A fuel procurement broker Melbourne buyers and suppliers can reach directly
Stratum is not a call centre with a rotating desk. It is a small, independent procurement operation built around one person answering the phone and one documented process behind every deal.
The desk behind Stratum
Stratum Energy and Logistics is led by Ashwin Venkataraman, Director and Sales Operations Lead, based in Melbourne. Enquiries that come through this site land with him directly rather than passing through a generic intake team, which is also why the response commitment on every page is the same: a reply within the same business day.
The business was built on a straightforward observation about the Australian wholesale diesel market: large commercial buyers are often dealing with generalist brokers who skip compliance steps to move faster, while qualified overseas suppliers, particularly India-origin product out of Jamnagar, are underrepresented in the conversation despite being competitive on price and quality. Stratum exists to close that gap with a documented process rather than a faster sales pitch.
That means a smaller operation than a brokerage with multiple desks and account managers, and a deliberate trade-off: fewer relationships handled at once, each one with KYC, NCNDA and a written term sheet in place before fuel moves.
Director
Ashwin Venkataraman, Sales Operations Lead, principal contact for every enquiry.
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, operating across the Australian commercial diesel market.
Compliance status
Not a reporting entity under AUSTRAC, since we never hold buyer or supplier funds. KYC and sanctions screening run on every introduction regardless.
Entity
Stratum Energy and Logistics Pty Ltd, ABN 22 696 796 835, formed April 2026.
Where the diesel we source actually comes from
Stratum works with a supplier panel across four origins, weighted toward the India-origin route that most Australian buyers have not been offered before.
India (Jamnagar)
Priority origin. Refinery-linked supply that is typically the most competitive on price for the volumes Australian buyers need.
South Korea
Established refining capacity with strong specification consistency for buyers prioritising documentation certainty.
Singapore
Regional trading hub origin, useful for shorter lead times into Australian east coast ports.
UAE & Gulf
Additional origin diversity, relevant when a buyer's delivery timing does not align with the other three routes.
Speak with the desk directly
No account manager hand-off. Enquiries here go to Ash, and the reply comes from him the same business day.