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Following the work currently being conducted 

by the erpec team in Russia and the CIS region, 

Helios Petroleum from Kazakhstan has been 

the first oil company from this region to sign 

up for erpec 11. Event Director, Nick Needs, 

commented “It's exciting to have been able to 

register an oil company from the Russian and 

CIS marketplace and I am optimistic there 

will be more news to follow during the coming 

months. We are also targeting Turkey this 

year, a market which will really open up in the 

future. The Western and Middle European 

M.O.C.'s, have all pledged their support once 

again to erpec now in its 14th year” and a web 

page, published in the Russian language was 

launched on the erpec website this month. 

Working with the Russian speaking delegates 

Venue for erpec11 

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Flying V to expand network in Philippines 

Independent oil player Flying V will expand 

its retail network next year by adding 152 

filling stations bringing to 387 the number 

of Flying V stations nationwide. Flying V 

plans to raise the P1 billion through additional 

equity investments from existing and 

new stockholders, and by converting assets 

to cash. Some 65 percent of the capital 

expenditure will be spent on expanding its 

retail network, building more retail stations 

in the Visayas and Mindanao as well as in 

northeastern Luzon, the oil firm noted. The 

rest of the capex will be used to bolster 

its logistics infrastructure and increase 

the capacity of its five existing depots, 

Flying V said. 

First oil company from Kazakhstan for erpec 

is Aljona Barberio, who can usually be found 

working in the com-a-tec offices on PetrolPlaza. 

Her work is being conducted in conjunction 

with two of Russia's leading distributors in 

the region, Logintech LLC of Kiev and Ligir 

of Moscow who will also both be represented 

at erpec 11. www.erpec.com 

Issue No 9 | January / February 2011 

AsiA, Middle eAst & AfricA edition 

HCM City to close 

old petrol stations 

The municipal administration plans to 

shut down petrol stations that fail to meet 

safety standards and other criteria set by 

the HCM City authority. Relevant agencies 

will check the operation of all petrol 

stations and report the results in the first 

quarter of the year. 61 petrol stations were 

asked to close in 2006 because they failed 

to meet the standards including 54 that 

did not have a construction licence. An 

additional 108 petrol stations were also 

found to lack some safety and planning 

requirements. HCM City has nearly 500 

petrol stations, according to the city's 

Department of Industry and Trade. 

Shell discount in Manila 

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp, will revive 

an expanded version of Pepeng Pasada 

Loyalty Rewards Programme in Metro 

Manila, giving public utility jeeps and 

buses a P 0.50 discount on diesel. The 

program is in response to the Department 

of Energy's call for the oil industry to help 

the transport sector cushion the impact 

of rising petroleum prices, the company 

said in a statement. The Pepeng Pasada 

discount comes at a time when oil prices 

are rising and through this discount, and 

the company aims to help cushion the 

impact on the transport sector. 

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eNoC expands asian presence 

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), the 

Dubai oil company, plans to increase its Asian 

footprint with a storage terminal in China. This 

facility would bolster ENOC's Asian operations, 

which already include terminals in Singapore 

and South Korea. The Dubai company 

runs facilities with storage space it can rent 

to customers in Asia and in the UAE, Saudi 

Arabia and Djibouti through its subsidiary, 

Pertamina open 24 more CoCo outlets 

State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina says it will 

open 24 additional COCO fuel stations across 

the country this year to improve services and 

provide customers greater access to non-sub - 

sidized fuels. Pertamina currently operates 

63 COCO fuel stations nationwide which are 

owned and directly operated by Pertamina. 

Most Pertamina outlets are operated under 

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Horizon Terminals. ENOC, which is wholly 

owned by the Dubai Government, operates 30 

joint ventures and subsidiaries internationally, 

including petrol stations across Dubai and 

the Northern Emirates, and plans to expand 

into Saudi Arabia. ENOC is also looking to 

expand its access to European trading with 

a storage facility it is building in Morocco 

and plans for another on the island of Malta. 

franchising contracts with other companies. 

Stations have been equipped with a computerized 

system, bigger tank capacities and an 

early warning system to detect errors. There are 

4 300 fuel stations currently operating under the 

Pertamina name across Indonesia, 768 of which 

are located in Greater Jakarta. Most stations 

are owned and operated by other companies. 

NNPC to reactivate floating fuel stations 

State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum 

Corporation informed it will reactivate the 

12 floating fuel outlets in the oil-producing 

Niger Delta abandoned due to violence by 

militants. The 12 fuel outlets, each holding 

300 000 litres (around 2 516 barrels) of 

petroleum products, were built in 2006 in 

five southern oil producing states of Bayelsa, 

Rivers, Ondo, Akwa Ibom and Delta, to ease 

access to products by villagers in the oil creeks. 

The reactivation program is seen as a major 

boost to President Goodluck Jonathan who 

recently clinched the ruling party's ticket 

China independents import fuel to make diesel 

Independent Chinese oil dealers have been 

importing an unusual fuel in recent months 

that can be easily turned into diesel to plug 

a domestic shortage, in transactions that 

could be legally contested. Up to 700 000 

tonnes (5.5 million barrels) of power kerosene, 

amounting to 60 percent of China's 

total light diesel imports, a fuel that can 

be turned to diesel after simple skimming 

bP enhances ability to provide differentiated fuels 

Oil giant BP says that its R40-million invest- 

ment in a fuel technology centre in Johannesburg 

demonstrates the company's commitment 

to South Africa. The launch of the centre is 

part of the oil major's long-term investment 

strategy into the country, which it views as a 

key growth market. “Over the past year alone, 

in the primaries. Jonathan has trumpeted 

the relative stability in fuel supply across 

Africa's most populous country, as one of 

his key achievements since he took power 

in May 2010. 

or blending, have been imported since last 

August through southern and eastern Chinese 

ports. Mostly sourced from Asia oil hub Singapore, 

oil major BP and one or two Western 

trading houses were among the suppliers of 

the product that is exempted from a hefty 

consumption tax of about 830 yuan ($ 125) 

per tonne, which would otherwise be levied 

on diesel or aviation fuel. 

BP has spent more than R500-million on growing 

its forecourt infrastructure, expanding 

fuel delivery capacity and optimising refining 

in the country”, said BP South Africa CEO 

Sipho Maseko. The company employs about 

2 000 people in the country and has a strong 

forecourt network of over 600 service stations.

taF joins ethiopias retail petroleum marketplace 

TAF Oil Plc, a new entrant into the petroleum 

business, will start distributing petroleum and 

petroleum by-products in about two months. 

TAF is not the only new company that entered 

the market during the past year. Wadib-al- 

Sundus (WAS), a Sudan based oil company, 

started operations a couple of months ago. 

The addition of these two companies brings 

the number of oil companies in the country 

to eight and the number of local companies 

Iran develops fuel storage capacity 

Iran will boost its fuel storage capacity as 

part of its fifth five-year development plan to 

2015 by 5 billion barrels. The current storage 

capacity of oil products in the country is 

around 11.5 billion litres, but it will reach 16.7 

billion litres under the National Iranian Oil 

Products Distribution Company's (NIOPDC) 

plan. NIOPDC is responsible for distribution 

Vietnamese traders want lower import tariffs 

The Ministry of Finance has said some petrol 

importers filed a petition asking for import 

tax cuts because they find it difficult to keep 

prices stable, as ordered by the government. 

The tax rates are expected to decrease by 

4 – 5 percent. Earlier, the Ministry had approved 

to reduce petrol import tax from 17 percent 

to 12 percent, while petroleum and diesel is 

oman oil launches ‘Fuel, Shop and win’ 

Continuing its signature rewards and value adding 

offerings, Oman Oil Marketing Com-pany 

(Oman Oil) has launched a new four-month 

Grand Retail Promotion under the theme 

‘Fuel, Shop and Win’ in association with Suhail 

Bahwan Automotives and Samsung Electronics. 

The Grand Retail Promotion comes in light 

of their strategic rewards platform which has 

to three. TAF is the third, after National Oil 

Company (NOC), established with a capital 

of 100 million Br in 2003; and Yetebaberut 

Beherawi Petroleum (YBP), established with 

an authorised capital of 50 million Br, in 2002. 

of over 220 million litres of oil products a day 

throughout the country. NIOPDC MD Farid 

Ameri foresees no problem in providing Iranians 

with oil products including petrol, gasoil 

and kerosene. NIOPDC has 86 oil products 

storage facilities with capacity of around 11.5 

billion litres, over 2 850 fuel stations of which 

200 are government owned and 2 650 private. 

to be reduced from 10 to five percent. The 

Ministry has assessed that the increased oil 

price would make it inevitable for petrol and 

oil businesses to suffer losses. The import 

tax reduction is aimed at sharing difficulties 

with businesses and implementing the Prime 

Minister's instruction on slowing down price 

increase throughout the first quarter of 2011. 

russia eyes modernisation of its oil industry 

Russia has used more than 50 percent of its 

known oil reserves and might need to attract 

enormous investment to modernise its oil infrastructure. 

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir 

Putin has said that the country's oil industry 

would need more than 8.6 trillion roubles 

($ 280 billion; £ 180 billion) of investment 

during the next 10 years. Otherwise, it is 

estimated, oil extraction levels in Russia 

could fall 20 percent by 2020. “It is important 

we create conditions for investment growth 

in technical upgrades of the fuel and energy 

system, and stimulate fuel companies to use 

new technologies which can provide greater 

returns in oil and gas production”, Russian 

President Dmitry Medvedev told the country's 

Security Council earlier this month. 

reached more than 38 000 000 customers annually. 

