Kuwait Petroleum International (Q8) announced the opening of a model fuel station at the European level near Milan, northern Italy. The c... [...]
OPEC predicted stronger demand for its crude on a combination of rising global fuel consumption and output disruptions elsewhere. The lat... [...]
An investment of €10 million (£8.6m) has been announced by bp ventures in European in-car digital payments provider ryd. The company offe... [...]
Checkout-free technology provider Zippin has closed a $30 million Series B funding round with participation from new and existing investor... [...]
A group of Arab and Asian American fuel station owners called on the City Council to investigate alleged racial targeting by city inspecto... [...]
The move by Alimentation Couche-Tard’s Circle K to buy 10 Dublin Londis stores from businessman Seamus Griffin adds spice to the capital’s... [...]
Alexandra Copeland, regional operations manager for Applegreen, told the Power Mobility and Convenience conference that forecourts are inc... [...]
Sainsbury's has announced it plans to keep all shops closed this Boxing Day. The UK’s second biggest retail supermarket has followed other... [...]
FamilyMart Co. plans to open about 1,000 convenience stores with unmanned checkout counters by the end of fiscal 2024, sources said. The ... [...]
Express Wash Operations LLC, dba Magnolia Wash Holdings, successfully completed the acquisition of 16 locations across four separate trans... [...]
The new Puma lubricants comprise three different products, including HD Super for diesel and petrol engines, GT Plus, a fully synthetic en... [...]
The U.K. company is working with advisers including Rothschild & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and Barclays Plc as it weig... [...]
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India will give about $3.5 billion in incentives to auto companies over a five-year period under a revised scheme to boost the manufacturi... [...]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in the ability of the upcoming petroleum hub, saying it will drastically im... [...]
Ampol is piloting a carbon neutral petrol and diesel option aimed at offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the production, dis... [...]
Neste has agreed to acquire 100% of Agri Trading, one of the largest independent renewable waste and residue fat and oil traders in the Un... [...]
Symbol group Select & Save is expanding out of the Midlands following major interest from retailers in the south of England. The firm’s m... [...]
Asda is to open 200 convenience stores on petrol station forecourts by the end of next year as its new private equity owners put their sta... [...]
By the end of the year, PKN Orlen will have 14 petrol stations in Germany under the Orlen brand, the company's CEO has announced. Daniel ... [...]
The Federal Trade Commission is examining ways to crack down on mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry and investigate wheth... [...]
How to drive targeted promotional strategies and enhance customer experience at the pump with T-Media from Dover Fueling Solutions [...]
Sinopec Corp plans to spend 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) on hydrogen energy by 2025 as the state oil and gas major pivots to producing n... [...]
BP has officially re-entered fully owned and operated U.S. convenience stores by taking full ownership of Louisville, Ky.-based Thorntons.... [...]
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. unveiled its branded store “Happy Shop” In Mumbai, marking its foray into non-fuel retailing. Locate... [...]
Shell aims to install 50,000 on-street EV charge points by 2025 [...]
ExxonMobil today announced its majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd., is moving forward with plans to produce renewable diesel at a ... [...]
The powerful climate pollutant methane is leaking out of dozens of oil and gas wells, pipelines, and storage tanks in Romania, adding to a... [...]
Amid the ongoing fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the government is going all-out to ramp up vaccination across the country and ha... [...]
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) is calling on BP to immediately suspend its plans to sell alcohol at fuel stations. ... [...]
Cambodia's first 7-Eleven® store is already operational in Phnom Penh, the bustling capital city of the Southeast Asian country. Resident... [...]
By the end of the year, PKN Orlen will have 14 petrol stations in Germany under the Orlen brand, the company's CEO has announced. Daniel ... [...]
Refuel Operating Co., a Charleston, S.C.-based retail and wholesale fuel distribution and convenience store business, has entered into an ... [...]
The City of Antwerp, Belgium's second-largest city, has awarded the extension and development of its public charging network for Electric ... [...]
Richard Bartlett is the senior vice-president of future mobility and solutions at BP. Autocar asked Richard on BP strategy on future mobili... [...]
Every owner of a Romac Fuels Card can now benefit from access to the growing LIQVIS infrastructure network and can fill up their trucks at... [...]
With a total of 103 convenience stores across Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming, the new app-based loyalty program allows customers to earn digi... [...]
Wind turbine manufacturer GE Renewable Energy and state-owned oil refiner PKN Orlen have signed a memorandum of understanding to work toge... [...]
Imperial Oil Limited recently announced that it is on track to build an international-level renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona re... [...]
The fourth-largest U.S. refiner Phillips 66 said it has put the smaller of its two Louisiana refineries up for sale amid continued losses ... [...]
Shell has become the first private company to sign a gas supply contract with a gas distributor in Brazil, following the liberalisation of... [...]
US-based CleanBay Renewables said August 24 it had signed a 15-year agreement with BP to sell gas sourced from poultry industry waste for ... [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is moving forward with a binding agreement for the acquisition of convenience stores and fuel retail sites f... [...]
AS24 has announced network expansion of service stations in the Czech Republic. AS24 points out that you can now use 90 Benzina fuel serv... [...]
GetUpside is bringing its fuel and convenience store promotions to Uber drivers and delivery associates through a new pact between the two... [...]
ADNOC signs $1 billion worth of engineering services deals [...]
CarPay-Diem has agreed to strengthen Parkopedia’s recently launched payment platform to enable in-car fuel payments. Through this deal, Pa... [...]
The company will sign an agreement to operate a total of 6 stores under the Valero brand in Jalisco, which currently has 19 fuel stations.... [...]
Japanese oil company Eneos Corp, a unit of Eneos Holdings Inc has teamed up with France’s Neoen SA to jointly study the possibility of bui... [...]
SK Energy, the oil-refining subsidiary of SK, announced that it has decided to launch Carbon Neutral Petroleum Products for the first time... [...]
Woolworths and Uber Eats have announced a partnership that will offer customers delivery of a curated range of products from select Metro ... [...]
Ballenoil has reached over 150 stations expecting to triple sales by the end of 2021 [...]
Ohio-based convenience store chain Speedway, recently purchased by 7-Eleven, is selling off 166 former service station, retail development... [...]
Repos Energy has strengthened its energy distribution services in the country. The Ratan Tata-backed company said that with e-commerce, t... [...]
Shell says that it has helped prevent 38 tonnes of food being dumped by its petrol station stores since February and expects this figure t... [...]
The agreement provides for increased collaboration between the companies around fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, electrificati... [...]
Clean Streak Ventures, a portfolio company of MKH Capital Partners, opened its 13th Clean Machine Car Wash according to a press release. ... [...]
Puma Energy invests $11M to open 20 new Super7 convenience stores in Puerto Rico this year [...]
Rompetrol opens 10 new fuelling stations in Romania [...]
Indian state-controlled Petronet LNG, the country's biggest LNG importer, plans to build 1,000 LNG retail outlets over 4-5 years as it see... [...]
Carrefour Poland is ramping up its presence in the convenience market, with the group announcing that it has opened 52 new convenience out... [...]
Raízen said in a statement its subsidiary Raízen Energia SA has agreed to buy 50% of Paraguay's Barcos y Rodados SA for $130 million. In ... [...]
PayPoint is to remove exclusivity clauses from its contracts following an investigation by energy regulator Ofgem. Ofgem launched the inv... [...]
Unlock impulse buying with T-Media by Dover Fueling Solutions to boost sales and profit margins [...]
BP says Australia is an ideal place to scale up green hydrogen production [...]
Shell has amended the target to 2022 because EU carbon-neutrality goals have created an urgency to maximise the return on investment in Ad... [...]
ADNOC Distribution’s first-half 2021 net profit is a robust Dh1.15 billion, with forecasts of more solid returns to come in the second-hal... [...]
The American meal delivery company Doordash has European ambitions. It wants to realise these by investing in the Berlin-based express gro... [...]
Australia Post and 7-Eleven Australia are partnering to offer customers access to free all-hours parcel lockers at 7-Eleven stores across ... [...]
The Department of Petroleum Resources has said it is working towards capturing all the 33,000 filling stations in Nigeria in its Downst... [...]
The government has granted auto fuel retailing licence to seven new entities including Reliance Industries Ltd and a joint venture of Reli... [...]
Shell has begun trading shares of Raizen, its renewable energy joint venture with Brazilian energy company Cosan, on the Sao Paulo Stock E... [...]
Eni has acquired Be Power, whose subsidiary Be Charge is Italy’s second-largest operator of public charging infrastructure for electric ve... [...]
“Due to growing consumer demand, our customers require a complete digital currency solution, including the ability to buy and sell cryptoc... [...]
Refuel Operating Co. has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Albemarle Oil Co. (ALCO), a North Carolina based convenience s... [...]
Leading UK bakery chain plans to establish 100 new outlets [...]
Seven major British companies, including the operators of some of the largest commercial vehicle fleets in the country – BP, BT, Direct Li... [...]
Shell has launched “The Giving Pump” at fuel stations across the United States as part of its Force for Good initiative to drive positive ... [...]
Boutique property funds manager Fawkner has continued to add to its essential service property trusts, picking up 31 fuel and convenience ... [...]
UnionPay International, one of the world's leading payment brands, and BP in Europe announced a new acceptance partnership for the accepta... [...]
PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp said it has partnered with Viridian Hydrogen UAE to help establish a hydrogen ecosystem in the United Arab ... [...]
‘Caltex’ petrol stations will soon start to disappear, replaced by 850 ‘Astron’ outlets [...]
Volta Industries an industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks, which has entered into a definitive agreement ... [...]
Orelex Group has signed a purchase contract with Kool Latvija petrol station network, as confirmed by Aqua Marina. The deal was co-finance... [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has entered into a binding agreement to acquire an independent convenience-store and fuel network with 79 co... [...]
ARKO Corp., owner of GPM Investments, has completed its latest store remodel at its fas mart location in Mechanicsville, Va., the second t... [...]
Indian Oil and Petronas is planning to launch a separate brand for retailing auto fuels in India, IOCL chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya sai... [...]
Spanish multinational utility Iberdrola has secured funding to build Spain’s first public green hydrogen station in Barcelona. Iberdrola ... [...]
Morrisons, which has 497 branches nationwide, has confirmed it will spend the next year adding more rapid charging points to its car parks... [...]
Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services Co. (Aldrees) has submitted a request to acquire service stations in Egypt, as part of a wider pl... [...]
Scott Petroleum Corp. is exiting the convenience and fuel retailing industry after being purchased by C&S Fuels LLC. The deal closed for a... [...]
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., through its Chevron Products Co. division, and global power and hydrogen technologies leader Cummins Inc. entered a m... [...]
Nestle and Starbucks are extending their partnership to launch ready-to-drink coffee beverages in markets across Southeast Asia, Oceania a... [...]
Circle K, is deploying bitcoin ATMs in its stores across the U.S. and Canada. More than 700 machines operated by Bitcoin Depot have alrea... [...]
Elon Musk explains how non-Tesla EV owners are going to be able to use the Supercharger network [...]
France’s petrochemical company Total, which now likes to be known as TotalEnergies, has scored an e-mobility deal in Singapore. Its compat... [...]
Up to 800 Shell electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be installed in as many as 100 Waitrose shops across the UK by 2025. Each site... [...]
BP announced the successful acquisition of Open Energi, a technology company that develops a platform for renewable energy optimisation T... [...]
The government announcement to exclude essential workers from self-isolation requirements if they have been double vaccinated should be ex... [...]
DKV Mobility announces its strong growth in the Italian network with over 10,000 fuel stations activated. As the second largest market in... [...]
ENGEN is expanding its footprint in neighbouring Botswana. Five new service stations have opened in the first half of 2021 and a further f... [...]
Chicago-based Foxtrot announced a mass expansion, which includes an additional 50 new stores throughout the country within the next two ye... [...]
This acquisition is the largest carwash tuck-in acquisition for Driven Brands to date and follows the 10 recently acquired Racer Classic C... [...]
Emart24 is introducing an artificial intelligence-based alcohol vending machine that would support its fully unmanned operation of conveni... [...]
In the past few months, 40 DC fast charging stations, each with 175 kilowatts, have been installed in the oil company's German filling sta... [...]
Multinational energy company Shell will install 800 electric vehicle chargers at Waitrose shops in by 2025, increasing its number of charg... [...]
These stations were handed over to the state in 2012, but they were never efficient or helped reduce fuel smuggling. Within the new oil po... [...]
In a push for India’s electric mobility playbook, Tata Power will set up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at state-run Hindustan Pe... [...]
Repsol CEO, Josu Jon Imaz, and Chairman of Iberia, Javier Sánchez-Prieto, signed an agreement that will develop ambitious joint programs a... [...]
Leonardo and Snam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop their respective technological skills to support innovation and su... [...]
In North Sydney, Aldi has opened the first branch of a new, smaller retail format. In terms of both range and design, it is a real break f... [...]
TotalEnergies has joined H2Accelerate, an organisation of hydrogen producers, infrastructure operators and vehicle manufacturers aiming to... [...]
Electrify America to double EV charging stations by 2025 [...]
Maxol invests €7m in upgrades in forecourt network [...]
BP has bought out its private equity partner in a chain of US fuel stations, marking a return to the owned-and-operated model for retail s... [...]
ENOC Link, the digital mobile fuel delivery service for businesses in the UAE by ENOC Group, announced its plans to roll out its new and w... [...]
Shell claims to have signed the world’s first carbon-neutral term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal after sealing a five-year contra... [...]
Customers shopping at more than 3,000 7-Elevens in the nation’s capital and 32 states around the U.S. will have the option of paying for t... [...]
Long winding queues are forming outside petrol stations in the greater Durban area of KwaZulu-Natal. Several petrol stations have already... [...]
World's largest hydrogen station in Beijing [...]
Galileo Technologies will supply 500 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pumps and 200 Microbox Core MX200 compressor packages to Egypt. They wi... [...]
Shell and T-Systems International GmbH, Deutsche Telekom's business customer division, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advanc... [...]
True Blue Car Wash announced the successful acquisition of eight Extreme Clean locations in the Quad Cities, Rockford and suburbs of Chica... [...]
Drivers will be able to purchase fuel while still seated in their cars by taking part in a pilot project that uses RFID payment at selecte... [...]
Parkopedia partners with ThinxNet to provide seamless in-car fuelling payments across Europe [...]
GreenLake Asset Management LLC ("GreenLake") announces it has closed a $14,275,000 loan on eight gas stations located in New Jersey and Pe... [...]
Hyzon Motors and TotalEnergies, through its Marketing and Services division, have joined forces to develop hydrogen refuelling and vehicle... [...]
Supermarket chain Morrisons has accepted a £6.3bn ($8.7bn) takeover bid by a US investment group led by the owner of Majestic Wine. Last ... [...]
Parkland Corp. has agreed to acquire Pétroles Crevier Inc., a subsidiary of Crevier Group, a retail and wholesale fuels and lubricants bus... [...]
UK Fuels, the provider of the UK’s largest independent fuel card network, has hit a new milestone increasing its nationwide network to ove... [...]
A new OKKO filling complex was opened in Lviv, Ukraine. It became the first filling station, where there will be a window for serving dish... [...]
KPI's Chief Executive Officer Bakheet Al-Rashidi said, that the agreement will enhance KPI's manufacturing and refining strategies in orde... [...]
The service is available to all Pure Planet Members from today Members can accurately see the financial cost of their energy use, in th... [...]
