EUROPEAN EDITION - ErpecNews
EUROPEAN EDITION - ErpecNews
EUROPEAN EDITION - ErpecNews
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
an international retail petroleum news digest<br />
www.erpecnews.com<br />
LukoIL to expand network in Turkey<br />
OAO LukOiL of Russia is in exclusive talks<br />
with Full, a Turkish discount fuel retailer, to<br />
operate its fuel stations for 10 years, according<br />
to Full CEO Timucin Tali. Tali has said<br />
that currently Full’s stations are closed for<br />
LukOiL inspections. Global energy compa-<br />
nies are seeking expansion in Turkey where<br />
economic growth is forecast at 3.5 percent<br />
this year and about twice the pace of the most<br />
advanced economies to 2017. LukOiL operates<br />
in the country through its Eurasia Petrol<br />
unit, which has more than 600 fuel stations<br />
across the country. The nation is increasingly<br />
becoming an “energy hub” connecting Europe<br />
with Asia, according to the company’s website.<br />
LukOiL is discussing financial details of the<br />
deal with Full, which is owned by AR Sirketler<br />
Grubu’s Arista Holding. under the agreement,<br />
LukOiL Eurasia Petrol would rebrand Full’s<br />
54 stations under its own name.<br />
PkN oRLEN and Statoil sign agreement<br />
Polski koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. have<br />
announced that the Management Board<br />
of AB ORLEN Lietuva signed a one-year<br />
agreement with Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva,<br />
uAB. The agreement was signed for the sale<br />
of gasoline and diesel by ORLEN Lietuva to<br />
Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva for the period<br />
between 1st January 2013 and 31st December<br />
2013. The estimated net value of the agreement<br />
amounts to uS $ 330 million. Agreements<br />
signed between PkN ORLEN and PkN<br />
ORLEN subsidiaries and companies from the<br />
Statoil Fuel & Retail group from February 2012<br />
to January 2013 amounted to approximately<br />
uS $ 792 million. PkN ORLEN owns 100<br />
percent shares of ORLEN Lietuva.<br />
Trafigura supplying fuel to Enemalta<br />
The fuel contract was awarded to Trafigura in<br />
December 2012 for the provision of between<br />
160 000 metric tonnes to 176 000 metric<br />
tonnes divided into eight partial shipments<br />
with a contract period from the fourth week<br />
of January to the fourth week of June 2013.<br />
Trafigura provided not only the cheapest offer<br />
but fulfilled the criteria requested by the<br />
invitation to tender relating to quality and<br />
quantity of the product, delivery periods, and<br />
other requirements such as insurance cover,<br />
jurisdiction of contract, and payment terms.<br />
Issue No 39 | January/February 2013<br />
<strong>EUROPEAN</strong> <strong>EDITION</strong><br />
Repsol and Fiat join<br />
forces in LPG venture<br />
Fiat and Repsol have agreed to promote<br />
the sale of vehicles fueled with autogas<br />
(LPG automotive) and encourage the use<br />
of this alternative fuel in Spain. Repsol<br />
leads Autogas distribution in the domestic<br />
market while the italian brand offers the<br />
widest range of vehicles powered by LPG,<br />
a segment in which ranks first in sales<br />
in Europe. The agreement was signed by<br />
the CEO of Fiat Group in Spain,Luca<br />
Napolitano and the CEO of Repsol LPG,<br />
José Manuel Gallego.<br />
Shell takes over Neste<br />
network in Poland<br />
Anglo-Dutch fuel giant Shell signed an<br />
agreement with Neste Oil for the purchase<br />
of Neste’s fuel stations in Poland for EuR<br />
80 million, Neste Oil has said at its website.<br />
The transaction is to be finalized in the first<br />
half of 2013. Neste has 105 filling stations<br />
in Poland & Neste Polska generated 250<br />
million euros sales in 2011. Fuel groups<br />
PkN Orlen and Lotos were also interested<br />
in purchasing Neste’s Polish fuel chain.<br />
erpecnews is published by McLean Communications Ltd. in conjunction with PetrolPlaza – www.erpecnews.com
2<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM
CREDITS<br />
European Office<br />
com-a-tec GmbH<br />
Am krebsgraben 15<br />
78048 Villingen-Schwenningen<br />
Germany<br />
Tel + 49 (0) 7721 9830-0<br />
Fax + 49 (0) 7721 9830-70<br />
www.erpecnews.com<br />
UK Office<br />
McLean Communications Ltd.<br />
South Lodge Buildings<br />
Westwood Lane<br />
Normandy<br />
Guildford, Gu3 2JE<br />
Tel + 44 (0) 1483 810670<br />
Publisher<br />
Nick Needs<br />
McLean Communications Ltd.<br />
nick@erpecnews.com<br />
Tel + 44 (0) 7786 607075<br />
News Editor<br />
Stephen Bozdan<br />
stephen@erpec.com<br />
Tel +36 (0) 2125 23268<br />
art Director<br />
Ramona Raithel<br />
ramona.r@com-a-tec.de<br />
Tel + 49 (0) 7721 9830-0<br />
Marketing Manager<br />
Sandra Stroppel<br />
sandra.s@com-a-tec.de<br />
Tel + 49 (0) 7721 9830-0<br />
Sales Director<br />
Stephen Bozdan<br />
stephen@erpecnews.com<br />
Tel + 44 (0) 1483 810670<br />
Advertising will be accepted in each issue<br />
on a limited basis. All requests for advertising should<br />
be sent to advertising@erpecnews.com<br />
Printed by<br />
Todt Druck + Medien GmbH + Co.kG<br />
www.todt-druck.de<br />
is published monthly by McLean<br />
Communications Ltd. in conjunction with<br />
PetrolPlaza.com and distributed to retail petroleum<br />
operations in Europe and the Middle East. McLean<br />
Communications Ltd. is the organiser of ,<br />
the leading business event, held every two years,<br />
for Europe’s retail petroleum market.<br />
www.erpecnews.com<br />
Copyright<br />
The views expressed in print are those of the<br />
author and do not necessarily represent those of<br />
the publisher, McLean Communications Ltd. All<br />
rights reserved. No part of this publication may<br />
be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or<br />
transmitted in any form or by means electronic,<br />
mechanical, photocopying, recorded or otherwise<br />
without the prior permission of the copyright holder.<br />
McLean<br />
Communications Ltd.<br />
bP says oil will remain king to 2030<br />
British oil giant BP expects unconventional<br />
sources of crude and other fuels to supply a<br />
larger amount of the world’s energy needs<br />
over the next 20 years and oil will remain<br />
the primary fuel for transportation. As far as<br />
overall energy consumption, BP believes oil<br />
will decline over the next two decades, while<br />
gas and coal will rise. The company made the<br />
predictions as it released its updated 2030<br />
energy outlook. it is the third year in which<br />
the company has released the expectations<br />
publicly. “This outlook is a projection, not a<br />
proposition”, Chief Executive Bob Dudley<br />
declared during a presentation from London<br />
that was carried over the internet. BP, Royal<br />
Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil are among the<br />
companies that each year publish outlooks<br />
that forecast the future of the energy sector.<br />
The goal: To figure out what the world will<br />
look like in the future so they can make the<br />
most profitable exploration and production<br />
decisions today. By releasing their conclusions<br />
publicly, these companies also spark<br />
an annual conversation about the world’s<br />
energy needs.<br />
BP’s updated projections include: Energy<br />
demand is expected to be 36 percent higher<br />
in 2030 than 2011, with almost all the<br />
growth coming from emerging economies.<br />
Growing production from unconventional<br />
sources of oil – tight oil, oil sands and<br />
biofuels – is expected to provide all of the<br />
net growth in global oil supply to 2020<br />
and over 70 percent of growth to 2030. By<br />
2030, increasing production and moderat-<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
NEwS – EuRoPE<br />
ing demand will result in the u.S. being<br />
99 percent self-sufficient in net energy; in<br />
2005 it was only 70 percent. The u.S. will<br />
remain a small net importer of oil, although<br />
net imports will decline by about 70 percent.<br />
Major emerging economies such as China<br />
and india will become increasingly reliant<br />
on energy imports. These shifts will have<br />
major impacts on trade balances. Russia will<br />
remain the world’s largest energy exporter,<br />
with increases in exports of all fossil fuels.<br />
By 2030, Saudi Arabia will be the world’s<br />
largest oil exporter, although the trajectory<br />
over time will be impacted by the likelihood<br />
of OPEC production cuts. “Fears of oil<br />
running out, to which we never subscribed,<br />
appear increasingly groundless”, Dudley<br />
said. At London-based BP, a 10-member<br />
team works year round on the company’s<br />
energy projections, which include assumptions<br />
on changes in policy, technology and<br />
the economy. internal and external experts<br />
are consulted, public and private data and<br />
reports are reviewed and existing regulations<br />
and how they may change in the future are<br />
considered.<br />
More focus on IT Managers at erpec 13<br />
With technology on a typical fuel station<br />
becoming ever more sophisticated and<br />
with dispenser manufacturers focusing as<br />
much time on selling software systems as<br />
they are selling pumps, the iT Manager in<br />
oil company retail operations, is becoming<br />
one of the most important members of the<br />
engineering team.<br />
At a recent industry trade fair, VP Global<br />
Strategic Accounts and Global Marketing<br />
at Wayne, Brad Schumacher, pointed out<br />
that iT executives now play a major role in<br />
the development of effective retail software<br />
solutions on the forecourt. He added that<br />
at major industry gatherings it is becoming<br />
more and more important for iT personnel<br />
to be in attendance alongside technical and<br />
procurement executives, a point not lost by<br />
Nick Needs, organiser of erpec, who has<br />
extended invitations for next year’s event to<br />
include iT departments from all the major<br />
oil companies.<br />
Commenting on this he said: “We have<br />
had some good response to this initiative<br />
from a number of oil companies attending<br />
and have been delighted to receive our first<br />
registrations from iT related people, in this<br />
instance coming from the MOL Group in<br />
Hungary, nominating its Head of Global<br />
industrial iT Solutions Development and<br />
its Thematic Leader of Global Retail / Card<br />
Application Development, as part of its five<br />
man delegation team”.<br />
Places are still available at erpec 13 for oil<br />
companies, major retailers and international<br />
suppliers of retail petroleum equipment. Taking<br />
place in Nice, France from 16 – 18 April 2013.<br />
More details can be found at www.erpec.com<br />
3
NEwS – EuRoPE<br />
4<br />
French fuel consumption<br />
decreases in 2012<br />
According to the latest figures from the<br />
Professional Committee of oil (PDCC),<br />
deliveries of fuel on the French market<br />
totalled 3.91 million cubic meters in<br />
December 2012 (-2 percent compared to<br />
December 2011). This decrease resulted<br />
from a decrease of 11.4 percent deliveries<br />
superfuels SP and a decrease of 5 percent<br />
of deliveries. The general decline seems<br />
to result from both improved energy<br />
performance of vehicles and consumer<br />
rejection of high price fuel.<br />
Fuel giant PkN orlen<br />
pushes up prices<br />
Polish oil refiner and petrol retailer PkN<br />