Covering all Governorates and regions of 

the Sultanate, Oman Oil's growing network of 

118 filling stations and 67 Ahlain convenience 

stores continue to witness widespread demand 

and popularity, as they continues to set new 

benchmarks and operational standards in the 

local retail market. 


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burma to privatise 

90 percent of industry 

The recent shake-up of Burma's economy 

that has seen state-owned companies sold 

to private enterprise looks set to continue. 

“Up to 90 percent of state-owned industry 

will be transferred to the private sector 

as the country makes it transformation 

to democracy”, said Minister of Industry, 

Khin Maung Kyaw. Over the past year 

246 petrol stations close the port area in 

Rangoon have been privatised. 

Pertamax price rise 

in Indonesia 

Car owners prepare for soaring nonsubsidized 

fuel prices this year as energy 

analysts predict global oil prices to reach 

more than US $ 100 (Rp 904 000) per 

barrel. The House of Representatives 

approved a government plan to implement 

new restrictions on subsidized fuel 

sales beginning in April 2011. Under the 

policy, private car owners are obliged to 

buy non-subsidized fuel to ensure that 

the subsidized fuel goes to the intended 

customers. 

Fuel queues resur- 

face in zimbabwe 

Fuel queues resurfaced at filling stations 

in and around Bulawayo as prices went 

up, resulting in the re-emergence of the 

black market due to low supplies in the 

city. After a respite of several months, 

long-winding queues resurfaced a week 

ago prompting a quick response from illegal 

dealers who have hiked prices. The 

price of petrol has risen from US $ 1,20 

per litre to as high as US $ 1,50 per litre 

on the black market, but at a few filling 

stations with stock, a litre is offered at 

US $ 1,30. 

Sri Lanka state- 

owned stores expand 

with fuel stations 

The Cooperative Wholesale Establishment 

also known as Lak Sathosa network of 

department stores will be expanded. To 

include fuel stations, pharmacies, cafeteria, 

banks, and bill payment centers, all 

under one roof to provide customers the 

convenience of one-stop shopping. The 

first of this kind is to be opened soon in 

Kilinochchi in the Northern Province. 

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Shell stations in New 

zealand to get new 

payment systems 

Greenstone Energy, the joint venture between 

Infratil and the NZ Superannuation 

Fund, which bought Shell's network of 

New Zealand petrol stations last year, has 

announced it will replace all point of sale 

systems across its Shell-branded service 

stations and truck stops. Greenstone signed 

a contract with local technology company 

Fusion Transactive to replace all such systems 

at company operated service stations 

nationwide. In a statement announcing 

the move, Greenstone's general manager 

of retail, Mark Forsyth, says the US $ 10 

million investment in new technology 

will increase the speed of transactions 

and improve customer service. 

NNPC to construct 

3 greenfield refineries 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 

(NNPC) disclosed that three new 

Greenfield refineries are set for construction. 

More are expected to come on stream 

to upgrade its production effort from its 

current level of 80 000 barrels a day to 

150 000 barrels in the next few years. Group 

Managing Director Austen Oniwon, said: 

We have already begun operations in about 

304 affiliated filling stations nationwide 

to ensure regular availability of products 

which will provide business opportunities 

and create employment. 

Susco crosses over to 

Laos and Cambodia 

Siam United Services Plc (Susco), an 

oil and fuelwholesaler and retailer from 

Thailand, is expanding into Laos and 

Cambodia to tap into local demand growth. 

Chairit Simaroj, the managing director, 

said the company plans to open at least 

10 petrol stations under the Susco brand 

outside Thailand next year, with overseas 

investment worth 100 million baht. Some 

50 million baht will be for domestic expansion. 

“We are now talking with local 

strategic partners who own land but lack 

retail business management”, said Mr 

Chairit. Susco entered the oil business 

in those two countries two years ago 

through wholesaling by transporting oil 

from refineries in Thailand. Susco sales 

volume is estimated at 400 million litres 

last year and is expected to rise to 450 

million litres this year. 

Qatar Petroleum and Shell sign energy deal 

The agreement was signed in Doha by His 

Excellency Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy 

and Industry of the State of Qatar, and Peter 

Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Shell. The 

scope under consideration would include a 

mono-ethylene glycol plant of up to 1.5 million 

tonnes per annum using Shell's proprietary 

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OMEGA (Only MEG Advantaged) technology 

and other olefin derivatives to yield over 

2 million tonnes of finished products. Minister 

Al-Attiyah said: “This agreement represents 

an important step towards implementing the 

optimal utilisation of the country's natural 

gas resources and to expand the downstream 

industries in Qatar.” 

Kenya introduces price controls on fuel 

Kenya has introduced controls on petroleum 

prices after the cost of fuel rose by at least 12 

percent last year. The new regulations will set 

limits on wholesale and retail fuel prices Energy 

Minister Kiraitu Murungi said. Controls will 

also be imposed on importers of petroleum 

products, refineries, storage facilities, transporters 

and sellers. Wholesale profit margins 

reliance holds off station re-openings in India 

Reliance Industries said, it will look at opening 

more fuel service stations only when retail 

prices of diesel are deregulated as freeing up 

the petrol prices have not been able to provide 

a level-playing field to the private oil companies. 

“Until deregulation of diesel prices happens, 

a reliance spokesman said, we have no such 

expansion and upgrade of Sri Lanka refinery 

State-owned Indian Oil Corp is eyeing a contract 

to revamp and expand the sole refinery 

in Sri Lanka. The IOC's has an interest in 

upgrading and doubling capacity of Ceylon 

Petroleum Corp's (CPC) Sapugaskanda 

Refinery to 4 million tonnes a year. The Sri 

Lankan government will soon call for global 

Gull seeking expansion deals in New zealand 

Gull and Shell-owner Greenstone are in 

talks over a supply deal that could see 

the discounter move into fuel retail in the 

South Island and possibly nationwide. Gull 

supplies 40 independently owned stations 

Ptt to expand retail network by five percent 

PTT Philippines is looking at expanding 

its retails network by an additional 10 to 

15 stations next year, the company have 43 

stations to date and hope to end the year 

with 50. Each station needed between P 5 

million and P 25 million to build, depending 

on the location and size of the station. 

PTT's retail network currently covers Metro 

will be capped at 6 shillings (7 US cents) per 

litre (0.26 gallons) and retail margins at 3 

shillings, Murungi said. Fuel prices rose to 

96.2 shillings a litre in September from 86.2 

shillings in January, according to the Kenya 

National Bureau of Statistics. Oil futures in 

New York increased by 0.8 percent over the 

same period. 

plans.” At present, Reliance has re-opened 

about 700 fuel service stations out of its 1 432 

outlets, mostly on the highways in the coastal 

areas of Western and Southern India, but as 

the bulk of the sales of petroleum products 

consist of diesel, deregulation in petrol prices 

is not having much impact. 

expressions of interest in the capacity expansion 

project, which IOC could also participate 

in. Sri Lanka is planning to overhaul the 

taxation structure on petroleum products to 

be presented in Parliament on November 22 

and have indicated that levies on on petrol 

and diesel may be slashed. 

from its import terminal in Tauranga. The 

company, headquartered in Perth, is typically 

cheaper than rivals with advertised 

prices 1c – 2c cheaper a litre than Shell 

and BP. 

Manila, Central, North and South of Luzon 

as well as in the Visayas particularly in Cebu. 

PTT also operates and maintains a terminal 

and depot in Cebu. The company has also 

expressed interest in Petron's 40 percent 

stake. Petron confirmed talks with PTT and 

other foreign investors for the possibility of 

buying 40 percent of Petron.


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retailers in UK want 

fuel duty frozen 

Petrol retailers have joined the growing 

campaign to lower the price of fuel by 

urging the government to scrap the duty 

rise planned for April. The Petrol Retailers 

Association,called on the Chancellor 

to freeze fuel duty in an effort to protect 

drivers and hauliers from the prospect of 

140 p a litre prices at the pumps. PRA 

boss Brian Madderson pointed out that 

the 1 p rise in fuel duty would actually 

equate to 4.7 p when the Treasury factors 

in VAT and inflation. He also warned 

that spiralling oil prices could yet see a 

further rise of 3 p before we even get to 

the April deadline. 

wissol achieves 

signi-ficant targets 

in 2010 

Wissol, one of the largest-scale business 

groups in Georgia, plans to further 

develop a natural gas station chain in 

2011 according to Samson Pkhakadze, 

Chairman of the Wissol Board of Directors. 

Wissol Group had made total 

investment of US $ 20 million in 2010. 

The major targets were the development 

of the Wissol fuel station network. During 

the year 2010, Wissol expanded its 

network and added 12 petrol stations. 

The company runs the widest network 

of service stations in Georgia. 

Korea and 

Kazakhstan sign 

agreement 

The Ministry of Environment of Korea and 

the Ministry of Environmental Protection 

of the Republic of Kazakhstan have 

come to an agreement on the distribution 

and technology of natural gas vehicles. 

As one of the main natural gas producing 

countries with 2 200 billion m 3 of 

natural gas reserves, Kazakhstan plans 

to invest in NGV projects by building 

100 natural gas re-fuelling stations and 

bringing 100 000 NGVs to the market 

until 2014. 