7-Eleven to sell nearly 300 fuel stations to comply with regulators [...]
As Oregon temporarily lifts its near-state-wide ban on self-service refuelling, we thought we'd take a look at other regions with this arc... [...]
TotalEnergies and Uber are partnering to accelerate the transition of Uber’s drivers towards electric mobility, by providing support for v... [...]
Shell and Renault are among those interested in taking a stake in electric vehicle charging group Ionity. Ionity, whose owners include V... [...]
Understanding the unique needs of the growing number of two-wheeled motorists, PETRON Corporation is designating an exclusive Motorcycle L... [...]
According to the latest Forecourt Crime Index from BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate – there has also been “a radical shift in bot... [...]
TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool ... [...]
Couche-Tard Inc beat estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, helped by strong sales at the chain's fuel supply outlets following speed... [...]
Repsol and Renault Group have renewed their collaboration agreement with the aim of continuing to promote AutoGas in the automotive sector... [...]
Casey’s General Stores Inc. has closed on the purchase of 48 convenience stores from Circle K-owner Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. The tra... [...]
Drivers will be charged up to a £100 deposit fee when topping up petrol or diesel at Tesco and Sainsbury's. This will be taken out of a d... [...]
Shell plans to exit California joint venture with Exxon Mobil [...]
Ferrari could be leaving petroleum behind sooner than you think [...]
Healthy fast food chain Leon unveils plans for first ever Drive Thru [...]
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC’s petrol station estate may be playing a key part in a potential takeover by US private equity firm Clayton, ... [...]
India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani (pictured) , who has run one of the world’s largest petroleum businesses for over two decades, announce... [...]
US-based fast-food restaurant chain The Wendy’s Company has signed agreements that will bolster its footprint in Central Asia over the nex... [...]
Australian electric vehicle charging network provider Chargefox has announced it will have 5,000 plugs available by the end of 2025, a sig... [...]
TotalEnergies and Uber are partnering today to accelerate the transition of Uber’s drivers towards electric mobility, by providing support... [...]
Our latest update comes from a board member at German car maker Volkswagen, who laid out some of the company's pivot-to-electric plans in ... [...]
GM, Shell join forces to expand EV provision in U.S. [...]
Filling up cars at a petrol station in Lebanon was never Adel Mostafa's dream job, but it paid the 44-year-old Egyptian enough to feed his... [...]
When asked about Element 2’s ambitious goal to deploy 800 hydrogen pumps in the UK by 2027, the company’s CEO, Tim Harper, told H2 View he... [...]
Ampol Ltd has formally commenced the production and supply of Mobil lubricants at its Queensland lubricant blending facility in Australia.... [...]
Ballenoil has opened a total of 14 service stations throughout Spain during the first half of the year, investing more than 10 million eur... [...]
The pandemic has caused major social and economic disruptions across the world. Indonesia is no exception. Among ASEAN countries, Indonesi... [...]
Payment24 has launched FastLane, bringing contactless, cardless and secure fuel payments to the market. FastLane is described as ‘biometri... [...]
Lightsource BP said it will invest 475 million euros or $566 million for buying solar power projects in northern Spain. Lightsource BP di... [...]
India has fast-tracked a proposal to introduce petrol with a higher blend of ethanol in an effort to reduce its vehicular emissions and cu... [...]
Amazon’s long-awaited grocery store in Bellevue, Washington opened to the crowd— and added a twist. With a surprise announcement, the sto... [...]
You can now buy wine from one petrol station, BP says – and soon from several more in Gauteng and the Western Cape. BP launched "wine on... [...]
The Forecourt Show, scheduled to open at the NEC on July 5, has been postponed until 2023 following the Government’s latest anouncement to... [...]
IoTecha uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to connect electric vehicle (EV) charge points with the electricity grid, homes, and bu... [...]
TotalEnergies and Stellantis announce the renewal of their partnership for the next five years for the Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobi... [...]
ENTV reports on Dover Fueling Solutions' new aftermarket parts website [...]
Video of the week: Gulf Oil - 'It All Starts Here' commercial [...]
Refineries around Europe are restarting as the spring maintenance season comes to an end and economics steadily improve, but not all fuel ... [...]
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan (pictured) inaugurated GAIL group’s 201 compressed natural gas (... [...]
Israel-based cashierless checkout startup Trigo has received a $10 million strategic investment from German supermarket chain Rewe. TechCr... [...]
Chevron Marine Lubricants is set to boost its presence in African ports after extending its joint venture with Akwa Group. Building on it... [...]
Andamur continues expanding its retail footprint in Spain by adding six new sites to its partner fuel service station network. The new st... [...]
Gulf unveils ‘It All Starts Here’ consumer platform [...]
ExxonMobil may be a leader in research and development into carbon reduction technologies, but they know they don’t have all the answers. ... [...]
Love's Travel Stops is ending its mask requirement for fully vaccinated customers and employees, the company announced. Non-vaccinated cu... [...]
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Scuffles broke out at petrol stations across the country, as the country’s fuel crisis worsened. With the cash-strapped government unable... [...]
The Downstream Oil Resilience Bill was introduced in June by UK's energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan after being first announced during ... [...]
Gridserve acquires Ecotricity Electric Highway EV charging network [...]
Orlen plans to build 100 hydrogen refueling stations in Europe [...]
Shell & TotalEnergies are just two of the many majors attending forecourttech this year in October. Also participating are many large ind... [...]
MOL Group to buy OMV’s retail network of 120 service stations in Slovenia [...]
7-Eleven has no plans to install electric vehicle chargers at its Australian sites in the near future, despite pledging 500 for the US and... [...]
Raízen, a joint venture between Shell Plc and Cosan SA, is acquiring Shell’s lubricant business in Brazil. In a securities filing this we... [...]
ExxonMobil will be making $240 million worth of improvements to a refinery opened 112 years ago in Louisiana’s capital city, the company a... [...]
Pavilion Energy Trading and BP Singapore have signed a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the supply of approximately 0.8... [...]
Fuel pumps will be fitted with new labels from June making drivers aware of the new petrol updates. A targeted advertising campaign will a... [...]
WhiteWater Express Car Wash, an express car wash platform with over 40 locations headquartered in Houston, acquired Tulsa Express Car Wash... [...]
bp pulse has opened the UK’s first rapid charging hub for fleet vehicles. The new multi-charger hub on Park Lane in Central London can alr... [...]
Satellite services provider Hughes Communications India announced it has won a contract from oil retailer Nayara Energy to install, integr... [...]
Ampol Ltd said it would invest at least A$100 million ($77 million) on developing new fuels over the next five years, including green hydr... [...]
Tech's leading man Elon Musk (pictured) may soon be entering a brand new type of business—in the restaurant industry. According to the la... [...]
Berlin-based Flink, an online grocery and food e-commerce operator, announced that it has bagged $240M (approx €198M) in a fresh round of ... [...]
The municipality of Amsterdam has awarded the concession for the expansion of its public charging network for electric vehicles (EV) to... [...]
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A huge fire broke out at an oil refinery in the southern part of the Iranian capital of Tehran, Iranian state media reported, saying there... [...]
Reliance BP Mobility Ltd, a 51:49 joint venture of Reliance Industries Ltd and BP, has started the franchisee on-boarding process, as it l... [...]
An official at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has said a recent ban on the construction and establishment of new fuel serv... [...]
Fuel management solutions provider The Fuel Store has added 3,000 new fuel sites to its network with the addition of the Esso Card Nationa... [...]
With road traffic levels rising as restrictions ease, demand for petrol and diesel in the UK has risen two and a half times over since the... [...]
Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. The service will be piloted wit... [...]
Shell and CGI have extended their partnership for another five-year term. Employing 77,000 consultants and other professionals around the ... [...]
7-Eleven is adding 500 EV charging stations across the US [...]
At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, shareholders approved almost unanimously, the resolution to change the company’s ... [...]
BP has extended its multi-year, managed services agreement with Diebold Nixdorf and will leverage DN AllConnect Services globally to reduc... [...]
The observant country salesperson taking a drive through South Africa’s provinces north and east of the Orange River in recent times may h... [...]
PDI announced that it intends to invest over $100 million during the next five years to fuel innovation, improve customer experiences, and... [...]
Sheetz, a major Mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, announced it will be enabling digital currency payments via Flexa, the lead... [...]
Oxford to house Europe’s most powerful EV charging hub [...]
Energy Superhub Oxford to deliver Europe's most powerful electric vehicle charging hub [...]
A groundbreaking digital identification solution that enhances current age-verification systems at all retail points of sale and protects ... [...]
In Germany, Aral and PAYBACK are now offering the option of paying for fuel directly at the petrol pump. As a first step, the new "PAYBAC... [...]
Eight months into their partnership, Instacart and 7-Eleven have rolled out same-day delivery to nearly 6,000 of the convenience retail gi... [...]
The acquisition adds 60 c-stores with gas in Michigan and Ohio to the operators portfolio The deal complements GPM's consolidation strate... [...]
Six weeks before the country locked down in March 2020, Yunus Valli spent what he’s only willing to call “a substantial investment” overha... [...]
Total has purchased a 20% stake in hydrogen taxi fleet and fueling station owner Hysetco in France, the company said May 26, further diversi... [...]
Poland reveals details of merger to create multi-energy giant [...]
Britain’s energy regulator will invest £300m in infrastructure to support the uptake of electric vehicles. Ofgem’s funding will provide t... [...]
SOCAR and Russia's oil and Rosneft have signed a deal to supply oil products and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Ukraine and other countr... [...]
Shell said it has sold its entire stake in the Malampaya natural gas field off the Philippines for up to $460 million. The undersea field... [...]
Pret A Manger launches shops pilot with MFG in UK [...]
Maxol is to invest more than £2 million in its retail network in the north this year and has also submitted a series of planning applicati... [...]
"Smart roads to the future” - For the first time, Veronafiere brings together the entire supply chain dedicated to the world of roads A n... [...]
Sinopec has started operating its first petrol station where solar panels can fully meet its power needs, as the company pushes ahead in i... [...]
Total and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) have signed an agreement for the supply of up to 500,000 tons of liquefied natural gas ... [...]
Ampol Ltd said it would invest at least A$100 million ($77 million) on developing new fuels over the next five years, including green hydr... [...]
Enoc has revealed plans to open 25 new service stations across the UAE by the end of 2021, strengthening its fuel retail presence from cur... [...]
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Mulla stated in a meeting that filling stations catering to gas-powered cars are plan... [...]
Parkland Corporation is pleased to announce, through its 75 percent ownership in Sol Investments, two transactions in our International bu... [...]
The world’s largest biomethane HGV refuelling station will open in Avonmouth, Bristol later this year. The new refuelling station will a... [...]
Delek US Holding Inc., a diversified energy company with convenience store operations, has selected Mashgin to provide AI-powered self-che... [...]
Image: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth BP (BP.L) and Eni (ENI.MI) said on Wednesday they had entered into talks to merge their oil and gas operati... [...]
Ukraine has imposed control on retail petrol and diesel fuel prices in an attempt to halt rising inflation, the government said. The oil ... [...]
Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. said it has completed its $21 billion acquisition of Speedway LLC, a U.S. convenience store chain... [...]
OMV Petrom together with Renovatio, the operator of the largest network of recharging stations for electric vehicles in Romania, lay the f... [...]
Finnish fuel operator Neste and Kesko Group aim to promote circular economy with the launch of a pilot project at the Neste K Linnatuulen ... [...]
The APN Convenience Retail REIT has agreed to acquire a portfolio of six service station and convenience retail properties located in Quee... [...]
Biden sends message to gas stations amid U.S. shortage [...]
Petrol stations from Florida to Virginia began running dry and prices at the pump rose, as the shutdown of the biggest United States fuel ... [...]
ADNOC won approval to rebrand 15 petrol stations in the Eastern Province as ADNOC International, according to sources at Saudi Arabia’s Pu... [...]
Spain is moving aggressively to land new battery and electric vehicle plants, using billions of European Union pandemic relief funds to av... [...]
Australian commercial music streaming service, Qsic, has raised $4m in Series A funding to grow its technology platform that directly impa... [...]
The EG GROUP has signed a new deal to become the first national supplier of the newly launched Vape Pen e-cigarette. The company will be ... [...]
The hydrogen-powered hypercar of the future [...]
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PetroChina, China's largest oil group by assets, will establish an investment fund with its parent to help fuel growth in new sources of e... [...]
Shell in Ukraine has signed the Women’s Empowerment Principles, initiated by the UN Global Compact and UN Women. This is another step towa... [...]
GPM Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARKO Corp., entered into an agreement with Chicago-based real estate investment firm Oak Str... [...]
EPCCO Lubricants, member of ENOC Group, has partnered with noon.com, the region’s homegrown digital marketplace, to offer customers its di... [...]
Offen Petroleum an independent fuel distributor, is acquiring the business assets of Petromark, a motor fuel distributor, and Petromark Tr... [...]
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bp and 100% renewable energy supplier Pure Planet today announce a partnership to launch a new digital energy service that will support hous... [...]
“We’re ready!” That’s Circle K’s response to a recent General Motors commercial touting its intention to ramp up EV charging in the U.S. I... [...]
One of the UK’ fastest growing forecourt operators, Ascona Group, has further expanded with the acquisition of three service stations as i... [...]
The new owners of Asda have offered to sell a number of petrol stations they already controlled in a bid to ease competition fears that co... [...]
Polish startup Ekoen plans to build 100 EV charging hubs in Poland. Each of the hubs will be “a space to fully rechange both the vehicle a... [...]
The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at ... [...]
CrossAmerica Partners LP is expanding its convenience-store network via an acquisition. The convenience-store wholesaler and retailer h... [...]
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Boxing champion Canelo Álvarez will open 100 gas stations across Mexico [...]
PT Pertamina (Persero) continues to expand partnerships in the development of Pertashop to bring energy access closer and build community ... [...]
Europe’s rapidly growing gas fuelling station network has reached the milestone of 4.000 CNG, and 400 LNG stations. These stations are cru... [...]
Lagos State Government has outlined plans for the conversion of one million vehicles, representing 25 per cent of the four million vehicle... [...]
Cobblestone Auto Spa continues to aggressively expand its network in both Phoenix and Denver as it looks to cement its position as a top 1... [...]
Consortium urges EU to end sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2035 [...]
LUKOIL BELUX chooses ICASA as a partner to make their 185 stations in Belgium and Luxembourg future proof. ‘To be ready for future challenge... [...]
More than 10,000 Exxon and Mobil sites have completed Synergy branding. As part of the rollout, fuel dispensers feature the iconic red Syn... [...]
In May 2020, when KPMG released their Future Forecourt Retail Market report, the headline statement outlined a dramatic move away from reven... [...]
At the beginning of 2020, not knowing the pandemic turmoil ahead, PWM declared digitalisation to be the central issue of the beginning decad... [...]
Modern petrol stations are facing various changes that already today have a major impact on the industry. We identify three major trends tha... [...]
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One of Europe’s largest renewable energy producers is today announcing it plans to accelerate deployment of charging infrastructure in the... [...]
The new “Take it to Eleven,” tagline and campaign is born of the notion that 7-Eleven has always been a brand with customer-obsession at t... [...]
MUFG Bank has closed its first hydrogen-linked loan agreement worth $50m with US-based FirstElement Fuel (FEF) to finance expansion of the... [...]
German petrol station company Aral has extended its partnership with loyalty programme Payback. Customers of the petrol station will cont... [...]
