Moving molecules.
Across markets.
VP Ventures is a fuel logistics and commodity marketing company built to serve buyers, distributors, and operators in energy markets where reliable supply matters most.
Who we are
VP Ventures delivers end-to-end supply, marketing, and physical trading of natural gas liquids and fuel products across North American and global markets. We specialize in markets that traditional infrastructure underserves, remote industrial sites, emerging economies, and buyers who need supply chains that don't rely on conventional routes.
Our work spans three core lines of business: LNG delivered via virtual pipeline, NGL and LPG midstream marketing, and fuel oil bulk supply. Underlying all of it is a physical trading and risk management capability that supports every client relationship we maintain.
We are structured to execute, across supply, logistics, trading, and hedging, for customers at any point in the energy value chain.
How we operate
VP Ventures functions as a full-service supply partner. When we enter a supply relationship, we take responsibility for the entire chain: sourcing, logistics, pricing, risk management, and delivery.
Our market model is designed for flexibility. We work with buyers who need reliable supply and price protection, and with operators who need logistics solutions that standard channels can't provide.
Geographically, we operate across North American markets and international supply routes, with growing engagement in emerging fuel markets globally.
Our four service areas
Each service area is interconnected, logistics informs trading, supply informs hedging, and market access informs everything.
LNG-as-a-Service
Delivered liquefied natural gas via ISO container and virtual pipeline, enabling industrial facilities, remote operations, and bridge power users to access natural gas without pipeline infrastructure.
NGL Midstream Marketing
Wholesale supply and marketing across propane, butane, condensate, and Y-grade, with logistics coordination and price risk management for distributors and end-use markets.
Fuel Oils & Bulk Supply
Diesel, gasoline, and bulk LPG sourced from global refining and blending operations, structured for buyers with specific product requirements or international logistics needs.
Physical Trading & Hedging
Physical commodity trading and price risk management across all product lines, giving buyers the tools to protect margins and execute with confidence.
Built to execute
the whole chain
Every VP Ventures engagement is backed by physical supply, logistics coordination, and price-risk management — and by a leadership team that deployed capital, moved molecules, and ran energy operations at scale before VP Ventures existed. We don't broker one slice of the problem. We take the molecule from source to end application as a single accountable partner.
Single-counterparty delivery
We source the product, contract the transport, stage on-site storage, and regasify on demand, so a site a pipeline can't reach gets uninterrupted supply from one partner instead of a patchwork of vendors.
A delivered price, not market exposure
We structure a fixed delivered-fuel price over the contract term, supported by contracted supply, contracted logistics, and hedging — so customers can budget a delivered cost rather than ride the spot market.
Sized to the site
From single-site bridge power to multi-megawatt deployments, scoped to what each location can realistically support and what supply can reliably serve.
Structured, creditworthy transactions
Each engagement is built on sound credit and contract footing, including LC-structured arrangements for international supply.
These capabilities sit on top of decades of directly relevant experience — energy trading and risk, large-scale capital deployment, petroleum and natural-gas engineering, global supply-chain operations, and small-scale LNG origination across the Americas. Meet the team →
Meet the team
Experienced professionals driving innovation in LNG and NGL virtual pipeline solutions.
Jake Field
LinkedInFounder & Chief Executive Officer
Jake has 20+ years of experience in energy trading, risk, and asset management. He is a co-founder of Spotlight Energy, a wholesale natural gas marketing company; Spotlight Power, an energy management and power trading company; and Virtual Pipeline Ventures, a wholesale energy marketing company focused on the transportation and storage of liquified natural gas (LNG) and natural gas liquids (NGL). He is also a partner and board member for Field Industries and OneLNG. Jake graduated with his undergraduate and graduate degrees in business from the University of Florida.
John Blomeke
LinkedInPresident
John joins VP Ventures as the President with 20 years of engineering, operations and commercial experience. A former Nuclear Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy, John subsequently spent 8 years in supply chain management as a leader in Apple's Global Procurement Organization supporting contract manufacturing and most recently the capital equipment supply chain for Apple's Mechanical Enclosures (Manufacturing Design Team). John was also the CoFounder and CEO of CarMommy, a Rideshare Rental and Retail Operation in California from 2019–2023. John is a native of Virginia Beach, VA and holds a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Brian Fowkes
LinkedInChief Technical Officer
Brian joins VP Ventures as the Chief Technical Officer with 30 years in the energy and service sector, working for large oilfield service companies, energy information, and natural gas distribution & service providers. He started as a young petroleum engineer in the oilfield with increasing levels of responsibility in engineering, operations, business development, and management. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering with a focus in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), and the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Nick Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Nick Anderson serves as Chief Financial Officer of VP Ventures, where he oversees the company's financial strategy, capital allocation, corporate development, and strategic growth initiatives. In addition to his responsibilities at VP Ventures, Nick serves as Chief Financial Officer of CK Holdings Group, the parent company of VP Ventures, where he helps oversee the firm's portfolio of energy and infrastructure investments. He also serves on the Board of Directors of OneLNG. Nick brings more than 20 years of experience in energy finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, capital markets, and private equity. Throughout his career, he has led numerous acquisitions, divestitures, capital raises, debt financings, restructurings, and strategic transactions totaling several billion dollars in enterprise value across the energy, infrastructure, power, telecommunications, and industrial sectors. Prior to joining CK Holdings Group, Nick served as Chief Financial Officer of Infrastructure Networks (iNet), a leading telecommunications provider serving the oil and gas industry. Previously, he was Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of eFrac Well Services, an electric hydraulic fracturing company, and Chief Financial Officer of BINGO Interests, an oilfield services company specializing in bifuel and dual-fuel technologies for hydraulic fracturing and drilling operations. Earlier in his career, Nick held finance and corporate development leadership positions with Plains All American Pipeline L.P. and Vitol Inc., where he focused on financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, capital markets, and operational finance. Nick holds dual Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in Finance and Accounting from Texas Christian University.
Scott Winchester
LinkedInVice President of Sales & Origination
Scott Winchester is a senior energy executive with over 15 years of leadership experience in natural gas, small-scale LNG, virtual pipeline development, and distributed power infrastructure across the Americas and Caribbean. He specializes in originating, structuring, and executing complex energy projects with a focus on commercial development, strategic partnerships, and asset performance. Scott currently serves as Vice President of Sales & Origination at Virtual Pipeline Ventures, leading commercial strategy, project origination, and partner development for small-scale LNG and gas-to-power platforms. Previously, Scott held senior roles at New Fortress Energy, One Power Solutions, One LNG, and Genset Holdings, where he led LNG import and microgrid development, fuel-conversion initiatives, distributed generation projects, and island utility systems. Scott holds a B.S. in Business Management from Clemson University.
Let's talk about
what you need
Supply, logistics, trading, or risk management, if it involves a molecule, VP Ventures is structured to help.