Orlen has raised its wholesale prices of<br />
unleaded petrol and diesel. According to<br />
a statement released by the company in<br />
Plock, Central Poland, wholesale prices for<br />
its Superplus 98 and diesel fuel will rise.<br />
Fuel stations will adjust the ultimate retail<br />
price, with costs unlikely to go beyond<br />
an increase of 0.002 euro per litre. The<br />
current rise marks the eighth hike in fuel<br />
prices in a year. PkN Orlen, which also<br />
operates in the Czech Republic, Germany<br />
and across the Baltic states, is among the<br />
largest oil companies in Europe.<br />
Shaws Petroleum<br />
agrees sale<br />
Shaws Petroleum uk is to be swallowed<br />
up by Midlands Co-operative Society<br />
after the company’s Managing Director,<br />
Paul Sykes, agreed to sell his company<br />
for an undisclosed amount. Sykes, who<br />
has led the company for 35 years, saw<br />
his company record a £ 30.5 million<br />
profit last year, £ 22.2 million of which<br />
came from fuel sales. The company has<br />
five fuel service stations actively trading<br />
at present.<br />
Topaz invests to<br />
secure jobs<br />
Topaz Energy, ireland’s largest fuel and<br />
convenience retailer, has invested €1.35 million<br />
euro in five fuel service stations to<br />
secure 82 jobs, preventing the closure of<br />
the sites, bringing the company’s workforce<br />
up to over 1 600 people. Topaz has<br />
continued to grow its business despite<br />
challenging local market conditions. The<br />
company’s turnover has reached 3 billion<br />
euro, with 1.8 million euro transactions<br />
taking place every month across a network<br />
of 328 fuel service stations.<br />
DCC wins approval for acquisition<br />
DCC PLC has announced that the uk Office<br />
of Fair Trading (OFT) has formally cleared the<br />
company’s acquisition of BP’s LPG business<br />
in Britain. The acquisition was completed in<br />
late September 2012. DCC had undertaken<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
to hold the BP LPG business separately from<br />
its Flogas brand pending approval. Following<br />
the OFT’s decision to approve the transaction,<br />
DCC said, it is now free to integrate BP’s LPG<br />
distribution business with Flogas.<br />
Phillips 66 announces new dealer services<br />
in the uk Phillips 66 has introduced two new<br />
initiatives aimed at increasing the profitability<br />
of dealers under their Jet brand. The firm is<br />
partnering with leading equipment suppliers<br />
Tokheim and istobal to add the new services.<br />
Tokheim is fulfilling a dispenser maintenance<br />
contract, responding to research carried out<br />
by Phillips 66 into the pump maintenance<br />
requirements of a cross-section of its Jet<br />
dealers. istobal, meanwhile, if offering a free<br />
health check for the car washes, jet washes,<br />
air machines and vacuums at Jet sites. “We<br />
pride ourselves on continually meeting and<br />
listening to our dealers. At the heart of any<br />
dealers’ business are the fuel pumps. Without<br />
them operating to their full ability, customers<br />
are simply unable to buy fuel and are unlikely<br />
to return, due to their perception that ‘Jet<br />
pumps don’t work”, explained Sharon Morrow,<br />
Brand and Communications Co-ordinator at<br />
Jet. “it’s vital for us to learn and understand<br />
dealers’ requirements, to enable them to be<br />
able to excel in their operations. We believe<br />
our new pump maintenance contract will<br />
improve not only service to our dealers, but<br />
also the service they offer to their customers.”<br />
First motorway stations in Northern Ireland<br />
Planning permission has been granted to<br />
build Northern ireland’s first motorway<br />
fuel stations. For the first time, Northern<br />
ireland commuters will not have to exit the<br />
motorway in search of fuel. The four proposed<br />
stations will include direct slip roads from<br />
the motorways in both directions, giving<br />
what the operators hope will be quick and<br />
easy access for drivers. Their development<br />
will provide a significant boost to the local<br />
economy, with a potential investment of some<br />
£ 20 million. The construction will be done<br />
in phases, allowing the fuel stations to open<br />
before the other facilities. The development<br />
has already been recommended for approval<br />
by DOE Planning.<br />
Supermarket fuel ‘puts 1 000 independents at risk’<br />
in the uk up to 1 000 independent forecourts<br />
could be “wiped out” by 2017 as they lose customers<br />
to new supermarket fuel stations, the<br />
Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) has warned.<br />
An average of 40 supermarket forecourts a year<br />
have been granted planning permission since<br />
2009, a study by Christie & Co on behalf of<br />
the trade body has found. Steve Rodell, head<br />
of retail at Christie & Co, said: “if applications<br />
continue at the same rate and there is<br />
no reason to believe that will not be the case,<br />
there will be another 160 supermarket sites<br />
SoCaR rebrands Esso stations<br />
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR)<br />
has began the re-branding and re-development<br />
of its network of Esso fuel stations acquired<br />
by the end of 2016.” Supermarkets seeking<br />
to establish more “standalone” forecourt sites<br />
could result in the opening of a further 25 to<br />
40 new fuel stations operated by the retail<br />
giants each year, the PRA said. it claimed<br />
that “every new supermarket site is sucking<br />
the equivalent volume of five independents<br />
out of the market”. Brian Madderson, PRA<br />
Chairman, added: “if left unchecked the<br />
expected growth in supermarket forecourts<br />
would kill off 1 000 independents over the<br />
next four years.”<br />
from ExxonMobil Esso Switzerland GmbH.<br />
SOCAR Energy Switzerland’s General Director<br />
Edgar Bachmann has stated that before the<br />
2nd half of next year the 160 Esso petrol stations<br />
will operate under brand SOCAR flame.<br />
SOCAR believe their ‘flame’ logo is a highly<br />
visible symbol of the best service in the retail<br />
and energy business. They want to provide<br />
the widest distribution of this new premium<br />
brand in Switzerland, requiring high-quality,<br />
exceptional customer service, high standards<br />
of safety and good government.
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
5
NEwS – EuRoPE<br />
6<br />
PkN takes writedown<br />
on unipetrol<br />
PkN Orlen has written down the value<br />
of its Czech refining arm unipetrol, a<br />
move that pushed the company into a<br />
quarterly loss of uS $ 227 million. PkN<br />
has a 63 percent share in unipetrol and<br />
recorded a uS $ 236 million impairment on<br />
the holding. unipetrol’s Head of investor<br />
Relations, Michal Stupavsky, said uni -<br />
petrol may be selling assets in the near<br />
future, including the Paramo unit, which<br />
ended processing of crude last year. “The<br />
sale is very likely in the foreseeable future”,<br />
he said, declining to comment on a possible<br />
buyer for the business.<br />
ToTaL refinery to<br />
restructure<br />
TOTAL’s Lindsey Oil Refinery in the uk is<br />
set to become a separate company as part<br />
of a restructuring process to create 24 new<br />
jobs at the site. TOTAL LOR will become<br />
a separate company from Spring 2013,<br />
assuming day-to-day control of TOTAL’s<br />
refining business, storage terminals and<br />
logistics infrastructure in Britain. TOTAL<br />
has invested more than £ 600 million in<br />
the 220 000 barrel per day plant in recent<br />
years. The site returned to profit in autumn<br />
of 2012. The independent company will<br />
incorporate Lindsey’s 1 000 strong team of<br />
employees and contractors, along with the<br />
employees and management operations at<br />
terminals across the uk.<br />
Family firm has big growth plan<br />
Maxol is stepping up expansion in post-boom<br />
ireland – picking potential sites carefully and<br />
providing much-needed jobs to these localities.<br />
it’s fair to say that Maxol does not fit<br />
the stereotypical image of ‘big oil’. Some 90<br />
years after it was founded by the McMullan<br />
family, the business is still a far cry from the<br />
‘Dallas’ image and its Chief Executive, Tom<br />
Noonan, is about as far away from JR Ewing<br />
as you can get. Maxol has been something of<br />
an anomaly in irish industry in recent years.<br />
While it seemed for a while that every business<br />
was expanding rapidly and was reporting<br />
turbocharged profits, Maxol was pottering<br />
along at a steady pace, but was hardly setting<br />
the world on fire. Cut to today and many of<br />
those turbocharged profits have disappeared<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
as quickly as they appeared, but Maxol is still<br />
carrying on as it always has. under Noonan,<br />
there are now about 225 Maxol service stations<br />
around the island. With turnover of close<br />
to 650 million euros a year, the business is<br />
growing steadily but is now planning a huge<br />
expansion.<br />
BP and Rosneft plan TNK integration<br />
The news followed talks between BP Chief<br />
Bob Dudley and Rosneft president igor Sechin<br />
in Moscow who met for only the second time<br />
since late October, when the pair agreed a<br />
$ 27 billion (£ 17 billion) deal that would see<br />
BP sell its half of the venture. BP has taken<br />
a near-20pc stake in Rosneft as part of the<br />
deal and has told its shareholders it believes it<br />
can help to drive synergies and boost returns.<br />
Rosneft has also agreed to buy the other half<br />
of TNk-BP from BP’s oligarch partners, the<br />
Low quality fuel in Bulgaria shrinks<br />
The share of low quality fuel on the Bulgarian<br />
market has decreased five-fold over the past<br />
four years, according to Petar kostadinov<br />
from the State Agency for Metrology and<br />
Technical Surveillance (SAMTS). kostadinov<br />
explained that the share of poor quality fuel<br />
on the Bulgarian market amounted to slightly<br />
over 3 percent in 2012. The SAMTS Chief<br />
Secretary, as cited by Darik radio, made clear<br />
that offenders used a range of components to<br />
dilute fuel, thereby lowering its quality. kostadinov<br />
specified that the share of low quality<br />
Alfa-Access-Renova consortium, with both<br />
deals expected to complete in the first half<br />
of this year. Mr Sechin will chair the steering<br />
committee co-ordinating the integration of<br />
TNk-BP’s assets. in a statement, BP and Rosneft<br />
said they had “confirmed their commitment<br />
to efficient integration of the companies and<br />
agreed that the process is a unique opportunity<br />
to bring many of the world’s best business<br />
and technical practices into the combined<br />
company in a short time frame”.<br />
fuel had only registered slight decreases by<br />
2009. He noted that it had taken other Eu<br />
member states 4–5 years to curb the share of<br />
substandard fuel after the imposition of strict<br />
control, while the process in Bulgaria had<br />
necessitated 6–7 years. The expert argued<br />
that the share of 3.4 percent of poor quality<br />
fuel in 2013 placed Bulgaria at a good level<br />
around the Eu average. He underscored that<br />
Bulgaria had reached a good score in curbing<br />
sales of poor quality fuel on the tenth year<br />
after imposing stringent control.
