and more directly usable by clients. It s a good moment to join - and this role is part of that story.

What You’ll Do

Market Analysis and Modelling

• Collect clean and analyse refined product data across the Middle East supply demand trade and pricing
• Build and maintain downstream supply and demand models by product and country
• Analyse refinery operations and configurations including throughput yields outages and new capacity additions
• Assess product trade flows export destinations import requirements and arbitrage dynamics
• Analyse pricing structures including regional benchmarks netbacks and linkages to crude and global product markets
• Develop short- and long-term downstream market forecasts

Market Intelligence and Research

• Monitor policy subsidy specification and regulatory developments affecting Middle Eastern product markets
• Translate data and market developments into clear forward-looking insight grounded in real market behaviour
• Prepare client-facing presentations charts and written analysis
• Contribute to client deliverables including briefings reports and workshops
• Support senior analysts and consultants on cross-barrel and cross-regional projects

Data and Tools

• Work with large often imperfect datasets and bring structure and clarity to ambiguous situations
• Contribute to how analysis is integrated into Lumen as the platform evolves
• Use AI and data tools where relevant to accelerate research and improve how insight is communicated

What We’re Looking For

We’re open to candidates with up to 3 years of relevant experience as well as strong graduates. You might come from energy engineering economics chemistry mathematics finance or a related field. Prior downstream or oil market experience is not required. We’re genuinely happy to train the right person from the ground up. What matters more is that you bring strong analytical foundations intellectual curiosity and a real interest in how markets work. If you’re the kind of person who reads about refinery margins or trade flows for fun this role is for you.

We’re particularly interested in people who:

• Are genuinely curious about refined product markets, trade economics, and regional market structure
• Are highly numerate and comfortable working with large, complex datasets
• Can build and interpret product balance and refinery models
• Think critically about market balances, pricing, refinery behaviour, and trade dynamics
• Communicate clearly in writing, in charts, and in conversation
• Are comfortable managing multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment
• Are eager to learn, develop, and take on increasing ownership over time
• Have started exploring how AI and modern data tools can support analytical work or are keen to
• Technically, advanced Excel with strong modelling aptitude is essential
• Python or SQL is a meaningful plus
• We’re also interested in candidates who are actively exploring how AI and LLM tools can accelerate research, structure insight, and improve how analysis gets communicated. This is becoming a genuine part of how we work.
• Fluency in English is required; Arabic is an advantage but not essential

Why Dubai and Why Now

Dubai is one of the best places in the world to build a career in energy markets. You’ll be at the centre of a region that sits at the intersection of global crude flows major refining capacity and some of the world s most significant producers and traders. The Middle East is not a peripheral market it drives global balances and understanding it from the inside is a genuine career asset. Beyond the market itself Dubai offers an exceptional quality of life a genuinely international city with a dynamic business environment strong connectivity and a thriving energy sector community. Joining now also means being part of a business in transformation. You’ll contribute to building something new not maintaining something old and you’ll develop skills in market analysis data and AI-assisted research that are increasingly valued across the industry.

The Role

This is an analyst role focused on one of the most consequential and fast-evolving downstream markets in the world. You’ll develop deep expertise in Middle Eastern refined product markets covering refinery operations product supply and demand balances trade flows pricing and regional market structure across products including naphtha LPG gasoline jet gasoil diesel fuel oil and petrochemical feedstocks. You’ll work closely with specialists across upstream refining crude and products trading and macroeconomics gaining a genuine understanding of how Middle Eastern downstream markets fit into the full oil barrel and global trade system. Over time you’ll build real ownership of specific markets or product areas and become a recognised voice in the team. This is not a role for someone who wants to process data in the background. We want someone who is curious about markets comfortable getting into the detail and motivated to turn analysis into insight that actually gets used.