Technology provider PDI has acquired mobile app and data firm GasBuddy. With this acquisition, PDI extends into direct-to-consumer deliver... [...]
Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI) boosted its retail network with eight newly opened service stations and two Caltex Havoline autoPro worksho... [...]
Future Energy Source Company Limited's (Fesco) offer of shares has been oversubscribed, leading to the early closure of the offer. Fesco... [...]
BPCL announced it has started doorstep delivery of diesel for industrial and bulk consumers in Faridabad and adjoining areas in Haryana. T... [...]
Former Sainsbury's boss Justin King has taken a stake in the fast-growing grocery delivery app market. The Snappy Group said Mr King was ... [...]
Onturtle open 7 new stations in Luxembourg [...]
Cepsa and Ionity's ultra-fast charge makes its way from Spain to Portugal [...]
Ford and Dubai based fuel company launch new delivery app [...]
ENOC unveils $68 million digital transformation drive [...]
Pay by Plate will enable Circle K customers to pay for fuel using sign recognition and a mobile app, offering a completely frictionless cu... [...]
Adnoc announced its interest in exploring the hydrogen market with India’s public and private sectors to support India’s growing demand fo... [...]
Shell said it was conducting a feasibility study with partners to trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells for ships in Singapore, the first s... [...]
Mister Car Wash, the nation's largest car wash company, has launched a new Digital Membership Experience. With this new online platform, ... [...]
Clean Energy Fuels Corps announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to provide low and negative carbon renewable natural gas (R... [...]
Eroski and AVIA have extended their agreement to roll out Eroski Rapid stores at AVIA petrol stations after a year-long collaboration. O... [...]
Repsol already has a charging infrastructure for electric mobility in Spain with more than 300 points in places of public access, intensif... [...]
Petron Corp. has reacquired the Treats convenience store chain from the San Miguel Food Group to enhance synergy with the operation of its... [...]
The plan to increase a number of employees will be realised through increasing of retail outlets from the current 20 to 100 locations by 2... [...]
Speedway, the nation’s second-largest chain of company-owned and -operated convenience stores with over 3,800 stores in 36 states, is look... [...]
EG Group buys fast food restaurant chain LEON [...]
Kerman will be the first in the state to have a Walmart Gas at the Walmart Superstore. The 16 gas pumps are scheduled to open this month.... [...]
Shell plans to install 5,000 rapid electric vehicle chargers in Britain by 2025 in a bid confirm a market-leading position in the transiti... [...]
Puma Energy launches solar power systems to 14 fuel stations in Ghana [...]
7-Eleven expands ‘evolution’ store concept [...]
Accenture said it has partnered with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to help in the digital transformation of the country's second... [...]
Repsol sells its fuel business in Italy [...]
The network of Avia fuel stations, developed by the listed Unimot, will be expanded in the next few days with its own stations in Jastrzęb... [...]
Video of the week - Secu-Tech presents: O2 Product identification + overfill prevention [...]
Iowa-based Kum & Go is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to unify its demand planning and category management processes. The conven... [...]
Mexico’s consumer protection agency Profeco is tightening policies aimed at combatting fuel theft ahead of expected changes to the country... [...]
Owners of hydrogen (H2) cars can now refuel in two more regions: the partners TOTAL, Air Liquide, Linde and H2 MOBILITY have put H2 fillin... [...]
The UK’s largest fuel supplier and distributor Greenergy has completed its acquisition of Irish independent fuel distributor Amber Petrole... [...]
Sasco opens six new sites in Saudi Arabia [...]
Total and Siemens Energy signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to study sustainable solutions for CO2 emissions reduction. The collabor... [...]
On the one-year anniversary of the major declines in gasoline sales due to stay-at-home orders prompted by COID-19, year-on-year gasoline ... [...]
Dubai-based logistics company Tristar will launch its first fuel stations in India later this year and then gradually scale up presence in... [...]
Ampol has streamlined its operations by creating a central cloud-based SharePoint repository of all the information that every employee mi... [...]
Total is to supply approximately 45,000 tons of LNG per year for MSC Cruises’ new LNG-powered cruise ships. LNG bunkering will take place... [...]
Toyota wants Australian hydrogen fuel filling station rollout [...]
Germany’s decision to require people from the Netherlands to have a negative coronavirus test to enter the country has led to long queues ... [...]
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a new licensing regime for oil importers, a year after a deadlock erupted in... [...]
Maui Economic Opportunity and Hawaii Petroleum officials blessed a new gasoline and diesel fuel station that is expected to save MEO about... [...]
Germany-based energy-sector engineering group GICON and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) have recently signed a memorandum of underst... [...]
The Malaysian Government will introduce the Euro-5 standards as the Malaysia Petrol Standards and the Malaysia Diesel Standards. For this... [...]
VERC Enterprises, the family-owned Duxbury, Mass.-based convenience store chain, announced the sale of its 32 convenience stores to multip... [...]
EG Group reveals car washes could be reintroduced to UK forecourts [...]
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Vivo Energy Uganda has announced the addition of 11 new Shell service stations expanding the Shell network to 161 fuel service stations co... [...]
Navigation-based fuel app GasBuddy has seen the number of people using its Pay with GasBuddy payment feature escalate to more than 1 milli... [...]
Founded in 2009 and acquired by Shell in 2017, the network took 10 years to reach its 100,000 charge point milestone, which was achieved b... [...]
Online car retailer Cazoo is to go public in the US via a blank cheque company, known as a SPAC. The company has agreed a $7 billion val... [...]
ExxonMobil and Total exit pioneering Qatar LNG joint venture [...]
bp joins forces with BMW Group and Daimler Mobility to accelerate growth of electrification [...]
Cannabidiol (CBD) products are still relatively new to convenience retailers and consumers, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t already chan... [...]
Qatar Fuel Company (Woqod), the leading fuel distribution and marketing services company in Qatar, is aiming to increase its market share ... [...]
Vivo Energy Rwanda, the company that markets and distributes Engen-branded fuels and lubricants in Rwanda, has acquired Energy Solution (E... [...]
6,000 Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 gas stations across the U.S. are getting fresh looks to match their brands’ sterling reputations as part ... [...]
The head of Thailand's biggest fuel station network says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel — coffee. That's ... [...]
Gazprom reviewed hydrogen production and utilisation, as well as the export of hydrogen and methane-hydrogen mixtures within the existing ... [...]
Video of the week: Mercedes MBUX 'Hyperscreen' – First Look [...]
While c-stores had plenty to do in-store to cope with the pandemic, many were surprised to find those changes extended even to their car w... [...]
A first look inside Mercedes EQS with mammoth Hyperscreen [...]
Buy now pay later giant Afterpay has released its own Afterpay Card. The contactless Mastercard will be stored in customers’ digital walle... [...]
The station which is being built by CNG Fuels at the Eurocentral industrial estate near Bellshill will refuel up to 450 lorries a day. H... [...]
Total and Shenergy Group, the leading energy player in Shanghai, have signed binding agreements for the supply of up to 1.4 million tons p... [...]
Demand for convenience and forecourt stores has risen on the back of robust trading during the coronavirus pandemic, but finance to fund s... [...]
The South African fuel retailing industry has welcomed the establishment of the Public Petroleum Products Act (PPA) Compliance Forum, hail... [...]
Voy con Energía continues to expand its business and opened new fuel stations in accordance with its growth plan. These new inauguration... [...]
MOL Group acquires 16 Lukoil-branded service stations in Slovakia and restaurants in Hungary [...]
El Car Wash, the leading and fastest growing car wash company in Southern Florida, continues to rapidly expand its presence in Miami with ... [...]
Ankeny, Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores announced an agreement to acquire 49 stores throughout Oklahoma from Circle K Stores Inc. in an ... [...]
Building on its strategy to support SMEs and transform the fuel retail industry, Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMCO) is providing local sta... [...]
7-Eleven teams with taco restaurant to open first drive-thru [...]
PKN Orlen has signed an oil supply contract with Rosneft, with the monthly contract volume amounting to 300 000t of oil, as agreed with th... [...]
EG Group is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) with Mercury Fuel Service, Incor... [...]
Video of the week: forecourttech 21 - 12-13 October, Asia Gardens Hotel, Alicante, Spain [...]
Shuchi Anant Virya, a joint venture between Lithium Urban Technologies and Fourth Partner Energy will set up a pan-India network of public... [...]
Co-op has launched its first franchise store at a service station, with the opening of Co-op Cornwall Services. To add to the consistent ... [...]
BP said it aims to build Britain’s largest hydrogen plant by 2030 as part of the UK’s push to boost fuel use and cut greenhouse gas emissi... [...]
Everfuel sets out plan for hydrogen stations in southern Norway [...]
HOYER is pleased to announce the creation of a joint venture with DHL Supply Chain that will provide bulk fuel delivery services to UK sup... [...]
As part of its strategy to boost its renewable products production capacity in Europe, Finland’s Neste has selected Rotterdam as the likel... [...]
The role of the UK’s forecourts in acting as hubs for ”road transport re-energising” will remain as the UK transport sector evolves, accor... [...]
EMV deadline nears for U.S. fuel stations, but many won't make it [...]
Volkswagen Group and bp to join forces to expand ultra-fast electric vehicle charging across Europe [...]
One-of-a-kind, outstanding coffee with smart technology – the latest groundbreaking innovation from Franke [...]
Couche-Tard eyes Spanish giant Repsol as its next target [...]
'forecourttech '21, the conference & meetings convention, uniquely focused on technologies optimising the operation of the retail forecour... [...]
Dubai petrol delivery group CAFU has employed drones to plant thousands of tree seeds in the UAE desert as part of its strategy to become ... [...]
Centrica has launched an app enabling drivers to plug in to any standard home, workplace or on the road charger and be automatically reimb... [...]
Shell Fleet Solutions UK is launching a new fuel card management app for UK businesses operating up to 10 vehicles. The Shell Fleet App, ... [...]
Mercedes drivers in Germany can now make contactless in-car payments for fuel directly from their Mercedes me app or via their vehicle’s i... [...]
EG Group has saved 260,000 meals from being thrown away across the UK and Europe thanks to its partnership with Too Good To Go. The fast-... [...]
Carrefour announces the closing of the acquisition of Supersol stores in Spain. The transaction involves 172 convenience stores and superm... [...]
MFG plans £400 million investment on EV charging points throughout the UK [...]
Shell has appointed former BHP chief executive Sir Andrew Mackenzie as its new chairman as it overhauls its business to reduce its long-te... [...]
Mammoth Holdings an Atlanta-based conveyor car wash operator, has acquired Lulu's Express ("Lulu's"), a six unit express conveyor car wash... [...]
German transport minister Andreas Scheuer wants throw a lifeline to combustion engine cars by scaling up the use of synthetic fuels and fi... [...]
Hoyer Petrolog UK has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with Puma Energy UK. The agreement, which involves deliveries of bitum... [...]
200 fuel stations will be electrified in Italy over the next 2–3 years [...]
China’s ambition to achieve peak emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 will accelerate the development of hydrogen as a fuel for... [...]
Rubis Energy Kenya has reiterated its commitment to the market with the transfer and rebranding of acquired Gulf Energy and KenolKobil pet... [...]
Shell is trialling large batteries for energy storage at its EV charging forecourts, with the aim of providing ultra-fast EV charging in a... [...]
Z announced that it had entered the retail electricity market though the launch of Z Electric, offering free petrol as an incentive to att... [...]
Repsol buys majority stake in Spanish renewable power retailer [...]
Russia’s X5 group, the country’s leading food retailer, announced the launch of a facial recognition payment system, the latest expansion ... [...]
An expert panel also warns retailers must be ready to comply with anti-fraud measures that come into effect this year, take advantage of p... [...]
The chain’s new PBX brand will open this summer in Sweden as a “living lab.” While many retailers paused their sustainability projects du... [...]
BP has told office-based staff they will be expected to spend two days a week working from home after lockdown restrictions ease. The oil... [...]
ExxonMobil employee volunteers welcomed 130 middle-school girls from 13 schools in both East and West Baton Rouge Parish for Introduce a G... [...]
Morrisons has revealed an ambition to become the first UK supermarket to use only farms certified as net-zero when sourcing products and i... [...]
Despite the pandemic for the most part of last year, the oil company also ensured that it complied with any and all government regulations... [...]
WEX announced its agreement with OMV expanding its presence within Europe. WEX will implement its technology platform to manage OMV’s fuel... [...]
GPM Investments is boosting its presence in the Midwest. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arko Corp, inked an agreement to acquir... [...]
Fusion Fuel Green PLC a green hydrogen technology company, is pleased to announce that it has signed an MoU with Confederación Española de... [...]
U.S. alternative fuels supplier Clean Energy Fuels Corp and its largest shareholder, European oil and gas producer Total SE, announced ter... [...]
California drivers rev up petrol demand in biggest U.S. state [...]
The government has welcomed Chevron Cambodia Ltd’s plan to nearly triple its network of Caltex petrol stations to 100. Cheap Sour, direct... [...]
A dog training academy is teaching new tricks to a pair of very special dogs and their human handlers at Shell's Scotford Complex. But wit... [...]
The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced that suspension of applications for new fuel retail and wholesale Licences has been lifted, eff... [...]
The amount of energy provided by BP pulse increased to more than 2,000,000 kWh in the first 40 days of 2021, a 19% increase over the same ... [...]
Video of the week: Making friends with Boston Dynamic's robot dog [...]
If there’s one part of India’s economy that’s been relatively unscathed by the devastating impact of Covid-19 it’s the vast rural hinterla... [...]
National car wash brand Tommy’s Express is pleased to announce it will be bringing three locations to Cape Coral and Punta Gorda, Florida.... [...]
iFUEL, the petroleum company of iFRANCHISE Business Services Corporation, opens its first co-owned gasoline station in Baliuag, Bulacan. ... [...]
Parkland Corporation is pleased to announce that through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries (collectively, "Parkland USA"), it has entered... [...]
The UK government has announced that E10 fuel will be available from petrol stations in the UK from September. A blend of petrol and etha... [...]
Google billionaire plans airship with world's largest hydrogen fuel cell [...]
Blakemore Retail extends 'Too Good To Go' partnership at 275 UK Spar stores [...]
Foxtrot Market plans to double its store count by the end of 2021 after securing a $42 million Series B growth investment. Founded in 201... [...]
Shell has partnered with Green Antz Builders in the Philippines to build a petrol station using eco-bricks made from upcycled plastic w... [...]
BP annouched that Peter Mather, BP’s UK head of country and senior vice president for Europe, would leave the company at the end of the y... [...]
Shell is planning to build the first commercial bio-PTL (power-to-liquid) at its Rheinland refinery in Germany, which will involve expandi... [...]
Shell Oman Marketing Company said it has expanded its operations in Duqm city of the sultanate with the supply of aviation fuel to Duqm Ai... [...]
Ampol has reported its financial for the 12 months ending 31 December 2020, with full year earnings of $401 million. Earnings were down f... [...]
Titan Cloud Software announced that it has acquired Australian firm Environmental Monitoring Solutions (EMS). The move is the latest in a... [...]
BP's Bernard Looney defends profitability targets for wind, solar push [...]
Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons officially inaugurated Cameroonian oil operator, Tradex’s first service station aft... [...]
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Plenoil, a Leading operator of automated fuel stations in Spain, Plenoil, plans to open over 40 fuel stations this year with a projected i... [...]
Wundermart, which builds unmanned, data driven retail marketplaces, is teaming with AiFi, an AI computer vision technology provider, on an... [...]