ENI expanding into vietnam<br />
italian energy company ENi announced it<br />
signed a memorandum of understanding<br />
to explore potential business opportunities<br />
with state owned PetroVietnam. ENi<br />
Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni met<br />
with PetroVietnam President Do Van Hau<br />
in Rome for the signing of the MOu. The<br />
MOu gives PetroVietnam the chance to<br />
MFG adds 10 stations to network<br />
Top 50 indies forecourt operator, Motor<br />
Fuel Group (MFG) has grown its network<br />
to 58 stations with the acquisition of 10<br />
stations from Shell. Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s<br />
Managing Director said: “This acquisition<br />
adds some high volume stations to our<br />
network. They all fit into our model by<br />
offering customers a great forecourt and<br />
shop offer.” He continued: “All of these<br />
expand its international footprint while<br />
allowing ENi to enter into developments<br />
in Vietnam. The CiA World Fact Book<br />
estimates that Vietnam in 2011 produced<br />
318 000 barrels of oil and 300 billion cubic<br />
feet of gas per day. Scaroni added that the<br />
Vietnam company would gain from training<br />
opportunities from his company.<br />
new stations are now BP branded and<br />
after a shop refit they will be offering the<br />
extensive and competitive range of Costcutter<br />
products. “it’s good to end our first<br />
year of trading with some positive news.<br />
We will continue to look at opportunities<br />
for growth during 2013 while maintaining<br />
our on-going investment on our forecourts<br />
and in our shops.”<br />
NIS opens in Balkans under GAZPROM Neft<br />
NiS (Naftna industrija Srbije), a subsidiary<br />
of Gazprom Neft, opened its first fuel<br />
station under the GAZPROM brand in<br />
Belgrade. A large-scale project to launch a<br />
new premium retail chain of GAZPROM<br />
fuel stations will in the future be extended<br />
to other countries in the Balkans. The<br />
retail development under the new brand is<br />
planned in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina with the stations in<br />
Bulgaria and Romania opening shortly. By<br />
the end of 2013, the GAZPROM network<br />
Turkey – an expensive fuel hotspot<br />
Turkey is one of the world’s most expensive<br />
fuel hotspots despite the reductions in tax,<br />
Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has<br />
said. The high prices are determined by<br />
free market conditions as direct or indirect<br />
state intervention has been capped off. He<br />
said the state’s regulations like formation<br />
of refinery prices with an index, or setting<br />
will consist of approximately 100 fuel stations.<br />
NiS will manage GAZPROM petrol<br />
stations in the Balkans.<br />
an upper limit for the shares of distributors<br />
and carriers, have been eliminated in<br />
addition to decreases in taxes. “Although<br />
fuel prices have increased for years, the tax<br />
burden hasn’t, on the contrary it decreased<br />
for the last 10 years.” Most recently, the<br />
Finance Ministry raised taxes on fuel oil,<br />
diesel fuel and LPG.<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
NEwS – EuRoPE<br />
Repsol complaint upheld<br />
by world bank<br />
The World Bank’s arbitration body has<br />
begun investigations after accepting a complaint<br />
from Repsol regarding Argentina’s<br />
expropriation of its controlling stake in<br />
energy company YPF. Repsol’s complaint<br />
– which follows the seizure of the company<br />
in May – could be one of the largest claims<br />
against the country. Repsol has valued its<br />
51 percent stake in YPF at $ 10 billion.<br />
However, Argentine officials have indicated<br />
that they are not prepared to pay this, while<br />
the country’s Planning Ministry has formed<br />
a committee to determine the value for<br />
compensation purposes. Repsol and the<br />
Argentine Government must each name an<br />
arbitrator to sit on a three-member panel<br />
that will oversee the case. The third member<br />
of the panel must be agreed by both sides.<br />
Spain and Ireland<br />
sign agreement<br />
Spain and ireland have both signed an<br />
agreement to maintain oil reserves for<br />
‘petroleum emergencies’. Both countries<br />
have decided to join a European standard<br />
which states that countries must maintain<br />
minimum reserves of crude. it also<br />
states how to handle such reserves and<br />
that periodic reports must be submitted<br />
to the European Commission on those<br />
levels. Both countries are also obliged to<br />
punish any company that do not comply<br />
with their obligations provided for in the<br />
legal framework. This agreement facilitates<br />
the free movement and treatment of oil<br />
between the two countries.<br />
HkS & bP agree new<br />
supply deal<br />
uk independent retailer HkS has agreed<br />
to extend its long partnership with BP,<br />
signing a new supply deal with the oil<br />
major. The new deal will run for five years.<br />
7
NEwS – MIDDLE EaST, aFRICa & aSIa<br />
8<br />
xxx<br />
xx<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM
Zambia talking to Gunvor and Trafigura<br />
Zambia has opened talks with foreign firms<br />
Gunvor and Trafigura regarding a two-year<br />
supply of oil and refined fuel starting this<br />
year, a senior government official has said.<br />
Energy secretary George Zulu said the govern<br />
ment was talking to Geneva-based Gunvor<br />
over the supply of 1.4-million tons of oil and<br />
Trafigura on the supply of diesel and petrol.<br />
Ten foreign companies, including Glencore<br />
Energy uk, tendered to supply fuel to Zambia<br />
which had invited tenders after the expiry<br />
of a contract with Glencore.<br />
Petronas energy-efficient “twin petrol stations”<br />
To maintain themselves as the local market<br />
leader in the oil and gas industry, Petronas<br />
Dagangan Berhad (PDB) has launched two<br />
new energy-efficient “twin fuel stations”.<br />
This new breed of station offer customers<br />
the convenience of a rest stop for their<br />
travelling needs with different services and<br />
experiences. There are four energy-efficient<br />
characteristics which separate these two<br />
stations from the regular, specifically, having<br />
solar photovoltaic panel, light-emitting<br />
diode (LED) lights, rain water harvesting and<br />
nitrogen tyre-inflator. The solar photovoltaic<br />
panel has the capacity to generate around<br />
200 kW of electricity per hour. This power<br />
source is equivalent to the energy needed<br />
to supply 90 households a year. With this<br />
innovative move, the stations can reduce<br />
greenhouse emissions by approximately<br />
138 tons of carbon dioxide annually. The<br />
two station’s lighting installation reduces<br />
electricity expenditure while providing better<br />
lighting illumination to the area. Also,<br />
the LED lights are regulated by an energy<br />
management system which controls and<br />
manages the air-conditioning temperature<br />
at the station to provide a comfortable<br />
environment for customers. As part of<br />
Petronas’ water conservation efforts, the<br />
rain water harvesting system was built to<br />
prevent water being wasted. The station<br />
stores approximately 82 500 litres of water<br />
to be recycled and used only for cleaning,<br />
watering plants and lavatory flushing. The<br />
nitrogen tyre-inflator is an environmentallyfriendlier<br />
alternative that assists in enhancing<br />
fuel economy and tyre life.<br />
Qatar Petroleum wants stake in Petronet LNG<br />
Qatar Petroleum has expressed interest in<br />
buying a 5.2 percent stake in Petronet LNG<br />
Ltd, a potentially conflict of interest proposition<br />
as it will give the gas supplier a vantage<br />
position as india’s largest fuel importer.<br />
Qatar Petroleum, the Persian Gulf country’s<br />
state-run energy firm, has majority stakes in<br />
RasGas and QatarGas that along with other<br />
liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers in the<br />
Costco joins fuel war in Australia<br />
international discount giant Costco is scouring<br />
Melbourne for its first cut-price service<br />
station in readiness for a fuel war. The uS<br />
warehouse chain has identified sites in the<br />
southern and northern suburbs. it hopes to<br />
have its first fuel pumps flowing within a few<br />
years. A new Costco retail outlet will be built<br />
world compete to sell fuel to india. if Qatar<br />
Petroleum (QP) picks up 5.2 percent stake<br />
as well as a board position in Petronet, it will<br />
give the company an undue advantage over<br />
other suppliers as it will be privy to price<br />
and other negotiations, sources in Petronet’s<br />
company said. This will possibly be the first<br />
instance of a LNG supplier picking up a stake<br />
in an importing firm.<br />
alongside the service station. Costco’s entry<br />
in the fuel market will intensify competition<br />
between the other two big players, Coles and<br />
Woolworths. Costco is awaiting State Government<br />
approval, expected in February, to roll<br />
out its first petrol outlet north of Brisbane.<br />
Costco Australia Managing Director Patrick<br />
Noone said the Costco initiative “will be<br />
competition, competition, competition. That’s<br />
the name of the game – we would like to have<br />
several stores in the Melbourne market”, he<br />
said. Putting pressure on the majors to do a<br />
better deal will increase competition. Any<br />
additional competition into the petrol indus -<br />
try we certainly welcome.<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
NEwS – MIDDLE EaST, aFRICa & aSIa<br />
9
NEwS – MIDDLE EaST, aFRICa & aSIa<br />
10<br />
ToTaL unveils its new visual identity<br />
Total Jordan has unveiled the new visual<br />
identity of its service-station network. TOTAL<br />
say that the ‘T-Air’ image is another sign of<br />
the continuous dynamism and innovation in<br />
TOTAL Group. Total Jordan will gradually<br />
roll out the new design in 2013 and 2014 at<br />
all of its service stations as part of its aim to<br />
strengthen its network’s identity with a more<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
contemporary image and more energy efficient<br />
installations. As of today, Total Jordan operates<br />
24 service stations employing about 500<br />
people. The recent award of an Oil Marketing<br />
Company License will allow Total Jordan<br />
to cement its position in the country and<br />
significantly enlarge its presence to be more<br />
accessible to every Jordanian.<br />
Tanzania – local tender for bulk fuel<br />
For the first time since the introduction of the<br />
Bulk Procurement System (BPS) of purchasing<br />
fuel, a local company has participated in<br />
the tendering process and emerged as the<br />
winner. Gapco Tanzania Ltd is the first local<br />
company to apply and win the tender. it will<br />
supply 282 870 metric-tonnes of oil products<br />
for delivery in February this year. “We made<br />
the best offer with the support of our parent<br />
company, Reliance industries”, Gapco’s<br />
Business Development Manager Natarajan<br />
Anand explained. The indian conglomerate<br />
company, Reliance industries, acquired the<br />
petroleum marketing operations of Gapco in<br />
2007. Gapco also offered the most competitive<br />
weighted average DAP Premier per Metrictonnes<br />
which is worth $ 52.55.<br />
Esso plans 100 stations in three years<br />
Esso Thailand has outlined plans to grow its<br />
fuel retail network by 100 fuel service stations<br />
within the next three years. The company plans<br />
to have a network of 570 sites operational by<br />
2015. Esso Thailand’s Director and Retail<br />
Sales Manager Yodpong Sutatham noted that<br />
the company had renovated 200 of its fuel<br />
service stations over the past two years with<br />
another 100 to be renovated in 2013. Esso<br />
has allocated an investment budget of 1 billion<br />
baht for business expansion this year, up<br />
from about 600 million baht spent in 2012.<br />
PTT offer E20 gasohol at 1 000 stations<br />
PTT will expand to 1 000 the number of fuel<br />
stations pumping E20 gasohol, from 600 currently,<br />
after the removal of 91-octane petrol<br />
from the market this year. The company’s E20<br />
gasohol campaign that started in August last<br />
year had doubled the sales of this fuel, which<br />
is 20 percent ethanol, to 24 million litres<br />
per day. During this year PTT wil convert<br />
its 91-octane pumps to distribute 95-octane<br />
petrol and E20 gasohol, with more focus on<br />
the latter. The company plans to pump E20<br />
at 400 more stations than the current level,<br />
for a total of 1 000 stations nationwide. it<br />
has also drawn up a comprehensive plan to<br />
promote E85 gasohol.<br />
Pertamina plans downstream investment<br />
indonesian state oil firm Pertamina plans<br />
to invest $ 6.77 billion in its upstream and<br />
downstream arms as it seeks to boost production<br />
and strengthen the country’s energy<br />
infrastructure. The investment has been<br />
confirmed in the company’s 2013 budget and<br />
work plan following a meeting of the general<br />
shareholders. “Our investment strategy this<br />
year will be focused on major projects that will<br />
smooth the progress of Pertamina to becoming<br />
a world-class energy company”, remarked karen<br />
Agustiawan, Pertamina’s President Director.<br />
46 percent of the investment, $ 3.1 billion,<br />
has been allocated to the upstream business,<br />
where the company plans to increase crude<br />
output to 244 000 barrel per day. Pertamina<br />
will invest $ 638 million and $ 546 million in<br />
its refining and marketing business respectively.<br />
Lubricant sales have been targeted as a key<br />
source of growth: the company plans to sell<br />
680 000 kilolitres of lubricant products this<br />
year, up from 617 000 kilolitres in 2012.