Statoil acquires stations in Poland 

Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA, recently spun-off 

from oil major Statoil ASA, has agreed with 

Finnish energy company St1 Oy to buy its 

fuel stations in Poland, in line with its stated 

strategy. The deal covers 16 fuel stations in 

tNK-bP finishes rebranding 

TNK-BP has finished rebranding 23 of its 

own filling stations in Kyiv region, which 

earlier operated under the Zoloty Hepard, 

Smile and Formula brands, remaking them in 

the Orange Dot format, according to a press 

release of Kyiv-based TNK-BP Commerce 

Ltd. “With this rebranding, the company has 

formed a unified retail filling station chain 

Kurdistan refineries selling gasoline 

The first of three new refineries in Iraq's northern 

Kurdistan have begun to sell gasoline. The 

Khabat refinery, west of the city of Erbil, currently 

produces at a capacity of 40 000 barrels 

per day which is set to rise to 80 000 barrels a 

day within 18 months. Iraq's central government 

has a $ 20 billion-plan to build four more 

oligopoly says German Cartel office 

Germany's Federal Cartel Office said recently 

that it believes the country's gasoline market 

is dominated by few companies, and said 

mergers and takeovers will only be allowed 

under strict conditions. “The Federal Cartel 

Office still thinks that oil companies Royal 

Dutch Shell plc, BP plc, ExxonMobil Corp., 

ConocoPhillips and Total SA form a market 

dominant oligopoly on regional filling station 

markets”, the antitrust authority said. Shell's 

German unit earlier this month acquired 41 

filling stations from German retailer Edeka, 

fewer than previously intended after the cartel 

Shell to close German Harburg refinery 

Shell plans to shut its 110 000 barrels per day 

(bpd) German Harburg refinery and convert 

the facility into a storage site after failing to 

find a buyer. Shell has been trying to sell the 

unit for nearly two years and was previously in 

non-exclusive negotiations with India's Essar 


operation and ten undeveloped properties. Following 

the transaction, Statoil Fuel & Retail 

network in Poland will increase by 5 percent 

to 315 filling stations. Statoil Fuel & Retail 

has from the start emphasised the growth 

potential in Central and Eastern Europe, and 

the acquisition marks a step in the company's 

efforts to grow in Poland, according to Jorn 

Madsen, executive vice president for the region. 

In relation with its listing in October, Statoil 

Fuel & Retail gave a signal it will target further 

growth in Poland and Russia. 

consisting of 40 TNK filling stations in Kyiv 

region. They sell the standard types of fuel 

(A-98, A-95, A-92 petrol and Euro-4 diesel 

fuel) and provide standard services (filling 

attendants, vacuum cleaner services, tire 

pumping, water filling self-service, a payment 

terminal, express stores, mini cafes and 

toilets)”, the company informed. 

large refineries to almost double capacity and 

reduce dependence on imports. Iraq, holder of 

the world's fifth-largest oil reserves, generates 

most of its revenue from crude exports. The 

country imports about a quarter of all the refined 

products it consumes, according to data from 

the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

office had opposed the original plan on competition 

grounds. The cartel office will present 

the findings of a comprehensive sector probe 

of the gasoline market, which was launched 

in 2008, at the end of January 2011. 

Oil. Harburg will continue normal operations 

until the second quarter of 2012, the company 

said. One unit of the refinery used for base 

oil manufacturing is still for sale and the 

company said it is now in negotiations with 

potential buyers.

PetroChina to buy refineries in France and UK 

The framework deal between PetroChina and 

INEOS will allow the formation of refining 

ventures at the Lavera refinery in France and 

Grangemouth in Scotland. The joint venture 

will be the third overseas refinery deal for 

PetroChina after its refinery acquisitions in 

Singapore and Japan with a combined investment 

of more than $ 2 billion. “The proposal 

is consistent with our strategy of building 

Neste Latvia off to a flying start with air miles 

During only 9 months since Neste joined Baltic- 

Miles – the first multi-partner loyalty program 

in the Baltic States, members have purchased 

5 million litres of fuel in Neste petrol stations 

in Latvia. Members receive one BalticMiles 

point for each litre of fuel. Neste Latvija 

joined the BalticMiles loyalty programme in 

February 2010. Neste is one of the leaders in 

the oil retail sector in Latvia, Lithuania and 

a broader business platform in Europe and 

of becoming a leading international energy 

company”, Si Bingjun, General Manager of 

PetroChina International London, said in a 

statement. “It's part of PetroChina's global 

strategy – to play a bigger role in international 

oil trading, which needs support from refinery 

operations”, said Yan Kefeng of Cambridge 

Energy Research Associates. 

Kazmunaygaz to sell refinery and petrol stations 

“Kazmunaygaz plans to sell 50 percent of the 

Pavlodar refinery”, Kazmunaygaz CEO Kairgeldy 

said. We are in negotiations with Russian companies 

and plan also to sell a chain of filling 

stations. “Commenting on crude production 

UK petrol station networks for sale 

Bidders are lining up to grab a slice of Britain's 

petrol retailing market as some of the world's 

oil majors have put up their marketing operations 

for sale, reflecting their focus on the 

more profitable oil and gas production. Total, 

the French group, and Murphy Oil, the US 

company, which trades as Murco, have both 

put up their retail chains for sale in recent 

plans for the Kashagan field”, Kairgeldy said 

commercial production would begin in 2015. 

The Pavlodar refinery was built in 1978 and 

has a theoretic capacity of 5 million tons per 

year. The Company plans to reconstruct the 

facility through 2014 include building six new 

technical units which will enable the facility 

to increase refining to 7.5 million tons per 

year and produce Euro-4 standard compliant 

gasoline blends. The refinery processes West 

Siberian crude which it receives from Russia 

trough the Omsk-Pavlodar pipeline. 

Estonia. BalticMiles rewards offer ranges from 

flights, hotel nights, SPA treatments, car rentals, 

cinema tickets, perfumes and cosmetics, 

jewellery and watches, design items for the 

house, bags and suitcases for travel, toys for 

children and 2700 other items available in 

the BalticMiles online shop. BalticMiles has 

established a programme enabling its members 

to donate points to several charities. 

tesco will deliver petrol to rivals forecourts 

Tesco is poised to become the dominant force 

in supplying fuel to petrol stations, thanks to 

an investment in Greenergy, Britain's leading 

road fuel supplier. The London-based company 

has plans for an audacious expansion that 

would see it supply fuel to nearly half the nation's 

forecourts. The move would mean that 

Tesco, which owns 35.6 percent of Greenergy, 

months. Total confirmed in September that 

it was reviewing its UK downstream operations 

will auction its 780-strong British retail 

chain. Murphy Oil, meanwhile, has appointed 

Goldman Sachs to sell the oil company's 

430 petrol stations and ExxonMobil has also 

launched an auction of its Scottish network 

of petrol stations. 

would now become the major fuel supplier to 

most of its rivals. As a first step, the privately 

owned company plans to shift from its current 

business of simply supplying petrol stations 

by mounting a £ 1 billion-plus bid to own and 

operate 780 forecourts owned by French oil 

giant Total and the 460 forecourts of USowned 

Murco. 



Gazprom-Leningrad 

oblast agreement 

Mr Alexey Miller Chairman of the Gazprom 

Management Committee and Valery 

Serdyukov Governor of the Leningrad 

Oblast region signed the Cooperation 

Agreement for 2011 between Gazprom and 

the Leningrad Oblast Government. The 

document defines the regional gas supply 

system development and construction of 

the Gryazovets Vyborg gas pipeline in the 

Oblast region as the key areas of interaction. 

Pursuant to the document signed, Gazprom 

and the Leningrad Oblast Government 

will continue with the target programs 

on building the new and retrofitting the 

existing heat supply systems. The Company 

will allocate 680 million rubles (US $ 23 

million) for these purposes. The parties 

will continue efforts on wider utilization 

of natural gas as a transport fuel. 

SoCar opens another 

station in azerbaijan 

SOCAR started operating its sixth gas station 

in the Azerbaijani capital this week as the 

company move towards its planned target of 

26 – 30 stations before November this year. 

According to the State Statistics Committee, 

over 3.6 million tons of oil was delivered 

to the domestic market of Azerbaijan last 

year which was 3.8 percent more than in 

the same period the year before. 

Serbia removes price 

caps for fuel retailers 

The Serbian government have removed 

price caps on gas, diesel and heating oil to 

coincide with a liberalization of oil imports 

said Deputy Energy Minister Dusan Mrakic. 

This will end Naftna Industrija Srbije AD's 

monopoly on oil imports, allowing fuel retailers 

to buy products abroad without having 

to rely on NIS refineries, and determination 

of retail prices may be left entirely to the 

market, according to a report. 

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estonia demands Vat 

deposits from retailers 

The state plans to start asking fuel companies 

for a 100 000-euro deposit in an 

effort to bring massive VAT fraud under 

control A draft amendment endorsed by 

the finance committee of Parliament 

is designed to address a situation in 

which 60 percent of the motor fuel in 

Estonia could be termed contraband, as 

no value-added tax has been paid on it. 

The revenue forgone by the state each 

year amounts to over 40 million euros. 

“This is a very large and systemic problem 

for one sector”, said Egon Veermäe, 

Deputy Director General of the Tax and 

Customs Board. 

romania ‘to sell off 

Petrom shares’ 

The Romanian government plans to 

reduce its interest in Petrom, the largest 

subsidiary of Austrian oil and gas firm 

OMV, it has been reported. Romanian 

newspapers claim that the country's 

economy ministry is considering halving 

its current 20 percent interest. OMV has 

said it has no plans to increase its stake in 

Petrom since it already holds 51 percent 

and one share in the company. The Romanian 

government could rake in around 

425 million euros by selling half of its 

Petrom stocks and finance a planned 600 

million euros capital increase of Petrom. 

