Leadership for Energy Automated Processing (LEAP) is a non-profit industry organization whose membership consists of the worldwide major Oil Companies, Banks, Trading Houses, Solutions Providers, Financial Institutions and support organizations involved in the trade of physical oil.

LEAP’s mission is to promote efficient and reliable transaction processing within the energy trading industry by means of voluntary automation and standardization.

The LEAP Executive Committee 2011 Initiatives Presentation includes a Brief Introduction to LEAP; The LEAP 2011 Initiatives; Members of the Executive Committee; The LEAP Board of Directors and Levels of Involvement, Participation Options and Next Steps - Click Key Documents (located above to the right) to access this presentation.

LEAP's methodology consists of 5 stages, representing the broad steps towards achieving LEAP’s automation mission.

1. Expose the Opportunity
2. Endorse a Standard
3. Enable Automation
4. Encourage Adoption
5. Measure Results