Nepal allows private firms to import<br />
Nepal’s government is considering allowing<br />
private companies to import crude oil products<br />
which would resolve chronic fuel shortages<br />
and end the state’s monopoly on a trade worth<br />
about $ 1 billion a year, a trade ministry official<br />
has said. Nepal buys all its fuel from abroad<br />
and state-run Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC)<br />
is currently the sole importer of the 21 000<br />
barrels per day of crude oil products the<br />
country needs. NOC, however, is plagued by<br />
insufficient storage capacity, a poor transport<br />
network and difficulties in paying its sole<br />
supplier, indian Oil Corp, creating frequent<br />
fuel shortages and long queues at fuel stations.<br />
“We want to open up the fuel business<br />
to the private sector. Private firms will be<br />
able to import, store and distribute fuel, oil<br />
and lubricants just like the NOC does”, said<br />
Lal Mani Joshi, the most Senior Bureaucrat<br />
at the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies<br />
and chairman of NOC’s board. A proposal to<br />
allow imports by the private sector has been<br />
submitted to the cabinet, Joshi said, adding<br />
that it was not immediately clear when it<br />
would be approved.<br />
Nigeria imports fuel from the Niger<br />
The Operations Controller at the Department<br />
of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Alhaji Syyadi<br />
Suleiman Abubakar, has said that Nigeria<br />
now imports diesel and petrol from Niger<br />
Republic, as his department closed 10 filling<br />
stations over an allegation of selling the product<br />
above the official retail price. Abubakar<br />
is looking to ensure that long queues at fuel<br />
stations disappear. According to him, the<br />
government has no financial commitment<br />
on importation of diesel and gas from Niger<br />
Republic as the two products had already<br />
been deregulated. He also confirmed that<br />
about 80 percent of fuel stations were not<br />
getting petroleum products from the depot,<br />
due to scarcity.<br />
Conoil adds 60 fuel stations this year<br />
Oil marketer, Conoil Plc, will in 2013 establish<br />
60 new retail outlets spread across Nigeria as<br />
part of its major strategic expansion programme.<br />
The expansion programme will<br />
foresee a 4.8 bil lion naira investment and<br />
it is aimed at growing the company’s sales<br />
and revenue by over 65 percent, according<br />
to a statement. it is projected that the new<br />
stations will complement the company’s plan<br />
for massive importation of refined petroleum<br />
products this year. The retail outlets, Conoil<br />
added, would offer robust and automated network,<br />
which would leverage on technology to<br />
deliver the assurance of quality products and<br />
improve service efficiency at the forecourts.<br />
The expansion project represents the second<br />
phase of the company’s comprehensive fouryear<br />
plan which started two years ago.<br />
PTG plans to expand network in Thailand<br />
Most people in the retail oil industry think<br />
the business has matured over many years, but<br />
Pitak Ratchakitprakarn, Chief Executive of<br />
PTG Energy Plc (PTG), the operator of PT<br />
fuel stations, thinks otherwise. The withdrawal<br />
of international oil retailers such as Conoco,<br />
Petronas and kuwait Oil from the Thai market<br />
is also another sign that this business is no<br />
longer as attractive as it used to be. But while<br />
other oil companies may have scaled down or<br />
even shelved their investment budgets, PTG<br />
is planning to expand its fuel station network<br />
nationwide. Mr Pitak said the fuel market in<br />
Bangkok and its vicinity has matured but the<br />
situation is different in large cities in central<br />
and north eastern provinces. According to Pitak,<br />
there are currently 20 000 fuel stations in the<br />
country, of which 15 000 are operated indepen -<br />
dently by private landlords or investors.<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
NEwS – MIDDLE EaST, aFRICa & aSIa<br />
Engen goes ‘Green’<br />
in sub saharan Africa<br />
Engen has completed its greening pilot at<br />
three African retail service sites, making<br />
multiple energy- and water-saving alterations.<br />
it now believes it has identified the<br />
most effective and efficient sustainability<br />
interventions for its purposes, ones that can<br />
decrease its carbon footprint and operating<br />
costs when rolled out more broadly. in<br />
subsequent projects, the group will focus<br />
on greening more of its retail sites in its<br />
19 territories across sub-Saharan Africa<br />
and the indian Ocean islands and, after<br />
that, turn to its depots and offices across<br />
the group.<br />
Petronas completes<br />
acquisitions<br />
Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB) has announced<br />
the completion of its acquisition<br />
of Petronas Vietnam Co Ltd (PVL) and<br />
Thang Long LPG Co Ltd (TLLCL) in<br />
Vietnam in accordance with the terms of<br />
the share sale and purchase agreements<br />
dated 1st June 2012. in a statement from<br />
kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Petronas noted<br />
that both PVL and TLLCL will be held<br />
by PDB following the completion of the<br />
acquisition, via its newly incorporated and<br />
wholly-owned investment holding company,<br />
PDB (Netherlands) BV. “Following this,<br />
PDB has completed the acquisition of all<br />
the six downstream companies in South<br />
East Asia”, said the Statement. As part of<br />
the company’s expansion strategy in South<br />
East Asia, PDB will undertake targeted<br />
investments to propel future growth for<br />
these newly acquired companies.<br />
Puma Energy buys<br />
major independent<br />
in Australia Puma Energy plans to win<br />
market share from the major players in<br />
the local fuel market after buying up over<br />
120 fuel service stations. The Swiss firm,<br />
owned by global commodity trading firm<br />
Trafigura, has agreed to buy Neumann<br />
Petroleum, owner of the Matilda and<br />
Neumann-branded fuel service stations. in<br />
addition to the retail chain, the transaction<br />
includes an $ 18 million bulk seaboard fuel<br />
terminal at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm. Puma’s<br />
Australian general manager Ray Taylor<br />
said that the company’s entry will “bring<br />
more robust competition to the country’s<br />
petroleum market”. “Australia has a strong<br />
economy, a growing retail and mining-driven<br />
fuel market with enormous potential and<br />
this is an ideal environment in which to<br />
continue our global growth efforts”, he noted.<br />
11
NEwS – MIDDLE EaST, aFRICa & aSIa<br />
12<br />
Indian refiners contribute<br />
to growth – IEa<br />
india’s refiners were some of the biggest<br />
contributors to global refining growth during<br />
2012, according to the international<br />
Energy Agency (iEA). in its latest figures,<br />
the energy watchdog reported that india<br />
4.5 million barrel per day of crude oil in<br />
October, 680 000 barrel per day higher<br />
than a year earlier. in the year to October<br />
2012, crude runs are up 260 000 barrel per<br />
day on 2011, accounting for almost half<br />
of global crude throughput growth in the<br />
same period. in 2013, another 400 000<br />
barrel per day of capacity could be added<br />
if indian Oil Corporation’s 300 000 barrel<br />
per day Paradip and Nagarjuna’s 120 000<br />
barrel per day Cuddalore refineries are<br />
completed on schedule. However, the iEA<br />
noted that further investments planned for<br />
the medium term are getting increasingly<br />
hard to justify, as india’s state refiners<br />
have to supply the domestic market at<br />
subsidised prices.<br />
bPC Corporation<br />
finalises contracts<br />
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)<br />
said that it finalised contracts with eight<br />
foreign companies to import oil products<br />
for the first half of this calendar year<br />
at mostly higher premiums than in the<br />
current contracts. BPC is the country’s<br />
only oil importer and distributor. The<br />
government ‘generously’ subsidises the<br />
BPC that sells fuel-oil to the local market<br />
at lower prices than the import rates. The<br />
total subsidy for the year to June 2012<br />
was Taka 460 billion ($ 6 billion), which<br />
is above double the original estimate of<br />
Taka 200 billion and up from Taka 195<br />
billion in 2011.<br />
Fuel subsidy bill<br />
rising in in Egypt<br />
Egyptian General Petroleum (EGPC)<br />
Chairman Hani Dahi warned that costs<br />
of fuel subsidies is growing and may reach<br />
30.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($ 4.79 billion)<br />
for the first quarter of the calendar<br />
year. Dahi said that Egypt have spent<br />
30 billion pounds each quarter subsidising<br />
fuel since the current fiscal year began<br />
1st July. 20 percent of the country’s public<br />
expenditure is absorbed by fuel subsidy.<br />
“Spending on fuel subsidies in the third<br />
quarter will rise between 2 percent to<br />
3 percent”, said Dahi. Egypt is currently<br />
working to finalise an iMF loan for $ 4.8 billion,<br />
while EGPC owes foreign partners<br />
a total of $ 4.5 billion.<br />
unioil to expand retail network<br />
Small fuel company unioil Philippines Petroleum<br />
inc. is looking at investing a minimum<br />
of 200 million Phillipine pesos as it plans to<br />
further expand its retail network. unioil say<br />
they plan to put up 10 to 12 service stations<br />
this year and between 10–12 stations annually<br />
over the next three years. They expect a 15<br />
percent growth in sales volume in 2013 driven<br />
by their planned expansion. The company is<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
focused only on building company-owned<br />
stations however they are not closing their<br />
doors to dealer-owned stations. Recently<br />
unioil launched its “Go Green Future Campaign”,<br />
which promotes Euro Diesel iV fuel<br />
available in all of its service stations. They<br />
are sourcing Euro Diesel iV stocks from<br />
Singapore and is more than two years ahead<br />
of the 2016 mandate.<br />
Engen – largest fuel supplier in Kenya<br />
in what is expected to diminish the practice<br />
of oil price fixing in kenya, Engen, has signed<br />
a strategic partnership with the kenya inde -<br />
pen dent Petroleum Dealers Association<br />
(kiPEDA). under the deal, Engen is expected<br />
to supply (as the sole supplier of the group)<br />
fuel, lubricants and technical support on fuel<br />
station operation, to independent dealers that<br />
have no links to multinational oil majors.<br />
kiPEDA went into strategic partnership with<br />
Engen, which the group felt could help it<br />
leverage the strength of its members to their<br />
collective benefit. independent indigenous<br />
kenyan dealers operate more than 500 sites<br />
currently – making up half of the kenyan<br />
retail fuel sector. The deal with Engen is<br />
expected to overcome erratic fuel and lubricants<br />
supply, uneconomic price margins and<br />
lack of access to quality products.<br />
Nigeria to build 30 new fuel stations<br />
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corpora -<br />
tion (NNPC) plans to build new petrol stations<br />
for about 4 billion naira this year even<br />
as it said that the Federal Government lost<br />
241.93 billion naira to crude theft between<br />
2006 and last year. The highest 98.03 billion<br />
naira theft was recorded in 2011. The nation<br />
lost another 105 billion nairas to pipeline<br />
vandalisation in Niger Delta. These figures<br />
were contained in the NNPC’s 2012 budget<br />
performance and its proposed 2013 budget<br />
which it submitted to the National Assembly<br />
Joint Committees on Petroleum Resources<br />
(upstream/Downstream/Gas).<br />
Chinese firm to build $ 7.5 billion refinery<br />
Sino Arab Energy (SAE), a Chinese firm,<br />
has concluded plans to build a refinery at<br />
Akabuyo, in the Local Government Area of<br />
Cross River State, Nigeria in partnership with<br />
a local firm, Osabo Refining and Petrochemical<br />
industry Limited. The refinery, which is<br />
expected to process 107 000 barrel per day of<br />
crude, has been valued at $ 7.5 billion. Hon<br />
Etim Effiong Okon, a member of Osabo’s<br />
management team, said that the process<br />
for the procurement of requisite licenses<br />
to establish and operate the refinery had<br />
commenced. He promised that Akwa Esuk<br />
Eyamba, the community where the refinery<br />
will be located, had donated 500 hectares<br />
of land for the facility. The refinery is set for<br />
completion within five years, with construction<br />
beginning in 2014.<br />
Israel backs alternative fuels to petroleum<br />
israel’s Government has backed the development<br />
of compressed natural gas, methanol<br />
mixes and other fuel alternatives, noting that<br />
non-petroleum fuels will reduce the country’s<br />
dependence on oil. 2013 to 2025 will become<br />
a transition period for israel’s transportation<br />
sector to non-petroleum alternative energy<br />
sources. A team led by National Economic<br />
Council Chairman Professor Eugene kandel<br />
was formed in 2010 to formulate national policy<br />
on reducing petroleum dependence and calls for<br />
1.5 billion shekel state investment in alternative<br />
fuels over the next decade. The plan is to<br />
reduce the weight of petroleum as an energy<br />
source for transportation by 30 percent in 2020<br />
and 60 percent in 2025. The proposal also<br />
mandates that the government must establish<br />
a comprehensive action plan for alternative fuel<br />
integration, while simplifying bureaucratic and<br />
regulatory processes that will promote technological<br />
developments as well as infrastructure<br />
growth for alternative transportation.