The company achieved a turnover of 3.02 

billion euros last year. It is the biggest oil 

and gas group in Romania. Petrom also 

manages more than 260 petrol stations 

in Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia. 

Gazprom Neft buys 

18 percent of Sibir 

energy from Serbia 

Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Gazprom, 

has bought 17.97 percent of shares in 

Sibir Energy, which develops oil and 

gas fields in Siberia and operates petrol 

stations. Gazprom Neft now holds 

51.69 percent of Sibir Energy. Last July, 

Gazprom Neft sold a 3.02 percent stake in 

Sibir Energy to the Moscow government. 

Sibir Energy's core assets are the Salym 

oil fields in the Siberian Nefteyugansk 

area, operated together with Dutch 

Shell via a joint venture. The company 

also holds slightly less than 50 percent 

of shares in the Moscow Oil Refinery 

and operates 138 filling stations in the 

city of Moscow. 

Ceo of Slovenian oil company Petrol resigns 

The chief executive of Petrol, Slovenia's 

largest fuel retailer, has resigned. Petrol's 

supervisory board will replace Aleksander 

alliance oil company expands in Siberia 

Stockholm-listed Alliance Oil Company Ltd 

has acquired seven filling stations in the 

Republic of Buryatia in Eastern Siberia, 

Russia. The stations, located mainly in the 

city of Ulan-Ude and along the Irkutsk-Chita 

highway, will be rebranded and operated 

under the Alliance Oil brand. The sold assets 

currently market about 23 000 tonnes, 

corresponding to 185 000 barrels, of petrol 

bP shares rise on possible rosneft deal 

BP shares rose 1.5 percent as investors 

reacted to a share-swap deal with Russia's 

state-controlled Rosneft, which gives the 

British company access to areas of the Arctic 

previously reserved for Russian oil groups. 

The deal covers huge areas of the South 

Kara Sea in the Arctic that BP said could 

contain billions of barrels of oil and gas 

previously off limits to foreign companies. 

Billionaire Russian investors in TNK-BP 

are examining whether the London-based 

oil major's exploration deal with Rosneft 

violates the terms of their partnership. AAR, 

the consortium through which the oligarchs 

hold their stake, believes BP has agreed 

to only pursue new ventures in Russia via 

TNK-BP.Oil company Yukos has also fired 

off a warning to BP shareholders, saying 

their deal with the Kremlin is founded on 

“illegal auctions, bogus bankruptcy fire sales 

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Svetelsek with Tomaz Berlocnik, chief executive 

of Slovenia's energy and tourism group 

Istrabenz. Svetelsek's resignation followed 

local media reports of poor management. The 

new CEO Berlocnik had been a member of a 

supervisory board of Petrol in the past. Petrol 

is also the largest owner of Istrabenz, with 

a stake of 32.63 percent. Petrol, which has 

market capitalization of about 549 million 

euros, operates some 440 filling stations in 

Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo 

and Montenegro. 

New importation rules announced in Serbia 

Serbia has announced new rules on crude oil 

derivative imports and refining as the market 

prepares for the end of the monopoly held 

by Naftna Industrija Srbije AD. The new 

rules for the 3 billion euro ($ 3.96 billion) 

retail market will let fuel retailers import oil 

products independently from NIS from Jan. 

1st. The companies are also free to continue 

buying the products from local refineries run 

by NIS, Serbia's biggest oil company and 

majority owned by OAO Gazprom Neft. The 

government has issued 226 licenses so far for 

oil products trading. “The market will now 

have the same conditions for all importers 

and dealers”, Snezana Lukic, a Ministry of 

Trade adviser, said at a meeting in Belgrade 

to representatives from NIS, local units of 

Mol Nyrt, OMV AG and OAO LUKOIL. 

and diesel per year. The takeover is in line 

with Alliance Oil strategy to optimise and 

expand its retail network, managing director 

Arsen Idrisov said. Following the acquisition, 

the company operates a network of 268 petrol 

stations and 16 oil product terminals in the 

Russian Far East and Siberia. In January 

– June 2010, Alliance Oil sold 1.7 million 

barrels of oil products to its retail customers. 

and expropriations”. Yukos has urged BP 

investors to question the real ownership 

of 80 pc of Rosneft's assets. There has 

also been disquiet in the United States 

over the deal. US Congressman Edward 

Markey, who is the top Democrat on the 

House Natural Resources Committee, immediately 

called for a review of the deal 

by US regulators to see whether it affects 

the national and economic security of the 

United States. The venture underscores 

Europe's dependence on Russia for a rising 

share of its energy needs – particularly for 

clean-burning natural gas. Russia holds 

one-fifth of the world's reserves of natural 

gas. Chris Huhne, British Secretary 

of State for Energy and Climate Change, 

has welcomed the “groundbreaking” deal 

and called it “good news for Europe, for 

the UK's energy security and worldwide.

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Hotel Rey Juan Carlos, 

10 th – 12 th May 2011, Barcelona, Spain 

A business forum for oil companies and major petroleum 

retailers, focusing on equipment, services and 

retail opportunities for sites and shops. 

Book your place by visiting our website www.erpec.com 

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KPS Strengthen 

Sales team 

KPS announce latest additions to the 

sales team. 

Left: Magnus Enstrom, 

Global Sales Director. 

Right: Christian Fagerstrom, 

Regional Sales 

Manager, South East Asia. 

Magnus enstrom joins KPS as Global 

Sales Director. With long experience of 

international and export sales. 

Christian Fagerstrom, formerly Area 

Sales Manager at KPS Sweden, has been 

appointed new Regional Sales Manager 

for KPS Fueling Solutions, covering the 

South East Asian region. 

PdQ agreement with 

autoequip Lavaggi 

PDQ Manufacturing, Inc. manufacturer 

of touch free vehicle wash systems, has 

reached a marketing and distribution agreement 

with Autoequip Lavaggi S.p.A. of 

Vesime, Italy, a leading designer and builder 

of automobile and industrial vehiclewashing 

systems. The agreement allows 

Autoequip Lavaggi to market, distribute 

and service the complete family of PDQ 

touch free cleaning systems, including 

the PDQ LaserJet system, in the Italian 

market. Autoequip Lavaggi will also lend 

support to other distributors of the PDQ 

LaserJet product throughout Europe as a 

way to increase its quality of service and 

capabilities on the continent. 

FaFNIr launches a 

new website 

In recent months FANIR has worked intensively 

on the launch of the new company 

website. The comparison between “the 

old website” (left) and “the new website” 

(right) is shown in the image above. The 

user-friendly interface makes it easier for 

users to find the required information. The 

new structure is self explanatory. In the 

login area you will find presentations and 

images about FAFNIR for downloading. In 

the products and industries area, information 

is available about the wide range of 

FAFNIR products. Under downloads you 

can quickly access the required documents. 

All text on this page is submitted and written by suppliers. Please email product news to editor@erpecnews.com 

dresser wayne and Cim-tek working together 

Dresser Wayne has announced its intention 

to upgrade all of its dispenser production by 

using Cim-Tek “Absolute-Rated” Microglass 

dispenser filters. The move, made towards the 

end of 2010, is aimed at protecting sensitive 

dispenser meters, reducing warranty claims 

and delivering unsurpassed fuel cleanliness. 

At the time of this writing, Cim-Tek is the 

only fuel dispenser filter manufacturer offering 

highperformance Microglass filters 

ebd wins agreement with Statoil Fuel & retail 

EDB ErgoGroup has signed a seven-year 

framework agreement with Statoil Fuel & 

Retail for the delivery of IT services for its European 

activities. In addition, EDB ErgoGroup 

has been awarded an IT services agreement 

from Statoil Fuel & Retail. This framework 

agreement will enable Statoil Fuel & Retail 

to access the full range of EDB ErgoGroup's 

IT services within IT operation, Solutions, 

Project Management and Consulting. EDB 

ErgoGroup has also been awarded another 

Statoil Fuel & Retail contract for delivery of 

NUPIGeCo introduces its new SmartCoNdUIt 

The CEBE electro-fusion penetration fitting 

offers a simple and reliable sealing method 

for the insertion of SmartCONDUIT conduit 

into an HDPE sump. The two piece assembly 

allows for easy installation and positioning of 

the conduit inside the sump. The electro-fusion 

process completely welds the conduit to the 

sump to form a complete and permanent seal. 

SmartCONDUIT is a non-hydroscopic, impermeable 

composite piping system designed to 

NoVyC announce contract with 7-eleven 

NOVYC has been busy with international 

contract development over the past 2 years and 

announce a recent deal has been reached with 

7-Eleven in Australia to convert 200+ Exxon / 

Mobile stations and equip them with Novyc 

International price systems. Each station will 


which are UL ® Recognized. Absolute-Rated 

Filters offer filtration efficiencies in the range 

of 98.6 percent to 99.5 percent, compared to 

nominal rated cellulose filters with efficiencies 

of 50 percent to 75 percent. This higher quality 

will allow fewer particles to pass through the 

media, thus reducing wear on the meter. The 

Absolute-Rated Microglass filters are available 

from Dresser Wayne and PEI Distributors 

throughout the world. 

