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NEwS – EUrOPE Czech republic annually loses billions in unpaid fuel tax The Czech state annually loses up to 8 billion crowns in unpaid duty on oil and petrol, according to a report that Benzina, the biggest petrol station chain in the country, worked out for the state “We found out that due to the illegal fuel imports from linz, austria, which the police revealed last year, the Czech state lost up to 3.5 billion crowns in seven months, Benzina director general Martin Durcak said. Untaxed petrol is also imported from Germany and Poland. Benzina’s profits are affected by the illegal imports of fuel, a newspaper notes. Some 300 million litres of untaxed fuel was on the Czech market, which was about 4 percent of the consumption. TCI Environment has moved its offices From april 1st you will now find TCI Environment International at the following address; Rijksweg 10 C, 1e verdieping / 1er étage, 2880 Bornem, Belgium. The telephone numbers remain the same. Electric fueling point at Munich airport One erpecnews reader, one a journey through Munich airport in Germany, recently saw a glimpse of the future and something many of us have yet to see, whilst walking across the shopping piazza just outside the main airport lobby. a mini car being filled up with electricity, only for promotional purposes I might add, which just seemed to me as being such a simple thing to do. No spilt fuel, no vapour or potential fire hazards. How long will it be before we are all driving onto petrol forecourt, or wherever we may actually find such a facility and asking someone for 8 000 volts please? a shocking thought maybe and certainly a reality check to my system! Gazprom has no plans for TOTAL’s refinery in UK OaO Gazprom Neft, the oil unit of Russia’s natural-gas exporter, doesn’t plan to buy TOTal Sa’s U.K. refinery and filling stations. Gazprom Neft spokeswoman Ekaterina Stenyakina informed by telephone from Moscow after london’s Sunday Times reported Gazprom may bid. Total has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. to advise on the sale of the assets, worth at least £1 billion (US $ 1.59 billion). TOTal-owned assets for sale include the 221 000 barrel-a-day lindsey refinery in eastern England and a 247-kilometre (150-mile) pipeline linking the plant to the Buncefield depot near london. The fuel storage site supplies jet fuel to Heathrow airport. Total also has 800 filling stations in the country. The Autogrill teams up with ESSO in Italy Italian airport and motorway restaurant operator autogrill has announced it has reached an agreement with Esso Italiana, part of the ExxonMobil Corp. Through the partnership, autogrill’s subsidiary Nuova Sidap will manage a network of 80 service station stores. The service stations will remain the property of ESSO and will use the ESSO brand for the oil products offered and autogrill brand for grocery items Gilbarco veeder-root acquires Fafnir GmbH Gilbarco Veeder-Root has acquired Fafnir GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany. Fafnir specializes in the development and production of sensors and systems for monitoring and measuring liquid levels and vapor flow. The company offers a broad range of tank gauging and vapor monitoring technology for fueling operators, as well as sensing products for the process industry. Fafnir’s commitment to the industry over the last forty years has resulted in a large installed base of sites that spans multi-national, regional, and independent oil companies in Europe, the Middle East and africa, asia, and beyond. Fafnir enjoys strong brand recognition and an excellent reputation for customer focus, quality, and innovation. “Fafnir’s leading technology and strong brand along with its innovative team of employees in budgens & Londis recruit forecourt retailers in the UK Musgrave Retail Partners are planning to sign up a significant number of new forecourt retailers to its Budgens and londis brands. The company recruited 50 forecourt operators in 2009, with a similar number predicted for 2010. “Budgens and londis are traditionally perceived as convenience, supermarket and wholesale retailers”, said Musgrave Retail Partners GB Managing Director Phil Smith. “Now there is a conscious shift to see Budgens and londis as forecourt retailers too. Forecourts represent a significant and growing number of stores and we will continue to develop our brands and drive 4 LATEST NEwS, EvENTS, jObS ONLINE – www.PETrOLPLAzA.COM Paris-based company, Europe’s biggest refiner, plans to sell a European plant outside France with the capacity to process about 200 000 barrels a day, Jean-Jacques Mosconi, Senior Vice President for strategy, said earlier this month. TOTal is trimming oil-refining capacity by about 20 percent after the recession cut fuel demand. Chevron Corp. has hired Deutsche Bank aG for the 1.3 billion pound sale of its Pembroke refinery in Wales and U.K. fuel stations, it is reported. The plant has the capacity to process 210 000 barrels of oil a day. Royal Dutch Shell Plc has said it’s negotiating with Essar Oil ltd. to sell three European oil refineries including its Stanlow plant in Cheshire, England. Hamburg will broaden Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s tank gauge and vapor recovery offering for our retail and commercial fueling customers”, said Peter Dilnot, President, Gilbarco Veeder-Root EMEa & asia. “Fafnir’s product portfolio, coupled with Gilbarco’s strong distribution and service network, will be of great value to our customers.” Fafnir’s prior owner, Dieter Sager, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Gilbarco as a partner that will enhance the outstanding success Fafnir has enjoyed since the company’s beginning over forty years ago. We are excited about joining our two businesses together.” Fafnir will retain its product brands and will continue to operate out of its Hamburg, Germany location as a division of Gilbarco Veeder-Root. Rolf Schaal and René albrecht will continue as Managing Directors of Fafnir. new initiatives for forecourts.” Musgrave has also established a ‘Forecourt Forum’ where it works with its most successful forecourt retailers to recognise best practice and analyse ranging and availability issues. It has also developed a ‘space matrix’ to calculate the most efficient use of space for every new and refitted forecourt. In addition, forecourt specific planograms have been used to develop ranges for key categories. Smith concluded: “We’re planning to drive the forecourt business in 2010 through improved till execution and promotions, and macro and micro space changes.”
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