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
13
PRoDuCT NEwS<br />
14<br />
Retalix shareholders<br />
approve NCR buy-out<br />
Shareholders in Retalix, a provider of software<br />
and services for fuel retailers, have<br />
approved a takeover of the company by<br />
NCR Corporation. The transaction remains<br />
subject to regulatory approval and certain<br />
other closing conditions, while at least 30<br />
days must pass before it becomes effective<br />
under israeli law. The Takeover is expected<br />
to be completed during the first quarter of<br />
this year. The company serves a customer<br />
base of approximately 70 000 stores across<br />
more than 50 countries from its headquarters<br />
in Ra’anana, israel and its North<br />
America headquarters in Plano, Texas.<br />
Wincor Nixdorf enters<br />
mobile wallet space<br />
Wincor Nixdorf inc., a leading provider<br />
of iT solutions and services to retailers<br />
and retail banks, is rolling out the Wincor<br />
Wallet for mobile cashless payments in<br />
all retail sales channels, including fuel<br />
stations, turning the smart-phone into a<br />
wallet.Whether in stationary retail, web<br />
shops or mobile stores, the Wincor Wallet<br />
can be accessed for mobile payment by all<br />
standard smart-phones through the use of<br />
QR codes or near-field communication<br />
(NFC) technology. The Wincor Nixdorf’s<br />
Payment Gateway server operating in the<br />
background enables the solution. in addition<br />
to processing traditional, card-based<br />
payments, this also allows modern Wallet<br />
transactions to be processed in an iT environment<br />
certified by the Payment Card<br />
industry (PCi), which ensures the security<br />
of the cashless transactions. The Wincor<br />
Wallet provides a platform for combining<br />
different mobile payment and loyalty solutions<br />
such as mobile use of debit or credit<br />
cards, mobile coupons or redeeming mobile<br />
vouchers at the checkout via smart-phone,<br />
the company said.<br />
All text on this page is submitted and written by suppliers. Please email product news to editor@erpecnews.com<br />
kPS opens new subsidiary in Turkey<br />
kungsörs Plast AB, the supplier of the kPS<br />
Petrol Pipe System, announced that a subsidiary<br />
opens in Turkey with Mr Ali Güler<br />
as Regional Sales Manager, working out of<br />
istanbul. Staffan Helleday, Sales Director<br />
kPS HQ and Ali Güler, Regional Sales<br />
Manager kPS Turkey. Mr Güler will further<br />
strengthen the customer support and<br />
service offer in Turkey and he will continue<br />
the training system and introduce the kPS<br />
Petrol Pipe System conductive system all<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
over the country. Staffan Helleday, Sales<br />
Director of kPS said: “kPS welcomes this<br />
progress and we are very positive towards the<br />
expansion in Turkey and we are accelerating<br />
our activities further by setting up a local<br />
sales subsidiary and warehouse to serve our<br />
customers in Turkey better.” We invite you<br />
to come and meet kPS Turkey at Petroleum<br />
istanbul Exhibition between the 11th and<br />
14th of April 2013. Welcome to our booth<br />
in Hall 8, at Petrol Expo.<br />
New Tokheim Italy website is online<br />
Tokheim, one of the world’s largest suppliers of<br />
fuel retailing solutions, announces the launch<br />
of its new italian website as part of its global<br />
rebranding strategy. The new italian website<br />
gives an overview of all products and services<br />
relating to the local marketplace. News that<br />
is relevant to the italian fuel retailing sector<br />
will be regularly updated. A new set of additional<br />
sales material for all of Tokheim italy’s<br />
NUPIGECO PP-RCT NIRON system<br />
NuPiGECO has obtained its first certificate of<br />
conformity iiP for its NiRON piping produced<br />
with PP-RCT raw material. PP-RCT is a new<br />
generation of polypropylene, already included<br />
in EN iSO 15874 standard. it represents the<br />
evolution of Polypropylene Random with better<br />
performance than its predecessor PPR80.<br />
Furthermore, with the same outside diameter,<br />
the flow rate of the fluid is higher. PP-RCT<br />
allows for a more stringent classification, per-<br />
products and services is now also available to<br />
download. Fabiano Clerico, General Manager<br />
italy, says, “Tokheim is the largest supplier<br />
of solutions to the fuel retail sector in italy.<br />
it is important that we are able to share the<br />
exciting range of products and services we<br />
offer in a clear and innovative manner. Our<br />
customers have moved more towards digital<br />
communications and we are happy to communicate<br />
with them in a more modern way.<br />
We will continue to engage with customers<br />
through our social media platforms.” Tokheim’s<br />
website was recently nominated for a CSS<br />
Design Award and it is now available in italian,<br />
English and French. Additional country<br />
specific sites will go live in the coming months.<br />
To visit the italian website directly, go to<br />
www.tokheim.com/it.<br />
mitting it to reach class 5 of the EN iSO 15874<br />
standard (performance at high temperatures)<br />
before reserved only for PEX and PB. The high<br />
performance ability of the material allows it to<br />
achieve the same performance as PPR80 by<br />
reducing the wall thickness and increasing the<br />
flow rate of the fluid. NuPiGECO S.p.A - Via<br />
Stefano Ferrario Z.i. Sud-Ovest - 21052 Busto<br />
Arsizio (VA) italy - tel.: +39.0331.344211 - fax:<br />
+39.0331.351860 www.nupigeco.com
All text on this page is submitted and written by suppliers. Please email product news to editor@erpecnews.com<br />
Codax helps Shell control car wash sales<br />
PSD Codax is helping retail giant Shell<br />
strengthen control of car wash sales at its<br />
uk forecourts. New Codax Code Generator<br />
technology is being integrated with point of<br />
sale (POS) systems at more than 150 Shell<br />
uk forecourt sites following a deal with POS<br />
iT support company Wincor-Nixdorf. Linking<br />
Codax technology with its POS systems will<br />
enable Shell head office to gather accurate<br />
data about car wash sales and customer<br />
buying habits. it will also help retailers<br />
improve revenue control and simplify the<br />
sales process for shop staff who will be able<br />
to sell washes direct from their POS screen.<br />
A single Codax Code Generator Terminal<br />
(CCGT), which has ethernet connectivity,<br />
eliminates the need for under-counter wiring<br />
and multiple Codax ticket printer terminals.<br />
The CCGT plugs directly into the in-store<br />
network so that all POS terminals can be<br />
used to sell car wash and jet wash programmes<br />
and customer access code tickets are then<br />
printed by the local POS retail printer. Car<br />
wash codes are issued only after a sale has<br />
been completed which stops unauthorised<br />
issues and speeds up the sales process and<br />
greatly improves the daily reconciliation<br />
process for station managers.<br />
Relaunch of Hectronic company website<br />
Hectronic is proud to introduce its redesigned<br />
website. The comparison between the old<br />
website, on the left hand side and the new<br />
version, on the right is shown below. There<br />
have been significant renewals, especially<br />
with regard to the Hectronic image change<br />
from a product manufacturer to a solution<br />
provider. Hectronic’s updated website has<br />
a new “Solutions” area where you can find<br />
intelligent and perfectly coordinated system<br />
solutions for fuel station management. Furthermore<br />
the new design of the site is matched<br />
to Hectronic’s Corporate Design. Visitors can<br />
access the three main areas directly from the<br />
home page: Parking, Refuelling and Sensor<br />
Systems. The redesigned website gives users<br />
a quick and structured overview about the<br />
entire Hectronic portfolio.<br />
WashTec strengthens activities at the truckwash<br />
WashTec, a leading manufacturer of vehicle<br />
wash systems, has big plans for 2013 and<br />
puts specifically the cleaning and maintenance<br />
of busses and trucks in the focus of<br />
its activities. New product manager for the<br />
bus and truck wash division Hans-Peter Popp<br />
has announced the roll-out of a number of<br />
different products for the new commercial<br />
line MaxiWash. Prior to joining WashTec<br />
in 2006, Popp worked for many years as a<br />
product manager in the commercial vehicle<br />
sector.<br />
Franklin appoints Southern African Master Distributors<br />
Southern African Master Distributors has<br />
been appointed as an official distributor of<br />
uPP piping and containment systems for<br />
Franklin Fueling Systems, the companies have<br />
announced. “With effect from 21st January<br />
2013, Southern African Master Distributors<br />
will undertake the Southern African distribution<br />
of Franklin Fueling Systems Piping<br />
& Containment, featuring uPP semi-rigid<br />
pipework, Gemini secondary containment<br />
and electro-fusion containment systems”,<br />
said a Franklin statement. “The transition to<br />
this new distribution structure is a focused<br />
strategy on the part of Franklin Fueling<br />
Systems to align the core competencies of<br />
our existing distributor networks with the<br />
inherent requirements of specific product<br />
brands. The new distribution structure is<br />
intended to impart logistical efficiencies to<br />
the market, foster a competitive customer<br />
service environment, and increase points<br />
of supply and availability to all customers,<br />
including Major Oil’s and installation<br />
Companies.” According to the company, the<br />
need for a resilient supply channel able to<br />
offer products that underwrite the Health,<br />
Safety and Environmental (HSE) expectations<br />
associated with the uPP brand was a<br />
key driver of the decision to name a specialist<br />
distributor for the market. “Southern African<br />
Master Distributors (SAMD) is also able to<br />
offer continuing professional development<br />
training on uPP brand products to installers<br />
within Southern Africa”, Franklin noted.<br />
“The addition of the well-known quality uPP<br />
brand to SAMD’s product line is another<br />
step in positioning Southern African Master<br />
Distributors as the broad-based supplier of<br />
choice for all retail forecourt equipment.<br />
We are delighted to be representing uPP in<br />
our marketing territories”, said kevin Black,<br />