IT services with a total contract value of 3 

MNOK. This contract will initially run for 

three years, with the option to extend for a 

further one year, plus one year thereafter. 

oPw Launches Multi-tier Product Portfolio 

OPW now offer a new product lineup of 

value- to premium-grade nozzles, breakaways 

and swivels designed to provide all of OPW's 

customers with a comprehensive choice of 

hanging hardware for meeting a diverse array 

of budget, compliance and fueling-application 

requirements. The aim of OPW's new multitier 

hanging hardware product portfolio is 

to make its brands the best single source 

for fueling solutions available in the market 

today. These products have been designed to 

deliver the most efficient, reliable and environmentally 

sensitive fueling experience to 

fueling locations worldwide. In conjunction 

with the launch of the new product lineup, 

OPW announced that it will discontinue its 

Richards brand. For more information please 

go to www.OPWGlobal.com. 

contain electrical and communication cables in 

hazardous high groundwater or hydrocarbon-rich 

environments. The polyamide liner provides 

a chemical barrier against hydrocarbons and 

facilitates the insertion of cables due to its 

low-friction internal surface. Amongst its main 

benefits are high resistance to hydrocarbon 

permeation, smooth internal wall, low friction 

coefficient, high impact resistance and high 

compression and collapse resistance. 

receive new price systems fully integrated into 

the pylon signs produced by Metro Signs in 

Melbourne Australia. Novyc price systems were 

selected after extensive evaluation and pilot site 

testing, where product quality and performance 

was proven in very difficult conditions.


Hess chooses KSS Fuels 

Regional East Coast fuels and convenience 

retailer will implement PriceNet solution for 

maximum store performance. Hess, one of 

the leading independent gasoline-convenience 

retailers on the East Coast, has selected a suite 

of products and services from KSS Fuels to 

provide day-to-day fuel price management and 

optimization. Hess will utilize PriceNet, Pricing 

Performance Management and KSS Fuels 

consulting services. The retail division of the 

New York City-based company is implementing 

these KSS Fuels solutions in order to achieve 

elaflex launch slogan badges for e10 fuel 

Recently, Germany introduced fuel types with 

Ethanol content of up to 10 percent (E10), in 

additional to the standard types with Ethanol 

content up to 5 percent. The E10 fuel must be 

clearly marked on the dispenser and on the 

process efficiencies and to improve performance 

through the enhanced use of data and analytics. 

Hess operates more than 1 360 stations 

and convenience stores in 16 states along the 

east coast, from New Hampshire to Florida. 

bennett Pump Company offers financing in the US 

Bennett Pump Company is now offering 

Valero Energy Marketers financing for its 

Pacific dispenser line through American 

Equipment Finance LLC. This agreement 

allows Valero Marketers a number of leasing 

options to meet their capital purchasing 

needs. “We chose to work with American 

Equipment Finance because of their large 

nozzle, as not all vehicles are suitable for it. 

Siezing this opportunity Elaflex have made a 

new series of standard slogan badges for ZVA 

nozzles. Elaflex say they can create a standard 

series suitable for any country. www.elaflex.de 

Government to unbundle NoCzIM of zimbabwe 

The Zimbabwe government plans to unbundle 

the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe 

(NOCZIM) into two separate entities saying 

it will not place restrictions on investors. The 

government has said it would be willing to 

sell stakes way above the statutory ceiling of 

49 percent. One entity would be responsible 

for national fuel depots and infrastructure, 

and the task of managing the importation 

of petroleum products. The second entity 

afghanistan awards first oil development deal 

The Afghan government has awarded its first 

oil development contract,regarded as the first 

phase in a process that could potentially create 

enormous revenue streams for the region. 

Afghan and US officials expect the deal to place 

one of the world's least economically attractive 

regions on the industry map. As part of a sixmonth 

crude oil production deal, the Afghan 

Mines Ministry will operate several wells that 

are to be uncapped in the Angot field, which 

straddles the Afghanistan / Turkmenistan bor- 

variety of leasing solutions, financial stability 

and backing and commitment to customer 

service” says Alan Levine, VP of Business 

Development for Bennett Pump Company. 

“Our client base is exploring different ways 

to pay for the much needed dispensers and 

American Equipment Finance fits that niche 

very well.” 

would control fuel retailing. Several players 

in the oil sector have been calling for an 

overhaul of NOCZIM to transform it into a 

regulatory board overseeing the petroleum 

industry instead of maintaining its dual role 

of importing and distribution fuel while at 

the same time controlling competition. This 

gave the company an inordinate advantage 

over private players who would also pay it 

for using the Harare-Feruka-Beira pipeline. 

der in the Sar-I Pol province of Afghanistan's 

north. Ghazanfar Neft Gas, a local family-run 

firm that owns petrol stations in Afghanistan, 

will collect and market the crude. 


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eMaintenance now 

available 

Urgent Technology Ltd (UTL) the architect 

and developer of the eMaintenance software 

suite is now bringing eMaintenance 

to the wider petroleum, convenience and 

retailing markets. eMaintenance is said to 

significantly reduce costs and drive efficiency, 

offering transparency and safety compliance 

throughout organizations. Malcolm 

Railson, founder and Managing Director 

of UTL said “Over many years we have 

worked hard with our major customers to 

solve their spectrum of maintenance, asset 

management, compliance, training and 

reporting problems”. UTL has international 

global marketing resources, being directly 

based in the UK, USA, India, Germany 

and AsiaPAC through its publicly listed 

parent Techniche Ltd. 

dispensing cut off 

system by Franklin 

Franklin Fueling Systems is pleased to 

announce the availability of its DC400 

Dispensing Cutoff System, a stand-alone, 

solid state two-part system which includes 

a controller and sensor; designed to automatically 

shut down product flow if liquid 

is detected inside containment spaces. Ideal 

for retrofit applications, the DC400 allows 

for easy compliance with new and evolving 

regulations, without the added expenses of 

shutting down a site to break concrete for 

new conduit and wiring installation. The 

DC400 can be mounted inside any turbine 

sump to provide complete pump shut down 

or mounted directly into dispenser sumps, 

allowing only the effected dispenser to 

be shut down as liquid is detected. Visit, 

www.franklinfueling.com and click on the 

Fuel Management Systems product solution. 

UK service station crisis 

Retail Motor Industry Federation chairman 

Brian Madderson has said that England's 

refuelling network is under grave threat. 

Independent fuel service stations in rural 

areas will be a thing of the past by the end 

of the decade because soaring fuel prices 

will have forced them out of business. He 

predicted that 500 fuel retailers – the bulk 

of whom were in rural areas – would go out 

of business in the next 12 months with the 

loss of about 5 000 jobs. This will continue 

as long as fuel prices continued to soar, he 

said. He added ‘I fear the whole refuelling 

network in England is now under threat. 

Already some of our members are reporting a 

10 percent – 20 percent reduction in business.’ 

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Petron to expand market reach 

Petron Corp., the country's largest oil refiner 

and retailer, is spending about P 1 billion a 

year until 2016 to widen its market reach and 

maintain its leadership in the oil industry. At 

present, Petron has some 1 500 retail stations 

nationwide, up from around 1 300 stations last 

year. “To protect its leadership in the domestic 

eMaintenance and asset Management 

eMaintenance is a comprehensive software 

application that automates maintenance call 

handling, contractor, safety compliance and 

management processes right through from call 

placement to contractor payment. eMaintenance 

has been adopted globally by BP retail because 

of its compelling business case which is all 

about cost saving and efficiency. eMaintenance 

is now sponsored by the American Petroleum 

Institute in the USA and more recently has 

been adopted by Murco Petroleum in the UK. 

The Modules and benefits are shown below. 

Helpdesks and call handling – drastically 

reduced (Typically 80 percent removed). Field 

based managers – real world examples show a 

30 – 50 percent reduction in involvement with 

no loss in service. Invoicing process – highly 

efficient, hence lower process cost – Customer 

example – 2005 cost US $ 32 to process each 

invoice, 2010 using eMaintenance and the automated 

SAP interface US $ 1. Lower charges 

–, eMaintenance identifies invoices to dispute 

based on cost, labour & parts agreements, 

Approx 8 percent of invoices are disputed and 

of those 90 percent have a reduced request 

for payment which equals a saving. Customer 

example = over US $ 1million per year saved 

in this area alone. SLA adherence & EFH – 

eMaintenance increases SLA performance 

giving higher asset uptime. EFH (Equipment 

Failure Hours) measures key money generating 

asset SLA performance. Customer example 

– starting SLA around 50 percent, increased 

SMartFLex develops new technology 

Nupigeco developed a new technology for its 

electro-fusion fittings. The welding wire of all 

reducers (mounted on the fittings to join them to 

the secondary pipe of the double wall Smartflex 

fittings from Ø 63) will be replaced by a new 

polyethylene coated wire. This innovation dramatically 

reduces the welding time by almost three 

oil industry, the company is continuing its service 

station network expansion”, Petron told the 

Philippine Stock Exchange. Petron said it will 

continue to establish “micro-filling stations”. Last 

year, Petron said it is planning to put up 5 000 

micro-filling stations as part of its aggressive 

marketing strategy. “We intend to pursue this 

expansion program to further enhance customer 

convenience and bring the Petron brand closer 

to Filipinos”, Petron Chairman and CEO Ramon 

Ang said. Petron, controlled by conglomerate 

San Miguel Corp., owns a 180 000-barrels-a-day 

refinery in Bataan, supplying nearly 40 percent 

of the country's total fuel requirements. 

to around 85 percent. This is worth millions. 

Incident Reporting – tracking and handling 

incidents in a real time manner saves money 

and reduces risk to the business. eMaintenance 

Risk module reduces exposure by managing all 

risks in the most efficient way using defined 

logic to get the data to the right people quickly 

(Insurance, legal, police, regulatory bodies, internal 

risk teams etc). Document Control – All 

approvals, licences, certificates and drawings, 

easily uploaded and stored against each site 

by category. Faxed hard copies uploaded to the 

web! Expiry dates logged with auto reminder 

email and SMS. A compliance dream! Spontaneous 

audit and control – real time geomapper 

shows every contractor on every site real time. 

