Business history

Macquarie Cook Energy is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) and is part of the Macquarie group ("Macquarie"). 

Macquarie Cook Energy commenced operations in November 2005 following Macquarie’s purchase of Cook Inlet Energy Supply LLC (Cook Inlet) in October 2005. A significant strategic addition to Macquarie’s North American energy markets business, Cook Inlet’s well-established reputation and major platform of physical trading expertise is complemented by Macquarie’s significant financial derivative and risk management expertise.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Macquarie is a diversified international provider of specialist investment, advisory, trading and financial services in select markets around the world. Macquarie Group Limited is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:MQG) and is ranked as one of Australia’s top 20 companies by market capitalization. For more than a decade, Macquarie has achieved successive years of record profits and consistent growth.

Macquarie has been active in the Americas for over a decade establishing its first office in New York in 1994. Today Macquarie has more than 1,750 professionals in offices in 25 locations across North and South America. This team is complemented by the resources of Macquarie's international network of over 13,100 people in 25 countries.

Prior to Macquarie ownership, Cook Inlet established a solid reputation over a 15 year period among energy industry participants as an innovative, well-managed and customer focused energy marketing and trading company.

Originally partnered with 6,700 Alaskan Eskimos, Cook Inlet was established in 1990 as a certified Minority Business Enterprise and has grown from its proud minority-owned heritage to the business it is today.