Managing Director of Southern African<br />
Master Distributors. SAMD also took over<br />
the Southern African interests of Dresser<br />
Wayne in 2004. The firm has since worked<br />
to distribute dispensers, forecourt control<br />
systems, ATG, pump maintenance, POS<br />
and now adds pipework to its competencies.<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
KSS Fuels unveils<br />
survey highlighting<br />
fuel pricing trends<br />
PRoDuCT NEwS<br />
kSS Fuels, a leader in fuels pricing and<br />
retail location intelligence, unveiled the<br />
results of its multi-country survey into<br />
current fuel pricing practices and the<br />
steps fuel retailers are taking to cope<br />
with the continued rise in competition<br />
for market share amid static or falling<br />
demand for motor fuels. Comprising<br />
feedback from executives at retail petroleum<br />
companies operating more than<br />
11 000 sites in 14 countries, responses<br />
reveal a significant shift in the attitude<br />
of fuel retailers toward technology and<br />
a growing desire to understand how the<br />
combination of improved processes and<br />
predictive analytics drive bottom-line<br />
results. Survey findings show a growing<br />
trend to move away from in-house developed<br />
pricing systems to commercially<br />
developed and maintained applications,<br />
with 76 percent of respondents stating<br />
they use third party pricing applications,<br />
of which 62 percent chose a kSS Fuels<br />
application. “This most recent survey<br />
indicates a significant shift in fuel retailers’<br />
attitudes toward advanced analytics<br />
and decision support, highlighting that<br />
today’s market conditions and increasing<br />
competition are demanding a more<br />
sophisticated approach to fuels pricing”,<br />
said Bob Stein, President and CEO of<br />
kSS Fuels. “We’re seeing an increasing<br />
number of fuel retailers moving away from<br />
in-house tools and spread-sheets to adopt<br />
dedicated commercial applications that<br />
are maintained and updated by business<br />
specialists like kSS Fuels.”<br />
Tokheim achieves<br />
full compliance<br />
Tokheim has announced that it is now PCi<br />
DSS certified for its Online Authorisation<br />
and Switching Environment (OASE) payment<br />
gateway service. This certification<br />
has been awarded subsequent to a comprehensive<br />
audit that took place in September<br />
last year. Tokheim’s OASE, facilitates fuel<br />
and bank card payments in a fuel retail<br />
environment and it currently processes<br />
more than 300 million transactions per<br />
year. PCi DSS is a multifaceted security<br />
standard that includes requirements for<br />
security management, policies, procedures,<br />
network architecture, software design<br />
and other critical protective measures.<br />
This comprehensive standard is in place<br />
to proactively support organisations to<br />
protect their customer account data.<br />
15
FAIRBANKS – AN INTELLIGENT FUTURE<br />
16<br />
bob Conlin,<br />
Managing Director<br />
An intelligent future for<br />
Fairbanks by Nick Needs<br />
Last August, Shell awarded a three year<br />
global wetstock contract to uk based company<br />
Fairbanks, in partnership with systems and<br />
dispenser manufacturer TOkHEiM, to deliver<br />
its services to more than 3 000 petrol stations,<br />
in 25 countries, across three continents. At<br />
the time Shell’s Wetstock Manager for North<br />
West Europe, Peter Houlton said, “Shell identified<br />
a number of sites which would benefit<br />
from remote wet stock monitoring during a<br />
recent risk assessment. Fairbanks emerged<br />
as our provider of choice after a comprehensive<br />
tender process and comparative trial of<br />
service providers. Fairbanks offer Statistical<br />
inventory Reconciliation Analysis (SiRA)<br />
and Real Time monitoring to a high standard.<br />
Fairbanks’ wetstock management service will<br />
be critical to help manage our global petrol<br />
retail network using various data capture<br />
solutions and valuable reporting methods and<br />
we are looking forward to working with them<br />
over the coming years. Baudouin de la Tour,<br />
TOkHEiM CEO, said, “We are very pleased<br />
with the success of the Fairbanks-TOkHEiM<br />
partnership in the worldwide Shell tender for<br />
wet stock monitoring”. We aim to provide a<br />
range of products and services that provide<br />
genuine return on investment to our customers<br />
around the world. in 2010 Fairbanks joined<br />
forces with TOkHEiM, a global service sta-<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
tions solution provider, to help expand the<br />
business internationally.<br />
it must be said that this achievement is a<br />
significant milestone in the company’s history<br />
and reward for the hard work carried out by<br />
Directors Bob Conlin and Steve Jones over<br />
the last 20 years. The hair on Steve’s head<br />
has definitely turned much whiter in that time,<br />
whilst on Bob’s there just seems to be far less<br />
of it, but Bob also seems to have become far<br />
more relaxed, or is it more accomplished in his<br />
manner and appearance during the time i have<br />
known him, a good attribute in any Managing<br />
Director. in any event, i felt, it was definitely<br />
the right time to get Mr Conlin to talk some<br />
more about Fairbanks and ask him to identify<br />
the challenges and opportunities he feels<br />
retailers will be facing over the coming years.<br />
From my perspective there are a number<br />
of company profiles which i tend to lump<br />
together and believe that the suppliers in<br />
question all roughly do the same thing. Leak<br />
detection, tank monitoring, leak prevention,<br />
fuel monitoring, tank gauging etc., but the<br />
more i probe (forgive the pun) into this whole<br />
subject, every company involved in this line<br />
of business does seem to have its own unique<br />
concept point. Fairbanks is no exception and<br />
over the next two pages you will hopefully see<br />
why. i took Bob through a simple questions<br />
and answer session to which he was happy to<br />
supply answers in typical Bob style i. e. well<br />
thought out and no stone unturned!<br />
i first asked him to explain the marketing<br />
objectives of Fairbanks and detail the benefits<br />
retailers can achieve by adopting their<br />
specific company offering. He replied “Fuel<br />
profit margins are being squeezed each year<br />
and the value of fuel losses is increasing. We<br />
show retailers how their business can save mon -<br />
ey on maintenance, reduced fuel losses and<br />
lower their risk, all at the same time through<br />
remote wetstock management, powered by<br />
‘real-time data’. improving retail petroleum<br />
business through better fuel control, is our<br />
primary marketing objective. When talking to<br />
retailers we offer to share with them a vision<br />
of their business in the future, powered by an<br />
intelligent fuel control system, giving them<br />
visibility of their product from fuel terminal<br />
to customer vehicle”.<br />
To best explain all this in a straight forward and<br />
concise manner i. e. simple, i asked Bob if he<br />
could present to me, imagining i was a retailer<br />
interested in utilising the services Fairbanks
has to offer. Bob was extremely pleased to<br />
conduct this undertaking and promptly moved<br />
up another three gears.<br />
He continued. “imagine for a moment that all<br />
of the information collected by the equipment<br />
on your site was available to you with the click<br />
of a button, collating all the data across all of<br />
the sites in your network instantly. How powerful<br />
a tool would that be? Many retailers have<br />
invested heavily into installing expensive onsite<br />
equipment such as Automatic Tank Gauges<br />
(ATG) and high-end dispensers. This type of<br />
equipment is a valuable asset to the effective<br />
running of a petrol forecourt. But in many cases<br />
retailers are failing to take full advantage of the<br />
tools, information and visibility of stock that<br />
this type of equipment makes available to them.”<br />
The answer he said is a real-time wetstock<br />
management solution which collects and collates<br />
this data making it available to retailers<br />
in real-time. “Having a real-time wetstock<br />
solution in place is the missing link between<br />
your site equipment and you. The data is<br />
gathered and made available in the form of<br />
intelligent management reports that can be<br />
generated online from a mobile phone or laptop,<br />
eliminating the unnecessary data tracking<br />
that usually requires visits or phone calls to<br />
numerous sites, reducing workload for area<br />
or network managers. This intelligent data<br />
reporting uses not only the fuel information<br />
but sales records also. This means that fuel<br />
purchasing decisions can be made intelligently<br />
as anticipated sales and stock holdings across<br />
sites can be viewed instantly.”<br />
Controlling fuel investment<br />
Across a network of sites many thousands of<br />
euros worth of fuel can be delivered in just one<br />
week, and Fairbanks state that by increasing<br />
stock visibility retailers can account for every<br />
litre that is delivered, thereby protecting their<br />
investment. Bob added “Losses don’t just happen<br />
on the forecourt, delivery based losses are<br />
an increasingly common headache for retailers.<br />
When an order of 10 000 litres of product is<br />
made, this is the amount that one would expect<br />
to be dropped into the tank, but that is very<br />
rarely the case. Fuel can often travel many<br />
kilometres before it is delivered to a service<br />
station and as a result of this, transit can be<br />
heavily impacted by temperature changes. Add<br />
to that the issues with short deliveries, tanker<br />
thefts and tanker leaks and all of sudden a<br />
delivery provides retailers with a number of<br />
areas of concern. unfortunately it is impossible<br />
to be present at every single delivery<br />
across even a small network of sites, so how<br />
can retailers be sure of what they are getting<br />
delivered? An intelligent wetstock management<br />
solution would be able to identify exactly how<br />
much fuel was dropped into the tank even if<br />
sales are taking place at the same time. This<br />
means that retailers can be made aware of<br />
any discrepancies between the fuel that they<br />
ordered and the fuel actually received into the<br />
tank by making the data available online to<br />
be viewed from home or the office”.<br />