After 2 years of research and confidential preparation, a group of 30 European energy players officially launched “HyDeal Ambition” with t... [...]
The UK’s national grid will be able to cope with the mass adoption of EVs by 2030, even with the public charging network also growing expo... [...]
Kalibrate, an authority in fuel pricing, location planning, market data and traffic count data, has announced the acquisition of Intalytic... [...]
Ferrari have renewed their partnership with Shell – an association that dates all the way back to 1929. The multi-year technical and comm... [...]
A budget electric vehicle selling in China for $4,500 (£3,200) is now outselling Tesla's more upmarket cars. The compact car is proving a... [...]
7-Eleven Inc. is inviting customers to join it in a multi-faceted campaign to help provide meals to families facing hunger. The convenien... [...]
GM's Cruise plans to build one of the largest self-driving EV charging stations in North America [...]
Casey's General Stores selected Coupa to transform its procurement operations amid the chain's significant growth. As the fourth-largest ... [...]
In today’s challenging economic environment, fuel and convenience retailers face a critical inflection point. Due to the ongoing COVID-1... [...]
Nestlé sells North American bottled water business for $4.3B [...]
Aral expands HPC network in Germany [...]
Video of the week: Ford announces all their cars in Europe will be electric by 2030 [...]
Boots UK & Ireland COO Tracey Clements is leaving the British health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain to join BP as CEO convenience ... [...]
BP offers employees shares in rallying cry for low-carbon shift [...]
Europe's biggest oil firm sets out carbon neutral plans [...]
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines seeking investors to boost capital [...]
Read our selection of features from the January 2021 issue [...]
Ford has announced its entire passenger range in Europe will be all-electric by the end of the decade. The motor giant also said its comm... [...]
Cepsa and Auchan join forces for new c-store concept in Portugal [...]
Americans have always cared about fuel prices given the nature of its volatility; it suddenly goes up, it suddenly goes down, all without ... [...]
Ascona Group, one of the UK’s fastest-growing forecourt operators, has extended its partnership with Valero Energy to supply fuel at an ad... [...]
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) alerted the government to the rising rates its members were ... [...]
Total opens its largest CNG station in France [...]
Aldi has announced plans to expand their footprint by almost 100 stores by the end of the year. In addition, they plan to greatly expand t... [...]
SPAR Saudi Arabia has opened its 11th store in the Kingdom, with plans for five more outlets and the launch of e-commerce platform this ye... [...]
Engen launches private label Quickshop & Co [...]
Germany is set to to take the first step towards using carbon-free hydrogen fuel in the transport sector, with the phasing in of the new e... [...]
The proportion of electric vehicles sold in the EU more than trebled in 2020 to reach 10.5% for the first time, new figures reveal, a sign... [...]
Nayara Energy now has over 6,000 fuel retail outlets across the country. “Over the past five years, the number of its fuel retail outlets... [...]
BP and Rosneft Oil Company have signed a strategic collaboration agreement focused on supporting the carbon management and sustainability... [...]
Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced plans to splash out more than AU$50 million over the next three years to train more ... [...]
Audi reveals its Porsche-powered e-tron GT [...]
Video of the week - Watch the Audi e-tron GT world premiere [...]
Croatia's Tifon enables cryptocurrency payment at petrol stations [...]
Austria's OMV to divest business in Slovenia [...]
Ten more Ascona-owned sites are joining the fuel supply brand’s growing nationwide network of dealer sites. Jet currently supplies Ascona... [...]
Shell Commercial Road Transport will start direct operations in Romania from 1st of April 2021. An initial team of 57 employees will supp... [...]
BP is preparing to deploy its first driverless car this year using technology from the Oxford University spin-out in which it has a stake.... [...]
Private equity giant Carlyle Group is taking a majority stake in Varo Energy BV as Dutch investor Reggeborgh cashes out of the fuel-retail... [...]
Video of the week: Oxbotica | bp Autonomy Partnership | Refinery Trial [...]
A Canadian fuel station owner is coming clean about a mistake that created a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline in the station's tanks and ... [...]
Spanish oil major Repsol has teamed up with Japanese car giant Nissan in a pact to promote the expansion of electric mobility. Collaborat... [...]
Five Chinese regulators have summoned Tesla over quality and safety issues as it ramps up production of its latest model in its Shanghai f... [...]
Yesway, Murphy USA and GPM Investments are among the convenience-store chains recently to embark on growth initiatives thanks to infusions... [...]
Valero is partnering with P97 Networks for a new fueling experience that lets customers skip the keypad, activate the pump with their smar... [...]
EG Group to buy Asda’s petrol forecourt business in £750m deal [...]
TRAFIGURA, a global commodities trader, said its Puma Energy unit has temporarily suspended the transport of oil-products from its termina... [...]
Indian Oil Corp could create a subsidiary for its retail assets to help unlock value, the head of finance at India's largest refiner said ... [...]
Motiva Enterprises and GetUpside are expanding their partnership to launch the Motiva-sponsored Starter Plan, which will bring more custom... [...]
ADNOC Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer increased its service station network and through 2020. As part of AD... [...]
This week's video of the week is a podcast | The rise of vegan food and drink [...]
Almost 600,000 sign up for Veganuary 2021 [...]
Shell edged closer to buying the Post Office’s broadband operations, in a deal that would push it further into the UK telecoms market. Th... [...]
Murphy USA completes acquisition of US firm QuickChek [...]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, also the newly appointed chair of Climate Mayors, announced a partnership between BP, Uber and the City of... [...]
The year 2021 could look very different for all kinds of industries, especially the convenience store industry. A c-store has traditionall... [...]
Groundbreaking biofuel rocket could be 'Uber for space' [...]
India’s Reliance billionaire Mukesh Ambani is planning to embed its eCommerce app JioMart into WhatsApp within six months. The move will ... [...]
Aral aims to complete the installation of more than 100 HPC charging points at 30 German service stations before the end of this quarter a... [...]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has seized as many as 1,696 illegal petrol stations under its anti-smuggling operation in Punjab, Sind... [...]
Indian Oil Corp announced it has launched the country's first remote monitoring system for oil refineries' turbines. The project, located ... [...]
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BP is launching two initiatives to support essential services and frontline workers as they continue to contend with the coronavirus pand... [...]
LSI Industries a leading U.S. based manufacturer of indoor and outdoor lighting and graphics solutions, said that it has substantially com... [...]
Snam has opened the first of 26 natural gas refuelling stations it intends to build with fuel retailer IP under a deal they signed in 2018... [...]
Applegreen plots major acquisition on US east coast [...]
Video of the week: Ubitricity | How to charge EVs on a lamp post [...]
Shell to acquire UK's largest electric vehicle charging network [...]
BP has begun to directly supply gas customers in China with gas from LNG that it has imported into the country. This is the first time th... [...]
EG Group will expand its use of PDI Payments to nearly 1,700 convenience stores across North America. The payment platform currently powe... [...]
Total has acquired the largest renewable energy portfolio among European oil supermajors since Big Oil started announcing last year net-ze... [...]
Repsol has joined an international consortium to develop cutting-edge renewable hydrogen technology. The H24All project, led by a consorti... [...]
PTT unveils plans to spend $2.5B on five-year expansion [...]
Groceries prove a pandemic bright spot for BP and Shell [...]
Poste Italiane and IP have signed an exclusive agreement for 13 collection points in Lombardy dedicated to on-line purchases, the shipment... [...]
Slota Group’s fleet of diesel taxis in Paris is set to be replaced by hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai’s by the end of the year. The plans w... [...]
Despite outside assistance from Russia, China and Iran, the embattled socialist regime of President Maduro has proven incapable of rebuild... [...]
Z Energy is aiming to boost its customer experience and open the gates to innovation through deploying secure managed payment services. T... [...]
Love’s Travel Stops announced that it plans to open up to 50 travel stops and add more than 3,000 truck parking spots and 3,000 jobs in 20... [...]
ENOC Link announced a massive growth of over 10 times in sales volume. In just over a year, ENOC Link recorded a 46% increase in fleet siz... [...]
Total has announced it will not renew its membership in the US energy association American Petroleum Institute (API) due to a conflict of ... [...]
In Italy, the first fast-charging stations have now been connected to the grid at three IP-branded filling stations as part of the Europea... [...]
Video of the week: Is the Couche-Tard-Carrefour deal dead? I'm not so sure, analyst says [...]
Couche-Tard CEO would love second shot at Carrefour deal [...]
Spanish delivery app Glovo gets €100 M for ‘dark stores’ [...]
PayByCar, Inc., an innovative provider of transactional vehicle payment solutions, has announced the implementation of their services at a... [...]
On the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan, 609 fuel stations across the country have been sealed with about 4.5 million litres of petr... [...]
State Bank of India (SBI) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) launched a co-branded contactless RuPay debit card. A customer, anywhere in the... [...]
A joint venture between Fortress Investment Group LLC and a subsidiary of Phillips 66 Co. has acquired Pester Marketing Co., doing busines... [...]
Slovenia’s Petrol takes over Croatia’s Crodux [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard scraps $20 billion effort to buy Carrefour [...]
Hitachi Capital announced a £10m investment in Gridserve’s parent company, Gridserve Sustainable Energy Ltd. The firms say this is to stre... [...]
forecourttech forges new partnership with The Retail Marketeers GmbH [...]
Mabanaft a subsidiary of Hamburg-based Marquard & Bahls AG, a holding company in the energy and chemicals sector, has announced that it ha... [...]
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has called for the Scottish Government to reopen automated car washes. All car washes in Scotland ... [...]
If successful, says the Financial Times, the legal action in the Netherlands could force companies to accelerate the shift to cleaner fuel... [...]
Essar, which operates one of the leading downstream energy businesses in the UK, and Progressive Energy, developers of HyNet North West, t... [...]
MFG announces big new year UK acquisitions [...]
Susco steps up non-oil ventures, partnerships [...]
Couche-Tard faces clash with French government over Carrefour bid [...]
Slovenian energy group Petrol has completed the takeover of electricity supplier E3, a subsidiary of state-run power distribution company ... [...]
Pizza Hut Australia partners with Euro Garages [...]
More than 470 fast and ultra-fast charging stations will be deployed along Spanish motorways The European Investment Bank (EIB) is invest... [...]
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. is reinforcing its digital or electronic commerce platform in bids to bolster its sale of petroleum pro... [...]
Mammoth Holdings an Atlanta-based conveyor car wash operator, has acquired two express conveyor car washes from Fast Trac Express Car Wash... [...]
Budapest-based MOL Group has provided immediate help to the victims of the earthquakes in Croatia by shipping 50 mobile homes and six sani... [...]
2021 predictions - fuel retail, data & analytics and the future of EVs [...]
SPAR Switzerland has acquired 60 AVIA forecourt stores from Store Service AG. The deal will bolster SPAR’s presence in the country’s grow... [...]
Reliance BP Mobility Ltd, a joint venture between Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and UK’s energy major BP Plc, is planning to offer doorste... [...]
ADNOC Distribution to acquire 15 fuel stations in Saudi Arabia for $10m [...]
The news came as the UK Department for Health & Social Care unveiled its response to a consultation on limiting the placement of certain h... [...]
As the nation at large tackles diversity, the convenience retail channel is also recognizing that diversity is good for all businesses. ... [...]
Currently, the whole world awaits the arrival of reliable, sale and cost-effective self-driving cars. Oxford-based Oxbotica is a global le... [...]
Q8 launches Svolta, the new innovative and digital concept store [...]
Ineos completes £4billion acquisition of BP petrochemicals business [...]
Video of the week - Shell's Innovation Partnership with Ferrari - Episode 1 [...]
Acciona and Enagas are moving forward with a pilot green hydrogen project on the Spanish island of Mallorca, having secured supply of an e... [...]
ZIPS Car Wash has announced the acquisition of five more Blue Iguana Car Wash locations, following a 2019 acquisition of three Blue Iguana... [...]
Enyo Retail and Supply, has commenced its Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) expansion agenda aimed at boosting the usage of gas in Nigeria. ... [...]
Murphy USA announced an agreement to acquire QuickChek for $645 million The purchase price includes expected tax benefits valued at $20 m... [...]
Global Partners announced the signing of an agreement to purchase the retail fuel and convenience store assets of Connecticut-based Consum... [...]
Biofriendly, the green solutions company, has partnered with RodOil to provide an energy transition fuel for gas stations in Brazil. The... [...]
A California-based startup that promises to make zero-carbon flight a reality has just received a major vote of confidence. ZeroAvia, a c... [...]
Video of the week: Charging on a 150kW bp pulse ultra-fast charger [...]
EG Group grows German estate with €485m acquisition [...]
Nayara Energy, formerly Essar Oil, has tied up with energy major Shell to sell the latter’s lubricants through its network of fuel station... [...]
Chevron Thailand, a major oil retailer operating under the Caltex brand, allocated US$200 million in capital spending to expand its busine... [...]
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the erpecnews team [...]
Polar & BP Chargemaster reorganize under new brand [...]
Retailers can get creative while working toward the EMV liability shift deadline [...]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government would end direct support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas. In what the PM off... [...]
Motor Fuel Group acquires six sites in the north of England, UK [...]
Forecourt operator Applegreen has said that it is in 'advanced discussions' with a consortium led by B&J Holdings Limited and Blackstone I... [...]
DoorDash saw its share price skyrocket by more than 85% on the New York Stock Exchange on as it debuted on Wall Street. Earlier this yea... [...]
SOCAR Energy Switzerland has increased the number of filling stations in Switzerland to 200, SOCAR said. “The company is pleased to annou... [...]
Video of the week: A tour of Gridserve's new electric forecourt in the UK [...]
Gridserve opens UK’s first EV-only charging forecourt [...]
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Flyers Energy announced the acquisition from a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation of 47 unattended fueling "cardlock" stations a... [...]
Twenty two Party Mart convenience stores are changing hands as part of a deal between Ottawa Oil Co. and Jay Petroleum Inc. Under a purch... [...]
EG Group is set to create 2,000 jobs with the opening of 150 Cinnabon stores across the UK after partnering with the US cinnamon roll bran... [...]
PKN Orlen takes over leading Polish media group [...]
StocExpo, the leading tank storage event, has been postponed from March 2021 to 29 June – 1 July 2021 in a decision made in consultation w... [...]
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer and exporter, has resumed importation of petrol from China, the world’s top crude oil importer. The ... [...]
The government has received three preliminary bids for buying of controlling stake in India's second-largest fuel retailer Bharat Petroleu... [...]
Fastned, the European fast charging network for electric vehicles, has been selected by Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (APRR), the French mot... [...]
Indian Oil has launched a world-class premium-grade Petrol called the XP100 in the Indian market. The XP100 is a 100 Octane petrol that c... [...]
Video of the week: An introduction to the new Hyundai EV Platform (E-GMP) [...]
Repsol unveiled its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan which will transform the company in the following years, accelerating the energy transition a... [...]
UK Shoppers to scan and go when stocking up on vital food and essentials as part of new Central England Co-op trial Central England Co-op... [...]
EG Group warns UK coffee chain Caffè Nero of legal challenge after bid rejection [...]
SPAR Austria powers 100 stores with solar energy [...]
Hyundai is the latest automaker to announce a modular EV-only platform, also announcing that it will produce 23 battery-electric vehicles ... [...]
As people return to working in the office, picking up Amazon packages and getting gas on the way home can be a simultaneous task. For many... [...]
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has acquired a minority stake in Aircraft Fuel Supp... [...]
CTEK & EVC plan 100,000 charging stations in the UK [...]
