SpaceX posted a job listing in August 2026 seeking a trader to create and lead a natural gas trading team based in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The role involves profit and loss management, regulatory compliance with the CFTC and FERC, and overseeing fuel supply for the company’s launch operations. The need stems directly from the Starship program, SpaceX’s mega-rocket that consumes approximately 630,000 gallons of liquid methane per launch. Faced with ambitions for dramatically higher launch cadence, the company announced on June 25, 2026 the construction of the Starpipe pipeline, an eight-mile pipeline connecting Brownsville to Starbase with a target service date of January 2027. According to sources, the natural gas ambitions extend beyond launch needs to include xAI data centers and potential power generation facilities.
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