Mouse hover shows detail of every task being 

carried out. On line audit function allows 

audit form to be selected from drop down 

menus and spontaneous audits to be carried 

out. Revolutionised the true audit world for BP. 

On line surveys – selectable web form allows 

contractors and sites to tasked with specific 

survey tasks and response dates. Reports on 

any non response. Upload of response data into 

asset database. Asset Management – complete 

history of every asset, with MTBF, calls, performance, 

total costs at the click of a button. 

Makes purchasing and contractor decisions 

easy. Real Time – every item in the database 

is time and date stamped and available real 

time forever. Enquiries, free demonstrations, 

webinars and pilots available. www.urgtech.com 

times without compromising the reliability of the 

junction and without affecting the production 

efficiency. This new technology will be applied 

to the whole Smartflex double wall fitting range 

Ø 63, i.e. Elbow 90°, Elbow 45°, Tee, Coupling, 

etc. The same change will be made soon to the 

reducers of double wall fittings Ø 50. 


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three months out and the list of attendees 

is growing every day. Suppliers have 

woken up after the Christmas break and 

realised that May is not that far away 

and the oil companies are finalising 

their decisions on who will represent 

them in barcelona. as we move into 

February, trips around europe to Spain, 

Portugal, Finland, Germany, Holland, 

austria, Slovenia, Poland, turkey and 

russia meeting new retailers, becomes 

the main priority, especially if they have 

never attended erpec before. 

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Last month we went to visit Cepsa in Madrid 

and followed that with a trip to see Petrogal in 

Lisbon. Petrogal, very often referred to simply 

as Galp, have attended every erpec event in 

the past, but changes in the Procurement 

department headed up by João Bastos, has 

meant some new people to meet and following 

a positive one hour meeting, a decision will be 

made shortly concerning their participation. 

At Cepsa we met with Head of Planning 

and Technology, José Molina Hita, who was 

– So many people to see and so 

Lisbon – atmospheric view of the city centre near “Rossio” 

joined in the meeting by Chief Engineer 

Vicente Roures Soler and Directora General 

de Promimer, Belén Mateo Ercilla. Attending 

erpec was very much on the agenda, 

throughout an extremely positive meeting, 

which was concluded with Sr Molina saying 

that serious consideration would be given to 

having Cepsa represented for the first time 

in Barcelona. For erpec should Cepsa attend, 

it would be a significant step towards having 

every major European oil company in attendance 

for the 2011 event. 

Operating 1 534 sites, Cepsa is the second largest 

petroleum retailer in the Spanish market, 

which in total accounts for just over 9 000 retail 

sites. Spain's largest retailer is Repsol, with 

3 600 outlets. Included in general discussions 

was Cepsa's convenience retailing initiative, 

branded ‘Depaso’ which is featured strongly on 

a huge Cepsa site, just a short walk from their 

offices. With an extensive shopping area and 

a significantly sized stand alone coffee shop 

and restaurant, branded separately as ‘Como 

en casa’, it showed itself to be an extremely 

Cepsa Head of Planning José Molina Hita, Chief Engineer Vicente Roures Soler and Directora General de Promimer Belén Mateo Ercilla (from left to right) 

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much to do ! 

Galp conveniece store branded ‘Tangerina’ 

impressive retail operation and demonstrated 

clearly Cepsa's future c-store retailing commitment. 

On technology, the most interesting point 

to emerge from the meeting was to learn that 

Cepsa manufactures approximately 50 percent 

of their own fuel pumps, through their associate 

company Cedipsa and apparently, are the 

only major oil company in Europe to do so. 

For reference, the remaining 50 percent are 

supplied by Dresser Wayne. 

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during the 2011 campaign we have 

discovered many 11changes 

since the last 

event in 2009. what follows is a brief 

digest of what we have learned so far. 

Henry den Toom is a name many will remember 

from two past events, as he headed up 

the Chevron Texaco operation in Brussels, 

which was then bought by Israel oil company 

Delek. Henry is now the man in charge of 

a rapidly growing retailer in Holland and 

Belgium called Argos. 

As for Delek Europe, they have re-located 

to Breda in Holland having recently bought 

the BP network in France. Construction, 

design and procurement for Delek Europe 

is headed up by Mr Alon Hasdai and he is 

supported by Team Leader Procurement, 

Anita Gunters. 

At Coteba Michel Clement is now the Multisites 

Petrol Projects specialist and he will 

be attending erpec for the first time. 

At Deutsche BP, Senior Procurement 

Manager Hermann Ketelaers has moved on 

within the company and has been replaced 

by Tim Erichen and Kamila Lipa who is also 

responsible on a European level for BP's car 

wash business. From Deutsche TAMOIL, 

By Nick Needs 

Nick Needs interviewing Purchasing Director of Galp Energia, Mr. João Bastos. 

the two delegates attending erpec 2009, 

Frank Sternberg and Wilfried Thiede are 

no longer in their positions, but Carsten 

Pohl who heads up this division has said 

that there are new representatives to take 

their place, which he will inform us about 

shortly. 

Changes at ExxonMobil, has meant that 

Michal Tesar Procurement Team Leader 

Asset Management based in Prague, has 

now moved on and has been replaced by 

Nargiz Azimova. Heading up this department 

is Jiri Urban. 

At MOL in Hungary, Béla Csorba is still 

very much Director of Group Retail Networks 

& Asset Management, but László 

Bartha, formerly Director of Group Retail 

Sales & Business Development, has now 

changed jobs. 

In Scandinavia, former erpec delegates Kari 

Jaanila and Ralph Höckerstedt are no longer 

in their former jobs and Risto Råsånen is 

now the person to talk to on Resources, 

Engineering & Purchasing. 

At the OMV Group in Austria, Duane 

Runciman, formerly Head of Procurement 

at Petrom in Romania, has taken over the 

role of Head of Category Management for 

OMV Group wide procurement and Slobodan 

Milic has become Head of Category 


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Cluster – Filling stations & Retail Related 

Services. 

At OPET in Turkey, following the departure 

of Gurdal Orak, Hakan Koka is now the 

person responsible for Retail Engineering. 

Rik Nieuwstraten, former Global Design 

and Construction Manager at Shell, who has 

attended many erpec events in the past, has 

moved on to pastures new and unfortunately 

we will miss him in Barcelona this year. 

At TOTAL, several changes have meant 

Florence Varescon, former Global Purchasing 

Category Manager and Hans Van Lierde, 

former Marketing Europe / DDM Department 

Engineering Optimisation Resource, 

have changed jobs. Purchasing Direction 

Category Managers now include; Philippe 

Petitjean, Alain Gauthier, Pierre Gourlay, 

Céline Fouriez-Arnaud and Regis Benoitdu-Rey. 

Engineering personnel include 

Georg Okuka and Olivier Sebileau. 

Mark Todd has taken over from Phil Maud 

at UK supermarket chain Morrisons. 

A revamped website for erpec will be launched 

during the first week of February. Look out 

for that, which will contain lists of all those 

suppliers and retail organizations who have 

registered or been invited to attend. More 

details www.erpec.com 

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International Carwash Association have 

announced an exciting new collaboration in 

support of WaterSavers, the professional car 

wash industry's award-winning environ mental 

promotion program. The participating associations 

are the Canadian Carwash Association, 

the Mid-Atlantic Carwash Assocation, 

the Southeastern Car Wash Association and 

the Western Carwash Association. Nearly 

900 locations across the United States and 

Canada are already enrolled in WaterSavers. 

7-Eleven Inc. will buy 183 properties from 

Exxon Mobil Corp. in Florida, the companies 

have announced. 7-Eleven plans to 

spend US $ 250 000 to US $ 500 000 a store 

USA News 

Sunoco sells fuel on N.J.'s Garden State Pkwy 

Sunoco Inc. said that it has reached an agreement 

with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority 

and Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. to begin 

operating the nine fuel stations at service plazas 

Customers in the US pay different fuel prices 

depending on whether they pay by cash, debit 

or credit card. Right now a retail outlet will 

charge regular gasoline at around US $ 3.15 

per gallon for customers using credit cards, 

but only US $ 3.05 for those using debit 

cards or cash. The story is simple, you buy 

along the Garden State Parkway, one of the 

most heavily traveled roads in the nation. The 

new six-year agreement started January 2011 

and runs through December 2016. Sunoco 

also has announced an extension on the two 

fuel stations along the Palisades Parkway, 

also in New Jersey, through December 2015. 

“These latest additions to our retail portfolio 

strengthen our position in the Northeast, a 

region where we enjoy solid brand recognition 

and customer loyalty”, said Lynn L. Elsenhans, 

Sunoco's Chairman and CEO. 

rewards for those not using credit cards 

US $ 100 worth of gas with your credit card 

and that costs the retail outlet between 

three and five bucks. Alternatively, you pay 

by debit card or dollar bills saving the retail 

outlet that three to five per cent so they say 

thank you by rewarding you with fuel at a 

slightly lower price! 

Car wash associations form an alliance 

The Alliance represents an unprecedented level 

of cooperation amongst car wash associations 

and a shared recognition of the importance 

of advancing the industry's commitment to 

water conservation and quality. “Promoting 

our industry's responsible use of water – both 

in terms of usage and quality – is a shared 

priority for each of our organizations and one 

we are now aligned in supporting”, said Wulf. 

A new WaterSavers Board of Advisors will 

be established. 

