Maverick Crude
Engineered for those who do not wait for opportunity —
but go out and take it.
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Engineered for those who do not wait for opportunity —
but go out and take it.
Maverick Crude is an oil company headquartered in London and operating out of Miami, working exclusively in the heavy crude sector. Founded by Josh and Mush — two operators with a combined brokerage track record exceeding $250 million in monthly oil contracts closed — the firm consolidates a decade of executed deals into a purpose-built investment platform.
The transition from intermediary to principal began with a single observation: brokers facilitate value, but owners capture it. Maverick Crude is the operating answer — a disciplined platform built to acquire, operate, and integrate heavy crude assets where the geology is generational and the commercial window has just reopened.
The firm's flagship initiative, Project Maverick, is the joint venture vehicle through which a Venezuelan heavy crude acquisition is now being executed — from first introduction in Caracas through to closing, commissioning, and the production ramp beyond.
Every decision the firm makes flows from that single observation.
Venezuela holds more proven crude reserves than any nation on earth — over 300 billion barrels, the overwhelming majority of it heavy and extra-heavy grade concentrated in the Orinoco Belt. The geology is not speculative. It is mapped, drilled, and producing.
Heavy crude trades at a structural discount to light benchmarks — yet complex refineries are specifically configured to process it. The operator who controls heavy barrels at the wellhead, and the relationships at the refinery gate, captures the spread others leave on the table.
As the geopolitical landscape evolves, Venezuela's energy sector is reopening to disciplined private participation. The entrants who arrive first — with capital committed, counter-parties verified, and in-country relationships already working — will set the terms others inherit.
Opportunities arrive through relationships, not listings. The firm's deal flow comes from a decade of brokerage counterparties, in-country operators, and partners with capital already at stake — surfaced in Caracas, vetted in London.
Production claims are verified at the wellhead, not in the data room. Counter-parties are assessed on history, not paperwork. The firm's in-country team walks the field, meets the operator, and tests every assertion before a single term is discussed.
Transactions are built to survive contact with reality — regulatory frameworks, counter-party banking, off-take pre-commitments, and capital deployment sequenced so that no single point of failure can stall the close.
The close is an engineering exercise: documentation, payment mechanics, and operational handover executed against a timeline that was agreed before the first signature — and honoured after the last one.
Ownership is the starting block. Workover programmes lift production, off-take agreements are expanded into specialised refineries, and the platform scales deliberately into trading, storage, and downstream capture across the barrel.
Josh began his career on the London real estate desk, structuring private transactions for high-net-worth principals before transitioning into the commodities arena. His instinct for the close, his discipline around counter-party risk, and his ability to move size discreetly have made him a trusted name across the global crude oil trading corridors.
Mush built his foundation in London's prime property market, brokering complex transactions where precision and relationships defined every outcome. He brought that operating discipline into commodities, where his command of structure, documentation, and execution has consistently delivered transactions of institutional scale and integrity.
Size is moved quietly. Names are protected. The market hears about Maverick transactions after they close — if at all.
Most opportunities are declined. The mandate is narrow by design, and the firm does not chase deals outside it — however attractive the headline.
Capital partners, operating partners, and the in-country team are paid when the venture performs. Nobody is compensated for activity. Everyone is compensated for outcomes.
Timelines are honoured. Documentation is precise. Counter-parties deal with Maverick once and come back — because the firm does exactly what it said it would do.
Pierina leads field acquisitions and serves as the firm's principal liaison between Venezuelan counterparts and the London office. She brings a working command of the country's hydrocarbon landscape — the operating assets of the Orinoco Belt, the rhythms of PDVSA and the Ministerio — together with the relationship infrastructure required to move acquisitions from first introduction through closing.
Giuseppe is the firm's senior consultant on Venezuelan deals and investment opportunities. His career inside the country's industrial and energy sectors spans decades, and his role here is the diligence behind every position the firm considers — assessing counter-parties, verifying production claims, and navigating the commercial and political realities of the basin.