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Oil prices remain high as vaccines bring hope of demand recovery [...]
India’s biggest private fuel retailer, plans to expand its network of petrol pumps by one-fourth to 7,300 in the next 1-2 years before hit... [...]
Hydrogen Europe President Valérie Bouillon-Delporte has just unveiled plans to deploy 100,000 hydrogen-powered trucks, and 1,500 hydrogen ... [...]
UK Fuels has expanded its nationwide fuel card network to 3350 sites following the addition of 307 Sainsbury’s fuel station locations in N... [...]
GS Caltex launched its new brand, Energy Plus, to roll out a new type of fuel station that can function conventionally and serve as a mobi... [...]
Plug-in hybrid cars emit far more carbon dioxide than advertised [...]
Sainsbury’s opens new fresh food market concept [...]
Cepsa in partnership with IONITY have made progress in the creation of the largest public intercity electric mobility network on the Iberi... [...]
Arko Holdings Ltd., which has a controlling stake in convenience-store retailer GPM Investments LLC, has unveiled its plans for a new stor... [...]
Tesla is currently on a mission to expand its infrastructure to support its rapidly growing fleet, and in Canada, it’s now taking the form... [...]
Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are coming to 250 7-Eleven convenience stores in the United States by 2027. The rollout is part o... [...]
Mercedes-Benz is planning to shift the majority of its four-cylinder petrol engine production to China in a move that will greatly expand ... [...]
Bill Gates predicts drastic changes in post-coronavirus business world [...]
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The Government has confirmed that new petrol and diesel cars and vans will not be allowed to be sold in the UK from 2030. Plug-in hybrid e... [...]
Ampol Limited and ExxonMobil have entered into a marketing alliance, where Ampol will blend, distribute and market Mobil lubricants in Aus... [...]
Zoom recently opened its first stores at the Palm Jumeirah Monorail’s Palm Gateway and Atlantis Aquaventure, one of Dubai’s high-profile e... [...]
Total to operate 2,300 EV charge points of the Bélib' network in Paris [...]
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Enel X will install 200 charging points for electric vehicles at 100 McDonald’s parking lots throughout Italy by the end of next year as p... [...]
Parkland Corp. is expanding its footprint across the United States with the acquisition of Sevier Valley Oil Co. Inc. As part of the deal... [...]
Repsol will promote its multi-energy commercial strategy by expanding its relationship with the technology company Salesforce through an a... [...]
BPCL has joined hands with Cube Highways to open more one-stop trucker shops across the major highways to provide a host of value-added se... [...]
New York-based Stewart’s Shops announced that it is expanding its fuel distribution business with the acquisition of Red-Kap, a locally ow... [...]
OnTurtle adds its tenth country to portfolio of service stations [...]
Gulf continues to forge strategic partnerships. This time, it will begin to commercialize CNG in its Service Stations through an agreement... [...]
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BP has announced it will work with the Danish renewable energy group Ørsted to build a green hydrogen project at its Lingen refinery in No... [...]
ENOC Group has launched containerised fuel storage tanks to meet the large-scale refuelling requirements for companies in the construction... [...]
Woolworths is trialling a click-and-collect locker in western Sydney that is temperature-controlled and uses robotics to dispense the groc... [...]
Casey’s General Stores Inc. has agreed to acquire Buchanan Energy, owner of Bucky’s Convenience Stores, in an all-cash transaction for $58... [...]
EG Group expands US network with acquisition of Schrader Oil [...]
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SOCAR Energy Ukraine, a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, plans to open three more petrol stations in Ukraine by the end ... [...]
Global payments provider Worldline has acquired Ingenico Group for an undisclosed sum, creating the largest European payment services prov... [...]
In its central scenario, a vaccine and therapeutics could mean the global economy rebounds in 2021 and energy demand recovers by 2023, the... [...]
How Shell is reinventing the fuel station for EVs [...]
South Africans have voted Engen their favourite petrol station for the tenth consecutive year in the 2020 Sunday Times Top Brands, validat... [...]
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard is set to enter the huge Asian market after agreeing on a deal to acquire the Circle K chain in Hong Kon... [...]
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BP Plc is nearing a deal to sell its London headquarters to a firm controlled by Thomas Lau, brother of Hong Kong property billionaire Jos... [...]
PTT aims to extend its already wide lead in Thailand's filling station market with a 30% increase in locations, adding to concerns that th... [...]
PKN Orlen said it is analyzing attractive development directions, including a possible expansion in Romania. PKN Orlen officials met with... [...]
Allstar Business Solutions has expanding its fuel card network with the addition of Applegreen sites, giving drivers an additional 102 fil... [...]
Hy-Vee Inc. is becoming the first grocery store chain to introduce an automated cleaning system that will sanitize shopping carts after ev... [...]
Neste has agreed to acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan's refinery plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for a purchase price of 258 milli... [...]
Spar UK has enjoyed a successful year, with sales out from its wholesalers up 3.39% during the 2019 to 2020 financial period, managing dir... [...]
Mammoth Holdings, LLC ("Mammoth"), an Atlanta-based conveyor car wash operator, has acquired Papa's Express Tunnel Car Wash ("Papa's"), an... [...]
Cenovus Energy Inc. agreed to buy Husky Energy Inc. in an all-stock deal valuing Husky at about C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion), creating Can... [...]
Inspire Brands acquires Dunkin’ for $11.3 Billion [...]
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IBM on said it has collaborated with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to transform the latter's customer experience using digital tools. ... [...]
Majors Management LLC has acquired 14 Star Stop convenience stores and a portfolio of dealer supply accounts from Regal Oil Inc., San Ange... [...]
RUBiS Energy Jamaica Limited recently dispatched the island's first export shipment of petrochemicals — a move which sees the country beco... [...]
Circle K Stores Inc. is rejuvenating its presence in Northwest Florida with plans to break ground on new convenience stores, as well as re... [...]
Bury-headquartered Crown Oil has strengthened its brand in the North West after acquiring an £18m-turnover oil supplier. The company, par... [...]
Spanish multinational energy company Iberdrola is partnering with fertilizer company Fertiberia to install over 800MW of green hydrogen ca... [...]
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson will rapidly expand its presence in China by opening stores that cater to new-economy customers. ... [...]
For the first time ever, EV registrations overtook diesel [...]
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Repsol to build $220m low-emissions biofuels plant [...]
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Yesway announced that it has completed the private placement of an additional $235 million of equity. The new capital will be used to fun... [...]
Neste and All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and a 5-Star airline, are entering a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement.... [...]
Total and BP upbeat about Indian energy growth [...]
OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, launched the OMV Climate Neutral card in Romania, with a view to offsettin... [...]
Simply Fresh begins Sainsbury’s supply rollout in UK [...]
Total said it has joined the ChargeUp Europe alliance, which claims to be the voice of the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry in Euro... [...]
Quarles Petroleum Inc. has acquired the propane, petroleum and lubricant operations of Dixie Gas & Oil Corp. One of the largest independe... [...]
While the European Commission increases its 2030 CO2 emissions reduction goal from 40% to 55% and will review all climate and energy legis... [...]
The partnership will see the coffee and sandwich chain expand its presence at motorway service areas in the UK. Initially, the partnershi... [...]
Video of the week: Facebook reveals Infinite Office VR product [...]
Former Vice President Joe Biden pledged to transition the U.S. economy “away from the oil industry.” This goal cannot be achieved without ... [...]
According to reports in French local media, French supermarket group Auchan announced its decision to leave China and sell its subsidiary ... [...]
Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) has stepped up a public education campaign in Kumasi to sensitize Ghanaians on two of its newly introduced produc... [...]
Two iconic Australian brands have come together for the very first time with the opening of the first Ampol Woolworths Metro site. The op... [...]
The Association of Convenience Stores in the UK (ACS) has written to the Transport Secretary, calling on the Government to support the UK’... [...]
BP, Shell, Total, and other leading energy companies formed new partnership - NEP [...]
BP has raised £400 million ($517 million) from the sale of a stake in land leases of 199 British petrol stations to a UK pension fund. Th... [...]
Esso Thailand allots up to B1.5bn for expansion [...]
Video of the week: Sneak peak of PEI's Virtual Convention & Expo 2020 [...]
OnTurtle’s latest financial results show a clear growth tendency compared to 2018. The fiscal year 2019 being ended with 96 million Euro o... [...]
Ampol has returned to profit in the September quarter thanks to a strong performance from its convenience retail division. Despite ongoin... [...]
Delek Group DLEKG.TA has agreed to sell 70% of its Delek Israel subsidiary to Lahav LR Real Estate and BGM Ltd for 525 million shekels ($1... [...]
Amazon is looking to take the suburbs of "The Windy City" by storm with its latest grocery concept and wants to hire 1,500 people to help ... [...]
In today’s retail space, loyalty programs are everywhere. Making sure a rewards program stands out enough for customers to join, and remai... [...]
FIVE makes debut as one-stop petrol retailer for Malaysians [...]
Contactless payments with credit cards, mobile phones, or smartwatches have become the recommended choice all over the world because of th... [...]
Aral opens its first “Mobility Hub” in Mitte, Berlin [...]
Drivers in Estonia can now order and pay for their fuel directly from their smartphone at a station equipped with a fully automated cloud-... [...]
Caper, which launched the first AI-powered grocery shopping cart, has expanded into autonomous checkout with the launch of the Caper Count... [...]
Hyliion and American Natural Gas (ANG) have formed a strategic partnership that offers the former company’s customers discounted prices fo... [...]
Toyota and eight other Japanese companies have announced the formation of the “Japan Hydrogen Association” (JH2A) to promote the formation... [...]
Aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, which has three UK sites, will construct the station, which will help refuel the Lunar Gateway... [...]
Kent Distributors Inc. closed on its acquisition of Parsons Oil Co., giving it an entry point into Tennessee. The deal supports Kent Dist... [...]
Essar Oil UK operates one of the biggest oil refineries in the UK at Stanlow on the banks of the Mersey and has secured a new petrol deal ... [...]
A $14 billion investment plan unveiled by the Mexican government willfocus energy outlays on the refining business of Petroleos Mexicanos ... [...]
Three of Australia’s largest retailers have joined forces with some of Australia’s biggest employers to tackle mental health in the workpl... [...]
MyNews has won a 10-year licensing agreement to operate South Korea’s CU convenience stores in Malaysia. According to MyNews’ founder an... [...]
Ballenoil opens 22 more fuel stations, now exceeding 133 stations in Spain [...]
The Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) has declared a “new era” for is members and the fuels industry and has renamed itsel... [...]
Convenience store retailers offering alternative fuels are getting a boost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved grants und... [...]
The sun produces more than enough energy for human activities, but we still can't capture enough of it, points out Erwin Reisner, energy a... [...]
GPM Investments LLC and Arko Holdings Ltd. have closed on the acquisition of Empire Petroleum Partners’ fuel distribution business and ret... [...]
The announcement is part of the government's commitment towards net zero emissions by 2050 and will support 60,000 jobs The Prime Ministe... [...]
In most of the world, the charging infrastructure — or, better, the lack of charging infrastructure — is a big obstacle to the acceptance ... [...]
The new car wash experience utilizes a longer wash tunnel with cutting-edge cleaning equipment to provide a superior wash in nearly half t... [...]
Vivo Energy Maroc, the company in charge of the distribution and marketing of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Morocco and Butagaz-br... [...]
Rubis to rebrand KenolKobil, Gulf service stations [...]
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Amazon One lets consumers pay with their hand [...]
Today's shoppers are increasingly demanding more from retailers, whether it's online or in a physical store. They want what they want, fas... [...]
Now that we are experiencing a momentous shift in how the convenience store industry operates is clear, but where do we go from here? A... [...]
As establishments continue to reopen, lift restrictions and ramp up, consumers are turning to their familiar favourites, like a hot or ice... [...]
Brazil's Petrobras sells Uruguay business to DISA in $62 mln deal [...]
InComm, a leading payments technology company, announced that it has partnered with five overseas QR and barcode payments processors to fa... [...]
The Government will remove fuel subsidies on premium and super gasoline come January 2021, making way for fuel station owners to set their ... [...]
OnTurtle has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of a service area in Italy, close to the Brenner border between the transalp... [...]
Plenoil aims to have 65 operating fuel stations by the end of the year [...]
Amazon is now scanning your hand to pay for groceries [...]
Shell is now providing an industry-first initiative by giving motorcycle riders specific lanes when they gas up at their philippine statio... [...]
Spooky fun will return to the Rainforest Car Wash when it brings back its wildly popular Haunted Car Wash event for two weekends this fall... [...]
Lotus has secured financial support from the UK government to develop an all-new electric vehicle (EV) platform. The funding will come f... [...]
American oil refineries, with shorter regulatory delays compared to their Canadian counterparts, are racing to produce renewable diesel to... [...]
Video of the week: California will ban gasoline cars starting in 2035 [...]
EG Group buys UK supermarket chain ASDA for £6.8bn [...]
Minor Food Group has teamed up with Esso Thailand to open its new coffee chain, Coffee Journey, at Esso petrol stations. Prapat Siangchan... [...]
POSBank, a POS terminal and kiosk manufacturer, teamed up with Esper, an Android DevOps solution, to deployed BIGPOS 2,700 kiosks at vario... [...]
As some schools in Dubai have opened to receive students for the new academic year, ENOC Link signed an agreement with the Roads and Trans... [...]
Bulgarian diversified group Synergon said that its unit Synergon Petroleum has signed a 30 million levs ($17.9 million/15.3 million euro) ... [...]
The Lagos State Waterways Authority launched its first-ever fuel station on the Lagos inland waterways. The station is an attempt to boos... [...]
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Total acquires London’s largest EV charge points network [...]
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Shell plans to cut 9,000 jobs in transition plan [...]
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Polish proximity chain Żabka has launched 500 stores since the start of 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and now operates a total of 6... [...]
Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Financial and Industrial Holding has sold its Parallel fuel filling station network, according to Encorr, an online i... [...]
The NSW government’s real-time fuel price comparison app, FuelCheck, has been adopted by Tasmania after service station reporting laws wer... [...]
Czech Republic’s first three public hydrogen stations will be rolled out next year by Unipetrol Group and Bonett Group. The two companies... [...]
Cepsa has acquired the network of service stations of the company 's IS-XXI , which has five stations located in Navarra, Alava and Gerona... [...]
California to ban sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035 [...]
Maxol, Northern Ireland’s leading forecourt and convenience retailer, has announced the renewal of its strategic alliance with the Henders... [...]
Quality Oil Co. has acquired Beroth Oil Co. and its 23 Four Brothers convenience stores. The c-stores are in nine North Carolina counties,... [...]
Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc. (Sevan) — a global leader in innovative design, program management, construction services and data analyt... [...]
ADNOC Distribution, has opened three new service stations in Dubai, at Jafaliya, Nad Al Sheba, and Studio City. Customers can refuel, ref... [...]
Mr Bethwell Gumbo, Zuva Petroleum’s Chief Executive Officer (pictured) said "we are pleased to announce the provision of hand washing sta... [...]
To celebrate its landmark 40th anniversary next year, Emarat has launched a brand refresh campaign designed to promote, enhance and furthe... [...]
Neste, one of the world’s largest producers of renewable diesel, celebrated reaching the milestone of 100 Neste MY Renewable Diesel sales ... [...]
FamilyMart and Telexistence started trial operations of the TX robot Model-T and Augmented Workforce Platform to build a new store operati... [...]