Limiting losses<br />
An investigation to identify the source of losses<br />
on a forecourt traditionally involves extensive<br />
line and tank testing, dispenser isolation and<br />
costly maintenance call-outs, but Fairbanks<br />
confidently point to the fact that a real-time fuel<br />
management solution will identify the source<br />
of a loss in a matter of days rather than weeks.<br />
Bob explains “Data collected by a real-time<br />
wetstock management system will relay all of<br />
this information back to a data analyst. At this<br />
point the data can be examined and losses will<br />
be identified. Concurrently the data is submitted<br />
to an accredited statistical testing regimen<br />
run by the system, giving retailers the security<br />
of a software solution and the reassurance of<br />
human involvement and communication. By<br />
monitoring fuel movement across the site the<br />
data analyst can quickly pin point the source<br />
of the losses and then work with the retailer to<br />
achieve a positive solution. This full visibility of<br />
fuel movement on site will even identify losses<br />
that would otherwise be disguised by equipment<br />
such as Automatic Temperature Compensating<br />
(ATC) dispensers and vapour recovery systems<br />
that would impact on the amount of fuel in the<br />
tank. The above image shows the amount of<br />
losses experienced by some of our customers<br />
from when they implemented the real-time<br />
solution that we offer until today.”<br />
i asked what would happen in the unlikely case<br />
that somebody stole all the fuel from a tank,<br />
when for example the site is closed. Not ducking<br />
the question at all Bob answered “ Effective<br />
wetstock management can protect fuel in<br />
instances where fuel is lost very quickly, such<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
FAIRBANKS – AN INTELLIGENT FUTURE<br />
as a theft directly from the tank as you suggest.<br />
By having a predetermined loss threshold set<br />
for when forecourts are closed retailers can<br />
be alerted to a theft as it is happening. This<br />
detection system is in place to identify theft<br />
at any time. We actually have a recent case<br />
which demonstrates my point precisely.<br />
On Christmas day, at 1:17am, just for the<br />
record, the ibank (Fairbanks’ data collection<br />
and analysis module) installed on site detected<br />
a sudden loss of more than 200 litres on Tank<br />
5 diesel, which triggered the Night Time Loss<br />
alert. Within 15 minutes the alert was sent<br />
to the Fairbanks offices and automatically<br />
forwarded onto the security company covering<br />
the customer’s network of service stations. This<br />
meant that the customer could react to the<br />
situation even though the incident occurred<br />
on a national bank holiday. Without having<br />
a wetstock management system in place the<br />
thieves would have long since fled the site<br />
before the loss was discovered”.<br />
Theft Case Study<br />
The other important area of loss prevention<br />
Bob was keen to identify was in relation to<br />
leaks. in his summary of what was an excellent<br />
presentation he said “ Notwithstanding<br />
potential damage to the environment, the costs<br />
of cleaning up a leak can run into the many<br />
thousands of euros putting most businesses<br />
into serious financial difficulty or even out<br />
of business altogether. A real-time wetstock<br />
system will give you the time and direction<br />
necessary to take action and recover the situation,<br />
24 hours a day 365 days a year. So no<br />
matter when a leak starts you’ll be given the<br />
tools to deal with it in a timely manner”.<br />
Bob will be representing Fairbanks at the upcoming<br />
erpec 13 event in Nice from the 16th<br />
to the 18th of April, 2013 and said he would<br />
be more than happy to offer help and advice to<br />
any retailers who have serious concerns about<br />
this whole subject or perhaps those who just<br />
need a little reassurance.<br />
More details at www.fairbanks.co.uk<br />
17
Georgia awards<br />
tender to LukoIL<br />
News from Russia & Cis<br />
Georgia’s Government has agreed to purchase<br />
motor fuel from Russian firm LukOiL. The<br />
supply tender includes gasoline of the Super,<br />
Premium and EuroDiesel types with a total<br />
volume of 56 million litres. Smaller supply<br />
agreements, with a volume of approximately<br />
5 million litres, have been awarded to Rompetrol<br />
and Wissol. Georgia’s Competition and<br />
State Procurement Agency noted that the<br />
consolidated tender was declared in Georgia<br />
for the first time and that maximum transparency<br />
of the procedure and equal conditions<br />
were provided for all participants.<br />
Gazprom wants 50<br />
stations in Romania<br />
The first Gazprom fuel station on Romanian<br />
soil was opened in Sibiu, on Christmas Eve.<br />
The entire chain of local stations will be under<br />
the management of the Serbian NiS group,<br />
which is controlled by Gazprom. Romania is<br />
the second largest European market on which<br />
Gazprom fuel stations now operate. On December<br />
19 the first Gazprom fuel station was<br />
opened in Serbia. Plans for development on<br />
the retail segment under this brand include<br />
Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the end<br />
of 2013 the Gazprom network of fuel stations<br />
in the Balkans is expected to have reached<br />
100 units. “The development of Gazprom fuel<br />
stations in the Balkans is our strategic objective”,<br />
stated Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of<br />
the Gazprom Neft Board of Directors. “We<br />
aim to expand in Serbia and Romania and<br />
the next step is to enter the Bulgarian market.<br />
i am confident that in the near future the<br />
network of Gazprom fuel stations will spread<br />
through the Balkans and take over leadership<br />
of the market.”<br />
LukoIL considers<br />
expanding to Lebanon<br />
LukOiL may become the first Russian oil<br />
company in Lebanon. LukOiL, operating<br />
in West Africa and Romania, is interested<br />
in winning a government tender to develop<br />
offshore fields in Lebanon. LukOiL’ competition<br />
in the tender includes other international<br />
companies, u.S.-based Chevron and Exxon-<br />
Mobil, France’s TOTAL, China’s CNOOC<br />
and Russia’s Gazprom.<br />
SoCaR to implement major projects<br />
Construction of a new complex processing<br />
oil, gas and petrochemicals in Azerbaijan<br />
is the largest project to be implemented in<br />
the next few years, not only for the State Oil<br />
Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), but for<br />
the whole country. This was recently stated<br />
by head of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev during<br />
a meeting with the president and CEO<br />
of the American company Air Products John<br />
McGlade. According to a statement issued by<br />
SOCAR, Abdullayev spoke about projects<br />
implemented by the State Oil Company in<br />
Turkey, construction of a new shipyard and<br />
the Sumgayit plant for production of nitrogen<br />
fertilisers in Azerbaijan, construction of a<br />
18<br />
LaTEST NEwS, LaTEST EvENTS, RuSSIa NEwS JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
– www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
new oil refinery in Turkey, expansion of the<br />
petrochemical complex Petkim’s port, as well<br />
as a power plant to be built there. “These are<br />
big challenges for SOCAR and its partners in<br />
the next five years”, Abdullayev said. The Air<br />
Products Company has more than 20 years<br />
of experience in manufacturing equipment<br />
for the production of industrial and liquefied<br />
gas for oil refining and petrochemical industry<br />
facilities. The company has more than<br />
40 subsidiaries and its annual sales exceed<br />
$10 billion. SOCAR includes production<br />
association Azneft (companies producing<br />
oil and gas on land and sea) and Production<br />
Association Azerkimya (chemical industry), as<br />
well as production association Azerigas (gas<br />
distribution).The State Oil Company is the<br />
only producer of oil products in the country (it<br />
has two refineries on its assets sheet) and also<br />
owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia,<br />
ukraine and Romania. SOCAR possesses<br />
a network of petrol stations in Switzerland<br />
and is the co-owner of the largest Turkish<br />
petrochemical complex Petkim.<br />
Rosneft and Saras sign venture deal<br />
Russian oil giant Rosneft has put pen to<br />
paper on a joint venture agreement with<br />
italy’s Saras, with the focus on developing<br />
the 300 000 barrel-a-day Sarroch facility in<br />
Sardinia. The venture, a 50/50 partnership,<br />
will see the two cooperate on crude oil<br />
processing and the sale of refined products.<br />
The deal comes as more and more European<br />
refiners are being forced to go into business<br />
with producers from outside their regular<br />
sphere of operation. Saras’ compatriot ERG,<br />
which has already sold its stake in a Romebased<br />
venture it engaged in with TOTAL,<br />
has indicated that it may sell its remaining<br />
20 percent stake in the Priolo iSAB facility<br />
to LukOiL.<br />
TATNEFT switches information system<br />
The TATNEFT group has switched its central<br />
logistics management information system to a<br />
new SAP version, the company has confirmed.<br />
The E-Store project has been integrated with<br />
logistics, finance, controlling, budgeting, project<br />
management and TATNEFT’s electronic<br />
trading platform. in addition to updating the<br />
system, the expanded functionality of the SAP<br />
ERP 6.0 version has offered new capabilities,<br />
including a process of managing contracts for<br />
deliveries. Standard user roles have also been<br />
worked out that allow to quickly connect new<br />
employees to the system, as well as assigning<br />
new functions and powers.<br />
Rosneft’s TNK-BP purchase approved<br />
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has<br />
approved OAO Rosneft’s (ROSN.RS) purchase<br />
of Russian oil producer TNk-BP Holding<br />
(TNBP.RS), clearing the way for the statecontrolled<br />
firm to become the world’s largest<br />
listed crude producer. igor Artemyev, the head<br />
of the Federal Antimonopoly Service said that<br />
Rosneft will be obliged to sell off some gas<br />
stations in regions where the companies will<br />
own more than half of the total. BP will hold<br />
a 19.8 percent stake in Rosneft as part of its<br />
deal to sell out of TNk-BP.