7-eleven to buy 183 exxonMobil properties 

to remodel the Exxon locations during the 

next two years. Most will be switched to 

7-Eleven signs and interior displays. All will 

keep selling Mobil gasoline and let customers 

use the ExxonMobil credit card. 7-Eleven 

spokeswoman Margaret Chabris said the 

chain plans to franchise most of its Florida 

stations after they've been remodeled, and 

it wants 7-Eleven franchises nearby to succeed 

because it earns a share of their profits. 

“We don't want to impact the sales of nearby 

7-Eleven stores”, she said. 

oPw FMS Launches 

PetroLink web Site 

Hodgkins, IL – OPW Fuel Management Systems, 

part of OPW Fueling Components and 

one of the world's leaders in the design and 

manufacture of tank gauges and automated 

fuel-control systems, has announced the launch 

of a new Web site dedicated to its revolutionary 

PetroLink Fuel Control System. The Web 

site is located at www.opwpetrolink.com. The 

Web site has been designed to give visitors an 

explanation of the PetroLink's unique use of 

RFID technology. Designed to provide the 

highest level of fuel security, accountability 

and control while accurately capturing 

data without driver intervention and without 

the need for wires, special swivels, fuel-authorization 

cards or time-consuming installation. 

Sunoco acquires 25 

empire State sites 

Following up on her pledge to refocus the 

company downstream, Sunoco Inc.'s chairman 

and CEO Lynn L. Elsenhans announced 

that the company has reached a definitive 

agreement to acquire 25 retail locations from 

Lehigh Gas Corp., a Bethlehem, Pa.-based 

distributor of petroleum products. The retail 

assets are located in the Buffalo, Syracuse, 

Albany and Rochester markets of central and 

northern New York. “The acquisition of these 

25 sites shows that we are making progress 

in growing our retail fuels and convenience 

business”, Elsenhans said. “We believe our 

brand- and logistics-led strategy will continue 

to generate value for shareholders.” 

US firm to open petrol 

stations in Vietnam 

The Arco BP AM / PM Group, one of the top 

developers and franchisers of gas stations 

and travel centres in the US, plan to open 50 

gas stations and 10 truck-stops in Vietnam. 

Moody M. Brickett, the group's business 

consultant, said it will seek co-operation 

with local businesses or franchise partners 

to carry out its investment plan. Truck stops 

will also be located on well-traveled streets 

or expressways, providing gasoline, hot meals 

and other conveniences. Gas stations will be 

coupled with small convenience stores. 

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FeatUre – PetroteC 

Fully charged – An interview with Petrotec By Nick Needs 

So often in the last fifteen years, much of our 

heritage has been lost to the effects of global 

sales and marketing and the ever growing need 

for the larger companies to acquire anything 

and everything which may help add an extra 

percentage point to their annual profits. Quite 

rightly, the major equipment suppliers would 

like nothing more than to control as much 

of the market as they possibly can, but with 

so many of the old names gone like Satam, 

Sofitam, Koppens, Schwelm, Nuovo Pignone, 

Dunclare, Schlumberger and Avery Hardoll, 

it is comforting to know that one company 

stands out in its efforts to prove that in this 

market, bigger is not always better, especially 

when your core strengths are derived from 

traditional family values and an ability to 

operate effectively within your own cultural 

boundaries. In the case of Portugal based 

Petrotec, this could not be a more accurate 

assessment of their achievements during the 

last 20 years and is certainly reason enough 

for us to visit them in two of their primary 

European locations, to learn more of their 

trading ethos and the secrets of their success. 

With the group's head office located approximately 

50 kilometres north of Porto, one of 

Portugal's most northern cities, Petrotec's 

manufacturing activities span the whole 

spectrum of equipment solutions for the petrol 

forecourt sector and include: Fuel and Biofuel 

Pumps, LPG Pumps, Car Wash Machines, 

Automation and Management Systems, Fleet 

Management Systems, Automatic Payment 

Systems and Magnetic and Electronic Cards 

(Smart Cards and Transponders). 

The company's operation however, is underpinned 

by its maintenance and service activities 

in Portugal and Spain, which are carried 

out under a separate identity, Petroassist. As 

the leading operator of such services in the 

Iberian marketplace, Petroassist provides 

Technical Assistance, Maintenance and 

Integral Revamping; Assembly and Installations 

and even Construction of Turnkey 

Petrol Stations. In fact this year Petroassist 

will build as many as 25 retail sites itself in 

Portugal from start to finish, all of which no 

doubt will be fitted with Petrotec dispens- 


Arriving at Petrotec Head Office. João Alves, Miguel Silva 

and PR Representative for the Petrotec Group, Ana Elias. 

ers. However, far from this being a piece of 

good fortune to boost the sales of nozzles, 

as they refer to them, building a business 

network through service and maintenance 

contracts, is a strategy the company has 

stuck to very closely ever since it started 

out back in 1985. 

On the Petrotec website, it sums up exactly 

what the Group is today, being one of the 

world's five largest equipment manufacturers 

of distribution and retail petroleum equipment, 

using 100 percent of its own technology. Its 

activities have all achieved ISO 9001, ISO 

14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification. As an 

Iberian leader, it is present in four continents 

and 50 countries, through affiliates and distributors. 

With its main industrial facilities

in Portugal, Petrotec also has two industrial 

units in Angola and in India. The Group is 

present in South Africa through Petroassist, 

operating with its own capital. Petrotec Sistemas 

de Pagamento is another group company, 

based in Lisbon, which develops and produces 

Petrotec's automatic payment systems and 

magnetic / electronic cards. Petrotec España, 

has affiliate headquarters in Madrid. But all 

this only tells half the story, as we found out 

when we met up with Petrotec's Managing 

Director, João Alves and International Sales 

Manager Miguel Silva. 

“The future is electro mobility” was one of 

the first things João was to tell me over lunch, 

which rather took me by surprise considering 

most of what Petrotec does is based on a world 

using lots of petroleum, diesel or gas. “That 

maybe so” he pointed out, “but the future is 

changing. There will be a major shift from 

carbon fossil fuels to electronically powered 

mobility and we must be at the forefront of 

its progress to find cleaner fuels from which 

the environment will benefit”. He went on 

to say that Portugal is the leading country 

in Europe to commit itself to an electrically 

powered driving revolution and that in just 

10 years from now, 20 percent of cars in 

Portugal will be plug in and go. Why will 

we need fuel stations in the future I casually 

asked? “Possibly we won't” was the swift reply, 

which certainly caused me a brief moment 

for thought before realising that João was 

totally correct in his assumption, that if the 

world does go electric, most of us will only 

visit what service stations are left, when we 

need oil, a car wash or a newspaper. Plugging 

in at home will become the reality and in 

the long term every household will have its 

The carwash is a still good business for Petrotec. 

This is a new Petrotec Jet Wash Centre. 

own wind turbine or solar panels to charge 

the battery in their car, which astonishingly 

in the next year or so will be able to supply 

enough power for a 500 kilometres journey. 

After that eye opening conversation, it became 

instantly clear that the future of Petrotec's 

business is the subject of much thought, by 

the people given the responsibility to run it. 

If you have never seen inside a new dispenser, now is 

your chance to do so. A nearly finished Petrotec pump. 

Miguel Silva, also talked a great deal about 

Portugal's commitment to electro mobility 

and the important role Petrotec can play in 

delivering electric refueling solutions. I was 

told of the world's first electric corridor, i. e. a 

motorway which offers electric charging on all 

its service areas, being established between 

Porto and Vigo in Spain. This may only be 

150 kilometres, but it's certainly progress and 

I get the feeling that there will be no turning 

back from here. This will shortly be followed 

by a Lisbon to Madrid corridor, which is 

nearly four times that distance. 

The factory floor is so clean you could eat your lunch on it! On the left 

hand side of this picture, a row of freshly made dispensers for Tesco. 



A change of venue, brought with it a change 

of conversation, when we were invited to 

tour the factory in the afternoon, a facility 

which manufactures up to 15 000 dispensers 

annually. Petrotec also manufacture their Jet 

Wash and Rollover car wash machines here. 

The first thing I noticed was that the manufacturing 

process includes cutting steel for 

everything produced, as opposed to buying in 

pre cut material, which apparently the other 

manufacturers do. Miguel Silva said “We 

prefer doing this because of the flexibility it 

gives us and the extra speed when dealing 

with clients.” 

It's always interesting looking at a facility of 

this size, especially if everyone appears to 

be working efficiently in a spotless, clean 

and tidy environment, which this one clearly 

was. The unit was characterised by its high 

functionality and technology, while its work 

force were qualified, young and highly professional. 

According to João Alves, the Group 

has been investing heavily in training and 

the constant review of knowledge, for many 

years and whilst there, we saw two educational 

sessions taking place, which served as strong 

evidence that this practice is ongoing. With 

more than four hundred co-workers, João 

added that “The Petrotec Group stands out 

not only because of its dynamics, in a sector 

which is known for extreme competitiveness, 

it is also due to the high degree of client 

satisfaction, achieved through the quality of 

the products we produce”. At this point in 

the interview, Miguel stopped in one of the 

aisles to point out several finished dispensers 

destined for the UK, through their exclusive 

contract with supermarket chain Tesco and 

explained that they were delighted to win 

Miguel Silva and João Alves, discussing an issue on the 

factory floor. 

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Nick Needs talking service with Petrotec España Director 

General Rui Baía. A man of many parts. 

this business back in 2005. Whilst The UK 

and Portugal historically, may have very close 

ties, this contract is still a great achievement 

for Petrotec, in the face of what would have 

been some strong competition I'm sure from 

the other major players. 

