Platform
Built from one operating company.
Ophir Gate Trading carries the brand’s first book: refined products and, case by case, crude, traded for the firm’s own account, alongside commercial advisory work in LNG and storage and tolling arrangements in the Gulf.
The parent brand is intended to support more than one business over time. Any expansion will require a market the firm understands, governance that withstands due diligence and economics that can be verified.
The name Ophir refers to the ancient place associated in biblical accounts with exceptional gold and long-distance trade.
Principles
How the operating company works.
Principal in the book.
Where Ophir Gate trades, it trades for its own account, takes title and answers for performance in its own name. Advisory and arrangement work is paid by the client as a disclosed fee.
A narrow product scope.
Eight product lines are published on the Trading page. Enquiries outside that register are declined.
Compliance before commerce.
Counterparties, vessels and cargoes are screened. Cargo origin is evidenced to the load port, and product of sanctioned origin is declined.
Verifiable claims.
Registration, specifications and accountable names are published clearly. Ambition is kept separate from operating fact.
Corporate record
Registration and accountability.
- Legal name
- OPHIR GATE TRADING - FZCO
- Registration
- Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ)
- Establishment Card
- No. 10158762, valid to 29 July 2027
- Office
- Business Avenue Building, 5th Floor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Managing Partner
- Mansour Nazhaev
Strategic relationship
Royal Investment Bureau.
Ophir Gate Trading operates in strategic partnership with the Royal Investment Bureau, part of the Royal Group of Companies ecosystem in the UAE. The relationship provides access to an established UAE business ecosystem and supports relevant institutional introductions.
The relationship is a partnership, not ownership. Royal Investment Bureau holds no equity in OPHIR GATE TRADING - FZCO, exercises no control over it, and does not guarantee its trades, obligations or financing. It carries no sovereign backing, government mandate or regulatory endorsement.