April 16 th to 18 th<br />
Spring 2013<br />
13<br />
Palais De La Méditerranée<br />
Nice, France<br />
www.erpec.com<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM
20<br />
LaTEST NEwS, EvENTS, JobS oNLINE – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM
aLTERNaTiVEfUeL News<br />
Ohio powers up electric vehicle charging stations<br />
Dublin, Ohio has taken upon itself meeting<br />
the recharging needs of environmentally conscious<br />
drivers. The city has installed electric<br />
vehicle charging stations to meet what it calls<br />
a growing interest in alternative fuel vehicles.<br />
The $ 28 400 units are free of charge to the<br />
public. Half the cost of the project is shared<br />
by Columbus-based Clean Fuels Ohio, a statewide<br />
non-profit organization that promotes the<br />
use of clean fuels and energy-efficient vehicles.<br />
The city’s first publicly owned charging station<br />
is part of its overall push for clean energy.<br />
World’s largest companies embrace clean energy<br />
A majority of the world’s largest companies<br />
are not waiting for governments to mandate<br />
renewable energy and lower greenhouse gas<br />
emissions, they are taking it upon themselves<br />
to act first. A new report from investment<br />
and conservation organizations shows that<br />
more than half of the Fortune 100 and<br />
more than two-thirds of the Global 100<br />
have set carbon emissions reduction commitments,<br />
renewable energy commitments<br />
or both. “The global transition to a lower<br />
carbon economy is accelerating due to rising<br />
public concern about climate change”,<br />
states the report. AT&T, DuPont, General<br />
Motors, Google, HP, Sprint and Walmart are<br />
among the corporations that have set their<br />
own renewable energy and greenhouse gas<br />
goals. Despite glacial progress on climate<br />
and energy policy in the u.S. Congress and<br />
at the united Nations climate change talks<br />
that concluded in Qatar 9th December, the<br />
report from Calvert investments, Ceres and<br />
World Wildlife Fund shows that clean energy<br />
practices are becoming standard for some of<br />
the largest and most profitable companies<br />
in the world. The report, “Power Forward:<br />
Why the World’s Largest Companies are<br />
investing in Renewable Energy”, shows<br />
that a majority of Fortune 100 companies<br />
have set a renewable energy commitment,<br />
a greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitment<br />
or both. The trend is even stronger<br />
internationally, as more than two-thirds of<br />
Fortune’s Global 100 have set the same commitments.<br />
The report was prepared by David<br />
Gardiner & Associates with the guidance<br />
of WWF, Ceres and Calvert staff. it was<br />
sourced from analysis of corporate public<br />
disclosures as well as two dozen interviews<br />
with Fortune and Global 100 executives.<br />
“When a majority of the world’s largest<br />
companies are investing in clean energy, you<br />
can truly see its value”, said Mindy Lubber,<br />
President of Ceres, a coalition of investors,<br />
companies and public interest groups. Ceres<br />
also directs the investor Network on Climate<br />
Risk, 100 institutional investors with assets<br />
totaling more than $ 10 trillion. “it speaks<br />
volumes that almost all of these companies<br />
set their renewable energy and greenhouse<br />
gas goals after the economic downturn, precisely<br />
because they understand the economic<br />
benefits of efficiency and renewable energy”,<br />
said Lubber. “We encourage lawmakers to<br />
support policies that help companies meet<br />
and strengthen their clean energy goals.”<br />
The report shows that 96 companies from<br />
the combined 173 companies in the Fortune<br />
100 and Global 100 have set greenhouse<br />
gas reduction goals – 56 percent. Of those,<br />
23 companies have set specific goals for<br />
renewable energy use, with others using<br />
renewable energy to meet their greenhouse<br />
gas goals. Many companies are shifting from<br />
purchasing short-term, temporary Renewable<br />
Energy Credits to longer-term investment<br />
strategies like Power Purchase Agreements<br />
and on-site projects, indicating a long-term<br />
commitment to renewable energy and reaping<br />
the benefits of reduced price volatility,<br />
according to the report. “The companies that<br />
are boldly setting either greenhouse gas or<br />
renewable energy goals and making progress<br />
on those commitments are demonstrating<br />
the business case and real leadership on<br />
climate change”, said Marty Spitzer, Director<br />
of u.S. Climate Policy with WWF, the<br />
global conservation organization. “And, in<br />
the process”, said Spitzer, “these companies<br />
are changing the game – driving significant<br />
renewable energy investment globally and<br />
pressing for the right policy and market<br />
conditions that will allow companies to do<br />
even more.”<br />
NEwS<br />
Neste Oil joins aviation<br />
bio-fuel initiative<br />
Finnish renewable fuel developer Neste Oil<br />
will join hands with the European union<br />
(Eu)-backed ‘initiative Towards Sustainable<br />
kerosene for Aviation’ (iTAkA) project to<br />
promote the use of sustainable bio-fuels in<br />
aviation. A consortium of companies are<br />
currently taking part in the 36-month iTAkA<br />
project, funded through an Eu grant of<br />
10 million under the Eu Seventh Framework<br />
Programme for Research and Development<br />
(2007–2013). Neste Oil will produce 4 000 tons<br />
of NExBTL renewable aviation fuel, produced<br />
from Spanish camelina oil and used cooking<br />
oil, for the project.<br />
H2 mobility initiative<br />
in Germany<br />
Building up a refuelling station network for<br />
fuel cell electric vehicles is taking on a concrete<br />
form. The current partners in the H2<br />
Mobility initiative (Air Liquide, Daimler,<br />
Linde, OMV, Shell and TOTAL) are working<br />
on implementing a business model to build<br />
up a nation-wide hydrogen refuelling station<br />
network in Germany. The objective of this<br />
initiative is to prepare for the planned series<br />
launch of fuel cell electric vehicles and build<br />
up a hydrogen station network infrastructure.<br />
As well as the six partners, seven associated<br />
partners from the automotive industry (BMW,<br />
Honda, Hyundai, intelligent Energy, Nissan,<br />
Toyota and Volkswagen) as well as the National<br />
Organization of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell<br />
Technology (NOW) as interface to Germany’s<br />
federal government are also involved.<br />
Tesla adds to Ev<br />
supercharger network<br />
Tesla has expanded its network of super charg -<br />
ers to the East Coast of the uS. The Tesla<br />
Model S charging stations, which can add 150<br />
miles of range to a car in only 30 minutes, have<br />
been established Milford, Connecticut and<br />
Newark, Delaware. Tesla’s original network<br />
of six charging stations stretched from Los<br />
Angeles to northern California. The company<br />
plans to have 100 new Superchargers across<br />
North America by 2015.<br />
latest LaTEST news, aLTERNaTIvE events, FuEL jobs NEwS online – www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
21
Couche-Tard acquires<br />
29 stores<br />
All stores offer motor fuel branded Phillips 66.<br />
They would eventually be rebranded under<br />
the Circle k brand and continue to offer<br />
motor fuel under Phillips 66. Couche-Tard’s<br />
Midwest division would operate 28 of them,<br />
the other operated by the Southwest division.<br />
Pursuant to this transaction, Couche-Tard<br />
would buy the land and buildings for 25<br />
locations and would assume or enter into<br />
leases for the remaining locations.<br />
Murphy oil expands<br />
through wal-Mart<br />
Murphy Oil Corp has announced that its<br />
wholly-owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil uSA,<br />
inc., has entered into an agreement with<br />
Wal-Mart Stores, inc. to provide access to<br />
over 200 new fuel service stations within<br />
its core market area covering the Midwest<br />
and Southeast united States. under the<br />
terms of the agreement, Murphy uSA will<br />
have the opportunity to build over 200 new<br />
fuel service stations at existing Walmart<br />
supercentres. The construction program<br />
is expected to be completed over the next<br />
three years.<br />
7-Eleven acquires<br />
143 sites<br />
7-Eleven has made a significant acquisition<br />
of 143 sites in south Texas. from C. L.<br />
Thomas. The, transaction adds to a previous<br />
acquisition of 25 convenience stores in the<br />
state from Tetco and includes fuel distribution<br />
to approximately 150 dealer-operated<br />
fuel service stations. The retail sites are<br />
branded as Speedy Stop and Tigermarket.<br />
&-Eleven plans to interview and offer positions<br />
to qualified employees in the stores<br />
and rebrand a significant number of locations<br />
during 2013.<br />
usa News<br />
New fuel distribution insurance program<br />
National interstate insurance Company is<br />
planning to offer a new fuel distribution insurance<br />
program, in an effort to strengthen its<br />
long-standing captive fuel distribution business.<br />
Effective since January, the new program<br />
involves residential propane and fuel dealers<br />
aTM legislation becomes law<br />
President Obama has signed into law NACSsupported<br />
legislation that eliminates a regulatory<br />
provision – one that has become the<br />
source of frivolous lawsuits aimed at operators<br />
of ATMs. Regulations required ATM opera -<br />
tors to post both a notice of a transaction<br />
fee on or near the ATM and provide an onscreen<br />
notice of the fee during the transaction.<br />
under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, a<br />
consumer who uses an ATM which does not<br />
have a notice of a transaction fee posted and<br />
is charged a fee, can bring an action against<br />
22<br />
LaTEST NEwS, LaTEST EvENTS, uSa NEwS JobS – oNLINE www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
– www.PETRoLPLaza.CoM<br />
with a commitment to safety and strong risk<br />
man agement practises. Coverage options in -<br />
clude auto liability, general liability, auto physical<br />
damage, workers’ compensation, as well<br />
as property and excess umbrella, with crime<br />
and inland marine coverage upon request.<br />
the ATM operator and recover statutory<br />
damages between uS $ 100 and uS $ 1 000<br />
for each transaction – regardless of whether<br />
the consumer suffered any actual injury.<br />
Representative Blaine Luetkmeyer (R-MO)<br />
introduced legislation to eliminate this redundant<br />
requirement when he learned that one<br />
individual in Missouri had successfully filed<br />
suit against five ATM operators and secured<br />
more than uS $ 100 000 in settlements. He<br />
referred to the legislation as a “commonsense<br />
fix” to crack down on nuisance lawsuits.<br />
Kwik Trip expands CNG station network in USA<br />
La Crosse-based kwik Trip has began selling<br />
compressed natural gas at its fueling station<br />
in Minnesota City, uSA. kwik Trip now has<br />
nine stations across Wisconsin, iowa and<br />
Minnesota that sell compressed natural gas<br />
and it intends to open many more, said Joel<br />
Hirschboeck, the company’s superintendent<br />
of alternative fuel. CNG emissions are about<br />
90 percent lower than diesel, making the fuel<br />
especially attractive to businesses that have<br />
truck fleets. The national trade organization<br />
NGVAmerica estimates CNG fuel consumption<br />
has grown by about 15 percent a year<br />
since 2006.<br />
Source upgrade their dispensing applications<br />
Source North America Corporation, a<br />
major fuelling equipment distributor in North<br />
America, is now assembling curb pump<br />
dispensing hoses as per the requirements<br />
of the uL 330 application process that took<br />
effect on 1st January 2013 which specify<br />
the use of approved flammable liquid hose<br />
assemblies, consisting of flexible hose and<br />
fittings suitable for attachment to flammable<br />
liquid dispensing equipment. Curb pump<br />
hoses have been specifically designed for<br />
conventional dispensing applications that<br />
require a hard-wall construction for full flow<br />
and no internal spring guards, making them<br />
ideal for use with gasoline, diesel, ethanol up<br />
to E15 and biodiesel up to B20.<br />
Jones & Frank acquires Reliable Oil Equipment<br />
Jones & Frank has acquired the assets of Reliable<br />
Oil Equipment, a distributor and service<br />
provider headquartered in Ohio. The combined<br />
organisation will have 22 branch offices, three<br />
distribution centres and personnel in 20 states.<br />
After completion of the merger, Jones & Frank<br />
will employ over 175 certified technicians strategically<br />
located to deliver a wide array of equipment<br />
and services. “We are very excited about this<br />
acquisition and the depth that the strong team<br />
at Reliable adds to our business. The blending<br />
of key resources from both organizations will<br />
translate into increased efficiencies to better<br />
serve our customer”, said Jones & Frank CEO<br />
Sterling Baker. “The acquisition also adds to<br />
our capacity and geographic presence to better<br />
service the single store operator or the national<br />
retailer with multiple locations.”
www.alucobond.com<br />
www.bennettpump.com<br />
LED under Canopy Illumination Display<br />
www.beverinnovations.com<br />
www.brugg.de<br />
www.cree.com<br />
www.plxpipe.com<br />
www.elaflex.de<br />
www.eurotank.eu.com<br />
www.gilbarco.eu<br />
www.hectronic.com<br />
Inventory Control Management<br />
Dispensing Systems<br />
www.tecalemit.de<br />
www.iisltd.com<br />
www.fuelspricing.com<br />
www.integration.co.nz<br />
The kärcher car wash system.<br />
www.kaercher.com<br />
www.kpsystem.com<br />
www.kubald.com<br />
www.leightonobrien.com<br />
www.mepsan.com.tr<br />
www.mueller-offenburg.de<br />
www.novyc.com<br />
Pipe and fitting systems<br />
www.nupigeco.com<br />
Integrated Coating & Monitoring Systems<br />
www.ono-oil.com<br />
www.petrotec.eu<br />
latest news, events, jobs online – www.PetrolPlaza.com<br />
WEBSITES AND LOGOS – SUPPORTING ERPECNEWS<br />
®<br />
www.psdcodax.com<br />
www.pwm.com<br />
www.scheidt-bachmann.com<br />
Leak Prevention<br />
www.sgb.de<br />
www.sloanled.com<br />
www.tanknology.com<br />
In Innovation, In Reliable Services<br />
www.tatsuno.co.jp/english/<br />
www.tokheim.com<br />
www.torex.com<br />
Worldwide producer vehicle washing equipment<br />
www.washtec.de<br />
www.wayne.com<br />
*'<br />
www.wincor-nixdorf.com<br />
If you have not yet sent us your logo and website address, please do so for the next issue by mailing editor@erpecnews.com<br />
23