Petrotec's client portfolio around the world 

currently includes Galp, Repsol, Shell, BP, 

ExxonMobil, Esso, Cepsa, TOTAL, Campsa, 

Elf, Engen, Sasol, Eko, Tesco, E.Leclerc, Intermarché, 

Prio -Jerónimo Martins, Sopor and 

Sonangol, which is serviced by 30 distributors 

in 60 countries. Their major push into new 

markets at this time is focused on Northern 

and Eastern European and Africa. 

For us to get a good perspective of Petrotec's 

service and maintenance activities, we decided 

to go to Madrid a few days earlier and meet 

up with Director General of Petrotec España, 

Rui Baía. In Spain the company has 15 service 

locations feeding into its Madrid HQ and I 

suppose the most interesting point to note 

in our conversation was that 90 percent of 

their business is non Petrotec related. The 

Spanish operation was established back in 

1995 primarily as a sales arm for Petrotec, 

but since 2002 its main focus has been S&M 

and it is certainly now one of the two largest 

players in the Spanish market along with 

Tokheim. Rui says that of the 9 000 sites in 

Spain, 2 000 are under a service contract of 

sorts and they have 1 100 of them on their 

If you look closely enough, for those who know the difference, you can recognise the 

Petrotec pumps on this tiny station in Figueira da Foz. 

Exposing the insides of an old fuel dispenser. For Petrotec 

in Madrid it is an everyday occurance. 

books. Walking around the warehouse it was 

amazing to see shelves stacked 3 metres high 

with parts from every dispenser that ever was, 

dusted off, reconditioned and ready to go out to 

anyone who may need them. All those names 

of pump manufacturers mentioned earlier in 

this article, which have long since gone are 

still very much alive here, everywhere you look. 

Every Thursday a consignment of old parts 

collected in a weeks work is sent to Petrotec 

in Portugal to be worked on and sent back if 

needed to live another day. Scattered around 

the warehouse you'll find several other familiar 

names which support Petrotec's service 

and maintenance arm on a day to day basis. 

Elaflex, Franklin, PCL, Nupigeco, Orpak 

and Kiehl chemicals are all companies they 

work with on a regular basis. Last year the 

Spanish service operation made 11 597 calls, 

utilising 48 fully equipped vehicles. Up above 

the warehouse in the control centre, a large 

screen bearing down on the staff shows where 

all of the vehicles are at any one time and 

which calls they are responding to. All in all 

a highly efficient operation and one which I 

was delighted to visit. For reference Rui will 

be attending erpec for the first time with 3 

of Spain's larger independent operators to 

serve up an interesting buyer proposition for 

the suppliers who will be attending. 

Back to Portugal HQ now to finish off our 

visit with a video interview between Sandra 

Stroppel of the PetrolPlaza team and João Alves, 


48 specially built vans, fully equipped and ready to service the 

Spanish market. 

In the Petrotec España call centre, Rui Baía points out the response 

process for emergency service, to Juan Prados from erpecnews. 

which can be seen on www.PetrolPlaza.com 

for those who would like a greater insight into 

this dynamic company. There was though one 

last photo opportunity on the agenda before 

we made our way to the airport, to find one of 

the newest and oldest Portuguese petrol sites, 

which hopefully might both be equipped with 

Petrotec pumps. On the motorway traveling 

south to Lisbon, we definitely found one of 

Petrogal's most modern filling stations and in 

a small town called Figueira da Foz, 150 kilometres 

south of Porto we probably found one of 

the oldest. From the picture below, one thing 

is certain, the pumps on the older site one 

are not one of Petrotecs most recent models! 

The huge orange canopy and the Tangerine shop are distinct hallmarks of a modern Galp site.


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Honeywell to make 

CNG equipment in 

Uzbekistan 

U.S. technology firm Honeywell will implement 

projects for the production of equipment for 

motor vehicles operating on gas in Uzbekistan, 

according to the Uzbekneftegaz national holding 

company. Honeywell and Uzbekneftegaz 

have determined a number of joint projects 

over the next three years. Firstly the American 

company will organize the production of engine 

converting equipment worth US $ 7 million 

to switch vehicles to compressed natural gas. 

The total production capacity will be 100 000 

units per year 

‘Silicon Valley of fuel cells’ 

Japan, wants to become the ‘Silicon Valley of 

fuel-cell technology’ as it seeks to ease restrictions 

on the use of hydrogen fuel for vehicles 

as part of the central government's special 

economic zones scheme to be launched this 

year. According to the plan, fuel-cell vehicles 

could be charged on public highways and expressway 

services, which is currently banned 

under the High Pressure Gas Safety Law and 

the Road Traffic Law. It would install further 

hydrogen filling stations and conduct longdistance 

tests of fuel-cell vehicles on highways. 

eC approves royal 

dutch Shell & Cosan 

The European Commission approved the joint 

venture with Royal Dutch Shell PLC unit, Shell 

Brazil Holding B.V., and Brazilian sugar and 

ethanol firm, Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio 

of Brazil. The joint venture will sell, trade and 

produce sugar and ethanol worldwide, as well 

as develop and license ethanol technologies 

and sell transportation fuel products within 

Brazil. European Union officials said in a 

statement: “After examining the operation, 

the Commission concluded that the transaction 

would not significantly impede effective 

competition in the European Economic Area 

(EEA) or any substantial part of it.” 

ALTERNATIVEFUeL News 

Finnish market introduces 95 octane e10 

The increase of the bio-component in petrol 

is one of the measures aimed at combating 

climate change. The tax on the new fuel is 

lower than that on the old 95-octane unleaded 

petrol, and Neste Oil transferred the reduction 

to its prices at all its 300 filling stations on New 

CNG at dtC bus depots in delhi, India 

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has agreed 

to install hybrid gas dispensing machines at 

its bus depots across the Capital. These dispensing 

machines would fill tanks of private 

cars, as well as autorickshaws, running on 

compressed natural gas (CNG). The transport 

Portugal and Ireland are ‘charging’ ahead 

Two countries in Europe developing an effective 

electric vehicle infrastructure are Portugal and 

Ireland. Both have pitched themselves head first 

into getting ready for the new technology. Portugal 

has been storming ahead in EV infrastructure, 

with 1 300 expected to be in place this year. But 

the infrastructure in Portugal and Ireland for that 

trinidad and tobago focusing on CNG 

Trinidad and Tobago's plans for increasing 

natural gas vehicles are translating to action 

with the establishment of a government 

CNG Task Force launched in October and 

the first of at least five new CNG refuelling 

stations commissioned last week. The 

CNG Task Force is aimed at diversifying 

the country's transportation fuel mix as 

well as reducing the petroleum subsidy 

CNG fuel stations at Los angeles airport 

Hertz has partnered with Clean Energy Fuels 

Corp. to build, operate, and supply compressed 

natural gas (CNG) fueling stations at Hertz's 

Los Angeles Airport facility. The Hertz / Clean 

Energy CNG fueling station will include 

public access fueling islands for local fleets 

of CNG taxis and shared-ride vans, plus hotel, 

parking, and rental car buses. A private Hertz 

island will be capable of fueling its internal 

fleet, simultaneously. Station construction is 

expected to begin in March and be completed 

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Year's night. Neste Oil also dropped the price 

for the more expensive 98 octane E petrol at 

all its stations. The new 95 E10 petrol contains 

more ethanol than the old 95 octane E. The 

content of ethanol can now be up to 10 percent, 

instead of the previous 5 percent. 

body signed a memorandum of understanding 

with Indraprastha Gas Limited – the sole 

distributor of CNG in Delhi – in this regard. 

At present, IGL has its gas dispensing facility 

at 30 DTC depots; the figure is likely to 

increase to 39 in next three months. 

matter is surely only the tip of the continental 

iceberg. A public initially entranced by the idea 

of paying a nominal 2 Euro for 100 kilometres 

for their shiny new EV, might quickly become 

disillusioned by the thought of only having 

access to an initial 25 cities in Portugal and 

what about everywhere else? 

bill and costs of transportation and vehicle 

maintenance through increased uptake of 

natural gas. Since the first pilot project in 

1984, there have been insufficient resources 

and commitment and education to sustain 

the natural gas vehicle industry there but 

the Government is now actively seeking to 

accelerate the development of CNG as a 

major transportation fuel. 

by the third quarter of 2011. By 2015, Hertz 

expects to have transitioned its entire LAX 

transit bus fleet to clean, green, domestic 

CNG gas power.

www.air-serv.eu 

www.alucobond.com 

www.aspentech.com 

www.atosworldline.com 

www.belugacorporation.com 

www.bennettpump.com 

www.bennett-sauser.ch 

www.beverinnovations.com 

www.brugg.de 

www.ceccato.it 

www.dresserwayne.com 

www.plxpipe.com 

www.eurotank.eu.com 

TM 

www.fafnir.com 

www.franklinfueling.com 

www.gilbarco.eu 

www.hectronic.com 

www.iisltd.com 

www.istobal.com 

www.kaercher.com 

www.kpsystem.com 

www.kubald.com 

www.leightonobrien.com 

www.mepsan.com.tr 

www.mueller-offenburg.de 

www.nupigeco.com 

www.ono-oil.com 


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www.opw-fce.com 

www.christ-ag.com 

www.planova.com 

www.psdcodax.com 

www.ruudlighting.net & www.ruudled.net 

www.scheidt-bachmann.com 

www.secu-tech.at 

www.sloanled.com 

www.stc-norway.com 

www.tammerneon.com 

www.tanknology.com 

www.tokheim.com 

www.washtec.de 

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