Mister Car Wash, the nation's largest car wash company, has doubled its footprint in the state of Washington with the acquisition of seven... [...]
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Adnoc has signed framework agreements with Mubadala Investment and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (Enec) focused on co-operation on in-coun... [...]
NCR Corp. is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. to power NCR Digital Connected Services (DCS) for retailers including convenience stores. ... [...]
UNITI expo announces new dates for 2022 [...]
The Denver-based c-store operator plans new locations and shipping-container automated c-stores. Choice Market, an omnichannel convenienc... [...]
Asda will trial a new store concept, Asda on the Move to offer a new convenience format where customers can easily purchase fresh food and... [...]
Consumers using Chevron and Texaco mobile apps can now add Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover as linked payment methods. Co... [...]
Customers can now pay for fuel digitally using the app Oleum. Developed by Bengaluru-based Waylink Pitstop Solutions Private Limited, the ... [...]
Business support services company DCC has announced the expansion its US LPG business through the acquisition of the NES Group. The compan... [...]
CarPay-Diem took advantage of the summer to enlist a shareholder of choice: the subsidiary of Accor, the French Edenred Fleet and Mobility... [...]
Social media news | Article originally published on LinkedIn Providing reliable, affordable and clean energy for refugees is complex and ... [...]
Couche-Tard to bring electric vehicle charging strategy to North America [...]
ADNOC completed a placement to institutional investors of 10% in its subsidiary ADNOC Distribution total share capital, or 1.25 billion sh... [...]
The UK’s largest fuel supplier and distributor Greenergy has agreed purchase all the shares in Irish independent fuel distributor Amber Pe... [...]
Tommy’s Express is pleased to announce it is bringing three new locally owned and operated franchise locations to Washington County, Minne... [...]
Oil giants plan for a future with less crude, more hydrogen [...]
Japanese convenience-store operator 7-Eleven is launching a home-delivery service from its outlets to meet continued demand sparked by the... [...]
A new petroleum products terminal construction in Alexandria, Egypt is on the way. This is after Total Egypt and OLA Energy signed a joint... [...]
Total Nederland and PitPoint.LNG have started construction of a new multiple-energy truck station at the new A1 business park in Deventer,... [...]
President Donald Trump promised to allow higher-ethanol gasoline to be distributed using existing filling station pumps, a move designed t... [...]
U.S. petroleum marketer and fuels distributor Martin Eagle Oil Co. has sold its convenience retail and wholesale motor fuels businesses to... [...]
The UK-based Gridserve announced several new partnerships with retail, service and technology companies to deliver improve the customer ex... [...]
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines is further cementing its regional expansion with a strategic partnership with a unit of Indonesia’s state-ow... [...]
Parkland Corporation announced it has acquired the license for the exclusive use of the On the Run trademark in the majority of U.S. state... [...]
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced new and extended contracts for more than 20 million gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) to ac... [...]
Major business leaders urge EU heads of state to set higher 2030 emissions reduction targets [...]
Aldi is launching a new click and collect service in the UK, with plans to roll the initiative out nationwide in the coming weeks. The bu... [...]
Energy North Group has acquired eight units in Maine from Tradewinds Markets, consisting of seven convenience stores and one car wash. T... [...]
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As part of its efforts towards bolstering customer experience, Enyo Retail and Supply, leading fuels retailing company in Nigeria has intr... [...]
Video of the week: BURGER KING reveals restaurants of tomorrow [...]
Shell Hydrogen has been awarded $40.8m, subject to formal approval, by California Energy Commission regulators to expand the hydrogen refu... [...]
Analysis from IHS Markit observes record pace of recovery World oil demand has grown at a record pace—by 13 million barrels per day in th... [...]
Recent Indian news reports have claimed the government may issue orders obliging petrol station owners to install a total of 69,000 electr... [...]
Visa is teaming with Norwegian digital-wallet company Vipps on a new initiative to boost mobile payments in Europe, according to a report ... [...]
This article was published on LinkedIn by Bernard Looney, CEO, bp This is our Zengcheng retail site. It’s a small station in southern Chi... [...]
Flying cars have become synonymous with a just-around-the-corner future that never quite arrives, despite companies promising they’ll delive... [...]
CECOD supports decision to reschedule UNITI expo for spring 2022 [...]
The new designs dramatically improve the guest experience, Burger King says. A suspended kitchen and dining room above the drive-thru lan... [...]
Video of the week: Formula 1 Origins [...]
Grocery chain the Co-op is opening 50 new stores and creating 1,000 new jobs this year. The new roles come on top of the 1,000 posts it a... [...]
BP reportedly planning to sell London HQ [...]
PKN Orlen steps up to join 'premier league' of European energy firms [...]
Jet launches new TV advertising campaign [...]
The Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources, has directed 9,000 filling stations in the country to commence the ... [...]
Sri Lanka will expand the storage capacity for fuel in the country to boost buffer stocks when ships are delayed, Energy Minister Udaya Ga... [...]
Walmart is revamping and rebranding its rival to Amazon’s Prime service as the world’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer steps up efforts... [...]
PetroRetail, operator of Kazakhstan’s biggest fuel station network, has scrapped plans to switch to either Shell or a Gulf brand and will ... [...]
ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five... [...]
Thorntons is hosting a drive-through hiring event to staff full and part-time in-store positions in East Louisville, Ky. The c-store chai... [...]
Petrobras presents new c-store concept in Paraguay [...]
Nissan dealers are fitting new 70-plate electric cars with green number plates, previewing their introduction later this year. First sugg... [...]
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Casey’s launches curbside pickup at more than 2,000 stores [...]
Identified by its traditional colour palette of black and light blue, the self-service car wash was inaugurated under the self-service sys... [...]
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Costa Coffee trials street-facing counter for first time at London store [...]
Romania's top oil and gas group, OMV Petrom, said that it has signed an agreement with Auchan Retail Romania for the opening of over 400 M... [...]
Amazon invited some customers to preview the new grocery store format it has developed in California and said it will open to the public v... [...]
Circle K Stores Inc. has purchased Wadsworth Oil Co. of Clanton Inc. The acquisition includes a chain of 10 convenience stores in central ... [...]
Adnoc Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel retailer has trained 254 UAE nationals currently employed by the company to take on leadership ... [...]
The Valero brand added 50 service stations in Mexico with the opening of a unit in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The US company already has a... [...]
Pakistan's Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Rawalpindi, on the directives of Director General ACE, Lahore, has launched a campaign to ... [...]
Puma Energy announced the start of a loyalty program through the new Puma FastPay+ app, offering a free range of benefits and promotions i... [...]
Carrefour has reached an agreement to acquire 172 stores under the Supersol banner in Spain, thereby strengthening its number two posi... [...]
BP UK is to launch a diversity and inclusion (D&I) plan aimed at boosting the representation of minority groups within the company, inclu... [...]
Ameex Technologies released the results of its 2020 study measuring convenience store retailers’ online presence. In its 2019 study, Speed... [...]
Electric-car sales are surging in Europe, but only in richer countries, recent analyses have shown. The coronavirus pandemic has greatly ... [...]
DoorDash says it will make grocery deliveries in less than an hour and offer more than 10,000 grocery items, including dairy, eggs, produc... [...]
Hubject has selected Enel X Financial Services, a subsidiary of Enel X, to provide financial services for payments between charging point ... [...]
With the imminent launch of the ID.4 EV SUV, Volkswagen has signalled its aim to be a world leader in the production of electric vehicles.... [...]
Gilbarco Veeder-Root launches new video series 'The Drive' celebrating business owners in the industry [...]
More profitable to sell NZ biofuel to the U.S., says Z Energy boss [...]
Wawa Inc. is calling customers for dinner with the official test and pilot of several new dinner menu items at select convenience stores. ... [...]
U.S. Oil, the petroleum and renewable energy distribution division of U.S. Venture Inc., has purchased the branded wholesale fuel supply b... [...]
Ipiranga chain announces new high octane gasoline Octapro [...]
ExxonMobil is offering 10,000+ of its locations across the U.S. the opportunity to opt in to delivery services to meet customer demand. E... [...]
Neste said it has signed an agreement with Air BP to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to airport customers in Europe... [...]
Tommy’s Express Car Wash is pleased to announce the opening of three new franchise locations in the month of August 2020, according to a p... [...]
ZOOM, UAE’s leading, home-grown convenience store, has partnered with NowNow, a new on-demand delivery platform to provide customers in Du... [...]
Cashless payment solutions provider, Revenue Group Bhd has teamed up with Chevron Malaysia Ltd to provide electronic wallet services at al... [...]
Disa becomes fourth largest operator in Portugal with purchase of Prio [...]
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ADNOC sees a robust return of oil demand, mainly from China, ADNOC Group’s chief executive Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber told IHS Markit Vice ... [...]
The new age of age-verification [...]
CHS Inc.'s Cenex convenience store brand is getting a new look, both at the forecourt and inside the store, through a new initiative dubbe... [...]
Video of the week: UK could allow self-driving cars on motorways in 2021 [...]
OMV Petrom said that it has signed a deal with the local unit of food delivery platform foodpanda for the delivery of food products to its... [...]
Company that represents Circle K, Speedway and other chains may bring a new cannabidiol-infused beverage to stores A new cannabidiol (CBD... [...]
Australian Radio Network (ARN) is claiming a world-first and significant brand results after partnering with Coles Express on its first dy... [...]
Alfamart, the first and only Super Minimart chain in the Philippines, was able to pull this off despite current circumstances, thanks to t... [...]
Hundreds of Greene King pubs across the UK could soon offer access to electric vehicle drivers looking to charge up their car while they d... [...]
UK government takes steps towards autonomous driving [...]
The Elegant Fuel Group has announced the launch of its new TVC, titled 'Fuel Joy'. The group says that its TVC is inspired by the joyfulne... [...]
Elegant Fuel South Africa launches new TV advert [...]
Pilipinas Shell is the second-largest fuel retail network in the country with more than 1,100 retail stations that provide more opportunit... [...]
More than half of Americans say they’re concerned about touching cash during the Covid pandemic, and 60% say they plan to use so-called to... [...]
Grupo Ultra announces the launch of a company to operate in the digital payments segment, focused on the existing digital relationship wit... [...]
BPCL to open 1,000 more fuel stations; releases plans for completion of privatisation [...]
Users of Enel X’s App JuicePass now have access to a network of over 50,000 public charging points across Europe, most of which are made a... [...]
VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp, a leading provider of security and retail marketing technology, and its South African partner Onyx-Cogniv... [...]
P97 Networks, Inc., has been selected by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, to enable mobile ... [...]
Charter Hall teams up with GIC for $1b Ampol portfolio [...]
The Eat & Go gastronomic concept, signed with the quality of the AVIA brand, will welcome its first customers at the newly opened AVIA own... [...]
Cumberland Farms introduces first farmhouse Fresh To Go™ restaurant concept in U.S. [...]
Etihad Airways and ADNOC distribution expand partnership [...]
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) launched the indigenous payment wallet ‘SmartDrive’ under the ongoing Atma Nirbhar programme o... [...]
Co-op undertook an extensive programme of works after acquiring the former Pearce’s Garage site in Drakewells, Gunnislake in Cornwall, dev... [...]
Poland's Competition and Consumer Protection Office approves takeover of eMILA fuel network by Anwim [...]
Z Energy’s plans to cancel its service station forecourt concierge service from October 1 may leave up to 100 people out of jobs. The com... [...]
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial, and ... [...]
As per the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan, Pakistan State Oil has started to import Euro-V Sta... [...]
Zoom said it formed an agreement with home-delivery app Instashop, which will allow customers to make online orders while refuelling at EN... [...]
Gas companies will partner with Hyundai to supply refuelling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered cars in Australia next year in a bid to a... [...]
The £2.25 million project will allow more cars and vans to be powered by hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen technology firm Logan Energy has been sel... [...]
Last week Forecourttech V, taking place on the 6 & 7 October, screened its first online update on technologies that optimise the operation o... [...]
BP announce its net-zero ambitions earlier this year and now spelling out how it would scale up its low-carbon energy business and reduce ... [...]
The brand will launch the service in August, with the first outlet opening in Nanjing. Using the prefab structures will reduce construct... [...]
David Jones, BP to open 21 new convenience food sites in Australia by end of 2020 [...]
Last year Total SA had agreed to acquire a 37.4% stake in city gas distributor Adani Gas Ltd for around ₹5,700 crore - marking the French ... [...]
REWE Group has announced that fuel provider Shell has extended its partnership with Lekkerland for another five years in Germany. Both co... [...]
General Motors CEO Mary Barra that her company is partnering with EVgo, the largest EV charging network in the US, to add 2,700 fast charg... [...]
Clean Streak Ventures headquartered in Orlando, announced the acquisition of 7 Bay Breeze Car Wash and Lube ("Bay Breeze") sites located i... [...]
The world’s first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains will be built in Lower Saxony’s Bremervoerde, starting in September. Rep... [...]
The dates for Italy's leading trade fair for the retail fueling sector, have this week been re-confirmed as 21-23 October 2020, with a str... [...]
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Convenience-store operator United Pacific has acquired 95 retail locations from Platinum Energy and its related entities. Most of the st... [...]
Wawa, the beloved convenience store known for its made-to-order sandwiches and coffee, is opening its “first-ever freestanding drive-thru”... [...]
Electric vehicle owners visiting Nissan’s Pavilion exhibition space in Yokohama, Japan, can now pay for parking by discharging their batte... [...]
Gulf Oil is making its comeback to Formula 1 with its new, multi-year partnership with McLaren Automotive. Starting 2021, Gulf will offic... [...]
7-Eleven owner buys Speedway fuel stations for $21 billion [...]
EU bank provides €35m for EV charging stations in Spain [...]
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ENTV behind the scenes at Brugg Pipe Systems' HQ in Wunstorf, Germany [...]
Video of the week: eBussy - not a car, but more! [...]
Dear PEI Members and Friends: The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority today informed PEI that the 2020 PEI Convention at the NACS... [...]
PETROL and diesel car bans set to come into force in 2035 could be a near impossible target for many, according to the British Vehicle Ren... [...]
Neste, a producer of renewable diesel, has opened four new fueling stations in northern and central California, providing greater accessib... [...]
True Blue Car Wash LLC has announced the successful acquisition of five additional Clean Freak Car Wash locations in Arizona, bringing the... [...]
Fast EV chargers are needed to reduce waiting times when at fuel stations, and Ingeteam has teamed up with Infineon to creates Europe’s fa... [...]
The three biggest convenience store brands in Japan are experimenting with a joint delivery service in a bid to reduce the number of deliv... [...]
Sainsbury’s begins trial of virtual queuing system in five UK stores [...]
Dubbed as the most innovative and modular light vehicle in the world, the eBussy by German electric car manufacturer electric brands can b... [...]
Repsol and Nortegas join forces for a network of gas stations [...]
The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) will take place virtually between November 9 and 12, 2020. This ... [...]
INTERSPAR has become the first major food retailer in Austria to offer filling stations for unpackaged and loose organic food products, su... [...]
Euro Garages is to extend its partnership with Sainsbury’s with the launch of 22 Sainsbury’s-branded sites this month. A regional manager... [...]
GasBuddy, the travel and navigation app that is used by more North American drivers to save money on gas, today announced its Pay with Gas... [...]
Destilería Argentina de Petróleo (DAPSA) intends to flag 30 service stations in the next three months, according to DAPSA's Commercial Dir... [...]
Aral places 100 ultra fast chargers at service stations in Germany [...]
