A veteran team of commodities traders is barely two weeks into the launch of brokerage Snapper Creek Energy, with executives already eyeing an expansion overseas early next year.

Helmed by CEO Sid Perkins, the Miami-based commodities brokerage launched in mid-October to trade physical natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL) and carbon credits. Perkins, a former executive with ION Energy Group, which he founded in 2008, recently shared his vision for Snapper Creek in a wide-ranging interview with NGI.

In the simplest terms, Perkins saw a “critical need” for a brokerage that would help clients “navigate shifting market complexities with speed and certainty.” The broad energy transition to a zero-carbon economy may be more than a decade away, but it already is driving market...