An oil and gas service company can use trade finance to procure specialist equipment when it is ordered, then repay once the operator settles on its terms.
Winning oil and gas work usually means procuring specialist equipment, parts and consumables before the operator releases a penny. The kit is ordered from manufacturers, frequently overseas, then mobilised to a platform or site and put to work, with payment following on terms that can stretch to sixty or ninety days. Trade finance settles the manufacturer at the point of order, so a contract can be mobilised without the equipment cost tying up the company's own reserves.
Specialist tooling carries a heavy price tag and a long lead time, and operators pay slowly even when the work is delivered well. Repayment lands once the operator pays, so the cost stays tied to the contract. Running more than one contract at a time then turns on the pipeline rather than on whether cash is free to procure for each.
An oil and gas service company sinks cash into specialist kit between ordering it and an operator finally settling. The strains recur contract to contract:
At Tando a person owns your case from the first call, not a scoring engine, so an oil and gas service company works with an account manager who understands operator payment terms and specialist procurement. Decisions generally come in three to five days, at times within hours. Tando is NACFB accredited and works with FCA-regulated lenders.
Take a company procuring downhole tooling for a contract: a facility pays the manufacturer, and repayment follows once the operator settles. Where those operator invoices sit on long terms, invoice finance can release the cash held in them and fund the next mobilisation.
Direct funding for the cost of goods based on a confirmed customer order.
A globally recognised guarantee of payment to your supplier upon verification of shipping documents.
Optimising cash flow by allowing you to pay suppliers early while extending your own payment terms.
Yes, that is the core use. The manufacturer is paid when the specialist kit is ordered, so a contract can be mobilised without the equipment cost tying up your reserves. You repay once the operator settles on its terms. It lets a company procure for each contract it wins rather than rationing the work to whatever cash is free.
Operators often pay on extended terms, which leaves cash tied up in issued invoices. Invoice finance advances against those invoices, releasing the cash before the operator pays. It sits alongside a trade facility, one funding the equipment procurement and the other releasing cash from the work delivered. Your account manager can set them up to work together across a contract.
Yes. A good deal of specialist oil and gas equipment is sourced from overseas, and trade finance can fund those supplier payments. Where a manufacturer wants assurance before shipping, a letter of credit can sit alongside the facility, with the bank undertaking payment against agreed documents. Your account manager arranges the structure that suits how and where you procure, so mobilisation is not held up by an upfront payment.
Often, yes. Tando arranges funding for oil and gas service companies with bad credit or a bounced payment that other brokers avoid. The contract pipeline and supplier terms carry more weight than a single past problem. Lending partners are FCA-regulated and look at current trading, so an earlier difficulty does not automatically rule out a workable facility.
Facilities typically run from 75,000 to 500,000 pounds, sized to your equipment spend and contract values. Firms turning over 200,000 pounds or more a year are the typical fit. Because specialist equipment is high-value and contracts vary in size, the right figure tends to track the value of the work you are running rather than a single fixed limit.
Usually within three to five days, and sometimes within hours when a supplier deadline or a mobilisation date is at risk. A dedicated account manager handles the case directly rather than an automated queue, so an equipment order can be funded quickly enough to mobilise for a contract on time rather than waiting on the operator's payment cycle.
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