Petronet LNG Ltd, the country's biggest liquefied natural gas infrastructure company, will adopt a three-pronged strategy to expand its bu... [...]
Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc, Japanese peer Seven & i Holdings Co, and private equity firm TDR Capital ... [...]
More self-service petrol stations are set to open in the South Island, including another Waitomo outlet in Christchurch. The Waikato fuel... [...]
Kakao Mobility, a South Korean firm that provides ride-hailing and driver-for-hire services, had signed a business cooperation agreement w... [...]
Toyota has announced a new sales milestone – three million hybrid electric vehicles in Europe. The landmark car was a British-built Coro... [...]
Castrol India Limited has announced that it has joined hands with Jio-BP to sell the lubricants. Under this partnership, Castrol lubricant... [...]
HTC Extraction Systems has revealed its intention to acquire a 20% equity stake in US-based Hydrogen Fueling Corp as it moves forward with... [...]
Rubis Terminal, a joint venture between I Squared Capital and Rubis, has bought Spanish bulk liquid storage operator TEPSA. TEPSA and has... [...]
Motor Fuel Group, the UK’s largest independent forecourt retailer, has become the latest member of the Scottish Grocers Federation (SGF). ... [...]
Six essentials for c-store rewards program success. Customer rewards programs are a core component of marketing for convenience stores th... [...]
OnTurtle expands presence in Germany [...]
ADNOC & ADQ form strategic joint venture [...]
Cepsa develops pioneering Alexa skill to locate its service stations by voice [...]
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Hutton, a local real estate, development and investment firm, has launched a new carwash company called ModWa... [...]
Are you in a hurry and don't want to go inside the shop? Total Parco offers a Bonjour Cart at a service at La Town Filling Station, Adjac... [...]
Puma Energy makes deal with Evie Networks for truck stop ev chargers [...]
The push to expand the 15% ethanol blend (E15) nationally received a boost last year when the Trump Administration lifted restrictions on ... [...]
AutoPro announced the opening of a new centre at Al Qudra in Dubai and plans to open four additional centres by the end of the year to str... [...]
A new integrated fleet solution is now available from TMC and Shell, combining more than 3,800 forecourt sites with charging and technolog... [...]
ExxonMobil is offering enhanced benefits in the form of fuel and convenience store rewards points to AARP members through the Exxon Mobil ... [...]
Mansfield Energy Corp. has announced the acquisition of the fuel transportation assets of Lubrication Technologies (Lube-Tech), including ... [...]
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PKN finalizes Lotos takeover and plans to create energy giant [...]
Cape Town-based energy tech startup PayGas is partnering with Afrox, South Africa’s leading Liquified Petroleum Gas company, to roll-out 5... [...]
Cepsa has expanded its alliance with Glovo in Spain and has extended it to Portugal to provide its customers with the service of buying an... [...]
The European Commission will support the development of 15 refueling stations for vehicular LNG and one for hydrogen within the framework ... [...]
Authorities confirmed skimming devices were found at the 76 gas station in Hesperia, California earlier this month. Edgar Moran, spokespe... [...]
MOL Group, an international oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, has chosen Driivz technology to manage its electric vehicle (EV... [...]
Houston is looking for a new partner, or partners, to keep its plug-in cars charged and jump-start options for public use. City officials... [...]
As Land Rover celebrates its 50th anniversary of the launch of the original Range Rover in 1970, both, the current-gen Range Rover and the... [...]
BSM announced that it has selected P97 Networks, a leader in cloud-based mobile commerce, to build the first step in their digital journey... [...]
Vivo Energy Tunisie, the company that distributes and markets Shell products in Tunisia, and the company L'Olivier, holder of the Master ... [...]
Video of the week: ADNOC Leadership Dialogue - Interview with Omar Al Olama, UAE Minister for Digital Economy and AI [...]
VP Racing Fuels is partnering with Flint Hills Resources to bring VP-branded gas stations and products to Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebr... [...]
The deadline for shifting the EMV liability at the pump has been pushed back to April, and that may be a good thing considering that the o... [...]
As the country’s e-commerce sector continues to accelerate in the current landscape, TendoPay presents a solution to help Filipinos access... [...]
International brewery chain to launch drive-thru pub designed like a fuel station [...]
Uber Eats has joined up with Asda in the US tech firm’s first step into fast-track grocery delivery in the UK. The supermarket chain, whi... [...]
Switzerland’s second public H2 station has now gone into operation with the opening of Avia’s first hydrogen filling station in St. Gallen... [...]
Clean Streak Ventures announces the acquisition of Top Dog Express Car Wash & Oil Change ("Top Dog"), a partnership with Clean Machine Car... [...]
bp pays $1bn to Reliance for minority stake in Indian fuel retail venture [...]
Video of the week: The future of shopping - Telexistence robots [...]
The Circle K Fuel brand is now available at more than 2,300 sites across North America, and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is piloting some... [...]
In Japan, the FamilyMart chain of convenience stores is trying an approach that’s a little bit different: By replacing some of its in-stor... [...]
OrangeGas Germany became the market leader in the operation of CNG filling stations in Germany. With the sale, EWE bundles its mobility ac... [...]
Amazon Air has secured up to 6m gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over the next 12 months as part of the company’s commitment to ... [...]
bp to invest $70 million in India’s green growth equity fund [...]
Enagás and BP Oil España have signed an agreement to promote projects to reduce emissions in Spain. The agreement aims to support the devel... [...]
Dover Fueling Solutions (“DFS”), a part of Dover Corporation that delivers advanced fuel dispensing equipment, electronic systems and paym... [...]
While most South Africans can’t really tell the difference between fuel quality, when it comes to choosing a petrol station, the stakes ar... [...]
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. plans to increase the number of its aviation fuel stations by 50%, in an attempt to c... [...]
Love’s Financial, a member of the Love’s Family of Companies, has acquired two freight factoring companies: Vero Business Capital of Memph... [...]
The app enables customers to pay both at the pump and in-store with Mobile Pay by securely adding their credit card, debit card, Apple Pay... [...]
ExxonMobil is giving consumers a new incentive to fill up. The fuel provider is now offering 3 percent Daily Cash back when using Apple C... [...]
AiFi to deploy 330 autonomous stores by 2021 [...]
Video of the week: Leadership Dialogue with Amin Nasser, President & CEO, Saudi Aramco [...]
Shares in Applegreen rose by 5.65pc in Dublin after the forecourt firm said its business was trading ahead of Covid-19 projections for May... [...]
Tankey users already received an attractive discount at the pump with an energy contract with Energie Direct or Essent Zakelijk. With the... [...]
Saudi Automotive Services Company (SASCO) signed a Shariah-compliant bank facility agreement with Arab National Bank (ANB). The credit fac... [...]
Twitter recently announced that employees would be allowed to work remotely “forever,” and Amazon CTO Werner Vogels described the transiti... [...]
Battery swapping is considered a cost effective option for electric three- and two-wheelers since installing charging stations are expensi... [...]
Saudi Aramco's CEO Amin Nasser optimistic about second-half of 2020 [...]
Chevron acquires Puma Energy [...]
Air Liquide has installed the first high-pressure hydrogen refueling station in Europe, with the capacity to serve the first fleet of long... [...]
Video of the week: erpecnews 'My industry journey' - June 2020 with Susanne Hammerschmidt [...]
Classic Jaguar, Bentley, Rolls EV conversions celebrate the past without the gas [...]
Dutch renewable fuel filling operator OrangeGas has acquired four commercial compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and a bus depot from Ör... [...]
The acquisition adds further scale to Nouria’s wholesale fuel network and expands its geographic footprint and branded fuel distributorshi... [...]
Nisa has reported further strong recruitment numbers with 242 stores signing up in the five months to May. This follows a robust year post... [...]
Edward Fuels, Manitoulin Fuels and Petroline will continue to operate under the existing name and management Two of Ontario's family-owne... [...]
UAE-based Zoom convenience stores and home delivery platform Talabat to offer a home delivery service for its customers, the company has a... [...]
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From fries to miles – a circular economy by McDonald’s Netherlands, Neste and HAVI [...]
US petrol consumption has jumped, as coronavirus lockdowns continued to ease and American motorists returned to the roads. The volume of ... [...]
It’s that time, folks. We are back in our cars, venturing out, and (unfortunately) embarking on those long commutes to work. To help you f... [...]
In the UAE, the UK retailer and the Abu Dhabi headquartered energy giant have ventured into online ordering and delivery. ADNOC is using 1... [...]
Following its world-class safety practices and protocols, Shell aims to set the standards of safety in mobility, using new technology and ... [...]
IKEA opened its first convenience store—here’s what it sells [...]
Repsol CEO Josu Jon Imaz today presented two major pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake in Spain... [...]
UAE’s ADNOC announced a $20.7-billion deal with six international companies for the acquisition of a minority stake in Adnoc Gas Pipeline ... [...]
Google announced broad changes in its default data practices for new users, including a significant expansion in the company’s willingness... [...]
CERTAS Energy has launched a new online resource for forecourt retailers, offering free access to personal wellbeing tools, learning cours... [...]
As the UK begins to take its first cautious steps out of the lockdown that has precipitated the worst economic crisis in modern history, t... [...]
The International Car Wash Group (ICWG) has announced the acquisition of well-known express carwash operator Mister B’s Express Wash in th... [...]
Electric vehicle charging network Engenie said it will complete installation of 17 rapid chargepoints for retail property firm Brookhouse ... [...]
From fries to miles - how Neste uses oil from McDonald’s french fries to produce renewable diesel [...]
ENOC Group recorded 12 million cashless transactions in the first five months of the year, with more than five million cashless transactio... [...]
Siemens partners with total on LNG [...]
PayPoint and Motor Fuel Group (MFG) have announced a renewal of their partnership that will see the deployment of an EPoS integrated PayPo... [...]
Japan’s Mitsui has invested $25m in California’s biggest hydrogen station developer and operator FirstElement Fuel (FEF). With around 8,3... [...]
ADNOC ranks No1 retail brand in 'Forbes Middle East top 100 companies' [...]
Petrogress expands its distribution operations in Europe [...]
Saudi Aramco announced the completion of its acquisition of a 70% stake in Sabic from the Public Investment Fund (PIF; Riyadh), the sovere... [...]
Heas Energy Services LLC has entered into an agreement to acquire the long-term leasehold and business interest in 10 fuel station and con... [...]
Eroski and the representation in the Spanish State of the ensign of Avia, have signed a collaboration agreement that contemplates the open... [...]
Speedway LLC will not operate as an independent company until 2021. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Marathon Petr... [...]
Everyday app Grab is expanding its on-demand grocery and essentials delivery service in Metro Manila with more partner outlets. GrabMart ... [...]
DAPSA intends to brand a minimum of 50 service stations this year [...]
Rompetrol Downstream, the retail division of the KMG International Group in Romania, launches a new service dedicated to individuals, thro... [...]
Starbucks accelerates store transformation plans in U.S. [...]
Phoenix Petroleum claimed that it is the first in the oil industry so far to extend electronic payment (e-payment) alternative in at least... [...]
Kenyan oil marketers are hoarding fuel products in expectation of higher margins, when the government announces new prices. This is even ... [...]
The first of six Evie Networks ultra-fast EV charging stations at Caltex/Ampol retail outlets in Victoria and New South Wales is up and ch... [...]
Mr. Chaiwat Kovavisarach, chief executive officer and president of Bangchak Corporation Public Company says his firm has recognised that i... [...]
Mexico’s state oil giant is suspending contracts with service providers and suppliers, triggering thousands of job losses. Over the past ... [...]
Video of the week - Ben van Beurden reflects on Shell's new climate ambition [...]
Galp reopens all stores in its network in Spain [...]
The Coronavirus pandemic is having serious consequences in the US for consumers visiting fuel stations. Total gas station visits increasin... [...]
Brazil's fuel market set to feel COVID-19 impact until 2022 [...]
BP embraces the evolution of the retail fuels industry [...]
Shell Plc (AMS:RDSA) will soon begin talks with potential customers to sell the future output of its first solar plants in Brazil, which c... [...]
Locally owned and family operated fuel distributor Tiger Fuel Company announced the acquisition of 40% of the shares of Altenergy Inc., a ... [...]
FleetPride Service Centers are bringing the CITGO family of lubricants to new customers across North America, as CITGO is now the primary ... [...]
Brazilian retail group GPA is planning to open 50 new stores under the Mercado Extra format by the end of 2020. The new supermarket forma... [...]
South Korea’s GS Caltex Corp. is reinventing its fuel station network as the hub of mobility and logistics distribution demonstrated with ... [...]
Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has announced that Caltex has become the first petrol station chain in Cambodia to offer con... [...]
Bilfinger and Green Solutions have signed a framework agreement covering engineering, assembly and services for liquefied natural gas (LNG... [...]
The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis is threatening to derail vital UN cli... [...]
ADNOC Distribution the UAE’s leading fuel and convenience retailer, has opened 16 new stations across the UAE, including five traditional ... [...]
PKN Orlen has agreed to buy a 65% stake in troubled newspaper distributor Ruch as part of a plan to expand in the retail segment, Poland’s... [...]
Petrobras hits new fuel oil export record [...]
Germany orders all fuel stations to provide electric charging points [...]
Toyota will partner with no less than five Chinese companies, Beijing Automobile Group, FAW, Beijing SinoHytec, Dongfeng Motor, and Guangz... [...]
Aramark is opening on-site "pop-up" grocery stores at health care facilities across the U.S. to serve as a one-stop shop for doctors, nurs... [...]
Carrefour has entered into an agreement with Dairy Farm to acquire Wellcome Taiwan, consolidating its position as the leading multi-format... [...]
Electric vehicle charging station company Tritium has struck a $45 million private placement debt funding deal with US insurance giant Cig... [...]
Five Petroleum to collaborate with Green Packet on first AI-powered petrol stations [...]
TotalGas released a statement to communicate its decision to support and protect women in risky situations with the implementation of the ... [...]
Vivo Energy Uganda, the distributor and marketer of Shell branded fuels and lubricants in Uganda has embarked on a deep cleaning and sanit... [...]
Neste opens Europe’s first RFID-based self-service store in Finland [...]
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has approved Hyundai Oilbank’s plan to take over SK Networks’ gas station business, officials said. Upon... [...]
Bosnian motor fuel retailer Gazprom Petrol (G-Petrol) plans to lease four filling stations in southern Bosnia for 15 years, the country's ... [...]
South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex said in a statement it would begin the operation of its first all-in-one pump station that can accommod... [...]
International Carwash Association (ICA) has announced a change to the dates for The Car Wash Show™ 2021, according to a press release. The... [...]
BP has pledged to increase wages for UK retail staff by paying the real living wage (RLW) from 1 August. The move will affect about 5,000 ... [...]
Irving Oil acquires North Atlantic Refining plus retail assets [...]
The state government announced it would impose a mandatory real-time fuel price reporting mechanism on retailers in order to put downward ... [...]
Fuels firm Velocys has gained planning permission for the UK’s first waste-to-jet-fuel plant Altalto Immingham. The project is a collabor... [...]
Study: Shell receives the most fueling visits in U.S. [...]
Video of the week: forecourttech goes virtual [...]
The government's Central Energy Fund (CEF) and Sasol have denied they are in talks over the acquisition of the synthetic fuel producers' p... [...]
Russian internet giant Yandex has seen a surge in use of its contactless payments service at petrol stations during the coronavirus pandem... [...]
Bulgaria plans to set up a state-owned company to manage oil and fuel reserves and build petrol filling stations across the Balkan country... [...]
Cumberland Farms is helping customers get their purchases quickly and safely through the launch of curbside pickup via its SmartPay Reward... [...]
Video of the week - Latest tech news from Dr. Steven Van Belleghem [...]
EG Group signs long-term agreement with organic fast food chain Oliver's in Australia [...]
Neste increases partnership with Sweden’s OKQ8 and sets ambitious 2020 target [...]
Repos Energy plans to manufacture and sell around 3,200 mobile petrol pumps in the current financial year. In a statement, the company sa... [...]
A number of UK supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op have won a legal ruling on whether they should be liable for busine... [...]
Ascona Group to transfer all 37 of its UK sites to Nisa Retail. The United Kingdom group is based in West Wales, but has outlets across th... [...]
A South African perspective: The fuel station of the future [...]
Total group has announced it will develop the world’s first 100% electric fuel truck. The French oil and gas company will work with compat... [...]
forecourttech launches as a virtual event [...]
Video of the week - CNBC interview with Casey's CEO Darren Rebelez [...]
TravelCenters of America Inc. is accelerating its network expansion strategy by actively pursuing franchising opportunities for business g... [...]
DEWA has launched a programme to regularly disinfect its electric-vehicle green chargers across Dubai petrol stations, in collaboration wi... [...]
The Spanish government is due to present an ambitious draft law to cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 to Parliament. S... [...]
Neste is bringing renewable diesel to a significant number of new stations in Finland. With the expansion, Neste MY Renewable Diesel will... [...]
Preem owns hundreds of petrol stations in Sweden, as well as oil refineries. Its business is divided into three parts: refining, retail, a... [...]
After 530 days, and more than 180,000km (around 110,000 miles) driven, the trialling the world’s first two hydrogen trains has been a succ... [...]
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc announced that it had started delivering fuel to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Mega Manila thro... [...]
Casey's CEO foresees three major changes post-pandemic [...]
Total calls off plan to buy Occidental Petroleum's Ghana assets [...]
Tesla has designed a so-called ‘million mile’ battery for electric vehicles that could bring the cost in line with fossil fuel-powered ... [...]
Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm targeting entrepreneurial businesses poised for the next level of growth, announced today i... [...]
In the age of disruption, creating a hub for testing new innovations can help c-store retailers adapt more quickly to a world in flux. To... [...]
Valero grows network in Mexico despite virus [...]
UK's first electric forecourt is under construction, opening summer 2020 [...]
A preview of the UK's first electric forecourt, due to open in summer 2020 [...]
Lufthansa Group has signed a Letter of Intent with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and spin-offs Clime-works... [...]
McLane Company a leading supply chain services company providing grocery and foodservice solutions, announced today that they have renewed... [...]
OMV Petrom installed photovoltaic panels in 33 OMV branded filling stations and in 7 Petrom-branded filling stations, so that they can be ... [...]
Caltex Australia interim chief executive Matt Halliday (pictured) expects the upswing of consumer support for all-Australian brands in the... [...]
Adnoc Distribution has announced the opening of four new on the go neighbourhood service stations. The new stations will bring fuel and r... [...]
A new app from Korean oil refiner GS Caltex will allow charging and payment services at its fuel stations without coming into contact with... [...]
India’s largest refiner, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC) said that the demand for petroleum products is picking up, with the country slowing op... [...]
Poland's biggest refiner PKN Orlen has offered to sell assets in Poland to address EU antitrust concerns over its planned acquisition of s... [...]
For the first time in the Czech Republic, drivers of compressed natural gas (CNG) cars have the opportunity to try driving on BioCNG suppl... [...]
Certas Energy Dealer Rewards provides tailored programmes that can help forecourt retailers and their employees improve their personal wel... [...]
Four Queensland shopping centres and one in Victoria will install solar panels across their entire roofs as part of the first phase in a n... [...]
Hands-free fuel service could soon be introduced at stations in Australia [...]
Could it be peak oil? 'Possibly', says BP's Bernard Looney [...]
Indonesia to discuss biodiesel programme amid falling fuel prices [...]
Shell Oil Products U.S. announced the launch of Shell Fleet Maintenance Hub, a digital maintenance platform that grants users access to al... [...]
The ai Corporation (ai), an FCA approved expert in payments, fraud and risk management, announced that it has upgraded EazyFuel, its close... [...]
Circle K has announced that it is now offering a new free grocery home delivery service across its network of company owned service statio... [...]
Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licensee, in partnership with its retailers have launched a novel sustainable initiative dubbed the retailer ... [...]
Social distancing has many closed car washes, but service is still available from a Baltimore-based startup that developed a contactless m... [...]
FEATURE - How can international exhibitions and events move on from the COVID-19 lockdown? [...]
Visa delays fuel dispenser EMV deadline [...]
Argentina's YPF names industry veteran as new CEO [...]
Paytronix Systems Inc. is getting a financial boost as the economy weathers the COVID-19 pandemic. The Newton-based digital company secure... [...]
Gasum has acquired Linde AG’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Biogas business in Sweden and Norway and Nauticor’s Marine Bunkering busines... [...]
ENOC Group has partnered with Emirates Red Crescent to launch a campaign that will allow UAE citizens and residents to make charitable don... [...]
FamilyMart Thailand has opened its first ‘FamilyMart Corner’ stores where beverages, snacks and convenience foods are sold from automatic ... [...]
Will this app - developed by a German start-up - become a secret weapon for faster checkouts [...]
Shell cuts dividend for first time since WW2 [...]
Maltese authorities have introduced a cap on the number of fuel stations in the countryside and significant limits on their development o... [...]
Video of the week - Bloomberg interviews Shell's Ben van Beurden on dividend cut, debt & oil industry 'crisis' [...]
Toyota has reaffirmed its position as the global leader in hybrids, surpassing yet another sales milestone. The automaker has sold more th... [...]
Yesway has partnered with Acumera to deliver a program designed to secure its POS systems and store digital estate. The convenience-stor... [...]
ENOC Group has extended its support to Emirates Red Crescent safety awareness campaign to raise awareness among the community on safety an... [...]
To salute health-care heroes across the country, Imperial is providing up to $2 million in free fuel vouchers to frontline nurses, paramed... [...]
Our love of the cloud is making a green energy future impossible [...]
Euro Garages snaps up more forecourt sites in UK [...]
Carrefour has extended the agreement it has with Glovo since the summer of last year to Carrefour Express supermarkets located at Cepsa se... [...]
Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announced that 39% of all on-road ... [...]
The government of Mozambique will spend 900 million meticais (US$13.3 million) in the construction of 30 fuel stations in the north, centr... [...]
ExxonMobil is committed to being part of the solution to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and has focused efforts in three key areas. First, ... [...]
Hyosung, under the leadership of Chairman Cho Hyun-joon is set to construct the world's largest liquid hydrogen plant to better vitalize t... [...]
Sainsbury’s re-opens 100 UK petrol stations as it makes price promise [...]
National Lottery operator Camelot said the lockdown was changing the way that people were playing the National Lottery, with a “significan... [...]
Video of the week: How to become a more data-driven company: Insights from Shell [...]
As part of the company’s corporate “Antivirus” programme to combat COVID-19, Gazprom Neft has begun delivering free supplies of medical PP... [...]
Data is the new oil: How Shell has become a data-driven and AI-enabled business [...]
Video of the week: Working from home - How to avoid feeling tired in the afternoon [...]
Wholesale fuels distributor CrossAmerica has completed the purchase of the previously announced retail and wholesale assets from a seller ... [...]
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture in India between Reliance Industries... [...]
India is quickly running out of space to store a swelling stockpile of fuel as every possible container - including those in the 66,000 pu... [...]
For a truly contactless refuelling experience, Setel has introduced Setel4Me in its latest app update. With this feature, you can refuel y... [...]
People will be able to order their fortnightly quota of nine masks at Taiwan's four major convenience store chains, after the government a... [...]
BP supercomputer to aid global healthcare researchers in race to halt COVID-19 [...]
Japanese start-up Psygig has created a Microsoft Azure-based solution for use in the fight against coronavirus. Thermographic cameras sc... [...]
"RaceTrac is committed to the continuous support of our communities and guests through this unprecedented and uncertain time," said Melani... [...]
AA Smartfuel, New Zealand’s most popular fuel loyalty programme, has extended the expiry date on its rewards in recognition of the current... [...]
Repsol now handles orders by phone in more than 800 c-stores within in its service station network in Spain. In this way, customers will ... [...]
Couche-Tard drops bid for Caltex due to COVID-19 uncertainty [...]
The custom-made BMW R9T looks like a post-apocalyptic steampunk beauty! [...]
MOL Group has implemented measures to mitigate the impact of the current health situation and to enable the business to emerge from the cr... [...]
Autobell Car Wash began offering an interior disinfectant service to help flatten the coronavirus curve. PURTABS, an EPA-registered, hosp... [...]
As a 16-year-old, Eghosa Oriaikhi Mabhena was in a considerable minority of young women in the UK. Moving to London from her home count... [...]
Hy-Vee is introducing free full-service fueling at more than 165 locations across eight states, including Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh stores, th... [...]
Video of the week: Working from home - How to plan your day [...]
NACS State of the Industry Summit reinforces the importance of industry’s strong 2019 operational and financial results Looking back at t... [...]
BP bosses give donations to mental health charities [...]
The millionaire Issa brothers have donated £350,000 to hospitals in East Lancashire. Mohsin and Zuber Issa are the founders of the Blackb... [...]
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd said it was fully geared up to meet the additional demand for liquified petroleum gas (LPG) in the country due ... [...]
Casey’s General Stores announces an expanded partnership with DoorDash to provide delivery to 579 locations, seven days a week, across the... [...]
Saying it wants to provide a safer option to customers who are more susceptible to the coronavirus, Kum & Go is launching on-request full-... [...]
PATNA: In a first, the Bhagalapur district administration in Bihar has made wearing masks all in the district mandatory with immediate eff... [...]
Coronavirus: C-stores find new sense of purpose, says UK wholesale retail Boss [...]
Pertamina provided a special program for online ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers in the form of cashback for fuel purchase using electronic ... [...]
Cepsa reopens more than 250 stores in its network of service stations [...]
Liquid Barcodes, a loyalty marketing platform for convenience-store retailers, has released a preorder and prepay product that can be depl... [...]
Volkswagen is bringing its flexible (ie semi-mobile) fast-charging (HPC) stations to China via a joint venture. A date for the planned sta... [...]
PKN Orlen opens first German fuel station under own brand [...]
HMRC says it will publish official company car tax guidance to reflect clarification given to Fleet News in light of the coronavirus lockd... [...]
More than 400 Circle K stores throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will soon carry a line of CBD products from Ignite In... [...]
McLaren is advancing plans to create a development car that runs on synthetic fuel to prove the technology’s validity as an alternative to... [...]
A statement by Tanzania's Prime Minister's Office declared that Tanzanian partners jointly donated medical supplies, technological gadgets... [...]
ExxonMobil and the Global Centre for Medical Innovation (GCMI) have initiated multi-sector and joint development projects to rapidly redes... [...]
The ACCC has granted interim approval for Australia’s major oil refiners and the representative body for the industry, the Australian Inst... [...]
ADNOC opens first ‘On the go’ service station [...]
The UK’s biggest independent forecourt retailer has insisted it plans to keep its stores open despite a massive decline in fuel sales. Mo... [...]
Walmart and Target announced they will begin limiting the number of people who will be allowed inside their stores at one time in an effor... [...]
Video of the week: Introducing ADNOC's 'On the go' fuel station concept [...]
Former Trump adviser Mark Weinberger joins Saudi Aramco board of directors [...]
Shell reskills workers in AI as part of huge energy transition [...]
An update on Circle K’s global rebranding effort [...]
EG Group announced that, effective immediately, it is adding healthcare workers to the current group of first responders and military pers... [...]
It has been reported that there are smartphone apps that track the possible transmission of the Coronavirus disease. Across the globe, gov... [...]
An UK based firm that uses artificial intelligence to develop new medicines has teamed up with a national science facility to screen more ... [...]
In the interest of social distancing and avoiding public facilities, a Silicon Valley startup is demonstrating its alternative to fuel pum... [...]
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Uber Eats partners with Galp for home delivery of c-store products [...]
Hundreds of UK rural petrol stations face closure during COVID-19 lockdown [...]
What COVID-19 does to the Internet [...]
The UK is seeing a 20% increase in the number of people driving away from petrol stations without paying during the coronavirus crisis. A... [...]
Liberia's Conex Oil and Gas Holdings on Wednesday said it had signed a deal to acquire the Liberian and Sierra Leonean fuel businesses of ... [...]
Puma Energy Ghana Limited rose from its three-day 2020 Annual Retail Conference and Awards with a resolve to establish a stronger footprin... [...]
Top Tier certification requires a retailer’s gasoline to meet minimum detergency requirements as directed by vehicle manufacturers, which ... [...]
Italy’s government is trying to broker a deal to head off a move by petrol station operators to close down pumps on the country’s motorway... [...]
Cardtronics, a Houston-based ATM operator, has been awarded a multi-year contract for Casey's General Stores. Per the agreement, Cardtroni... [...]
Shell Bulgaria is donating BGN 100K worth of fuel to supply ambulances of the Centres for Emergency medical assistance. In the challengin... [...]
HPCL’s first Retail outlet in Bhutan has been commissioned in partnership with State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STBCL), a Govt. of Bhu... [...]
Walmart Inc said that it has opened two federal drive-through coronavirus testing sites for first responders and health-care workers. Th... [...]
Demand for renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG), the low-carbon and low-cost alternative to diesel for HGVs, has soared 8... [...]
Neste has been ranked as the most sustainable brand within the fuel industry according to Finnish consumers. The Sustainable Brand Index™ ... [...]
The cap on contactless card transactions is to increase from £30 to £45 on 1 April to help retailers and consumers reduce the risk of the ... [...]
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corp (CPECC) has won a $203.5 million engineering contract to treat sour gas at Majnoon oilfiel... [...]
A catch up from Nick Needs on coronavirus, industry events and the price of fuel [...]
As we are facing historic challenges around the globe with the growing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the forecourttech team has release... [...]
Cepsa implements preventive measures at its service stations [...]
Shell plans to slash $9bn (£7.2bn) from its spending plans to weather the collapse in oil market prices in the wake of the coronavirus outb... [...]
Formula 1 teams are aiming to work out a plan to increase the supply of medical equipment to fight coronavirus. F1 and the teams are worki... [...]
Retailers’ biggest concerns seem to centre around the health and safety of their employees, maintaining stock of basic necessities, and th... [...]
Productivity expert Holland Haiis gives tips on how to work from home without letting your productivity or well-being suffer. [...]
CECOD supports decision to postpone UNITI expo 2020 [...]
The benefits of an online car wash menu [...]
The American oil and gas industry said that it does not see a significant threat to the U.S. energy supply chain from the coronavirus pand... [...]
Make no mistake, consumers are buying healthier food products in all areas of retail, and that includes convenience stores. They are looki... [...]
UNITI expo 2020 postponed till next year [...]
A Petrol station has installed perspex screens at tills as "extra precaution for staff and customers" during the Covid-19 crisis. Texaco ... [...]
INOX India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shell Energy India to develop the market for LNG supply by road from Shell’... [...]
Orlen joins battle of the virus with 1 million litres of disinfectant handwash [...]
OMV wants to sell its 287 fuel stations in Germany [...]
7-Eleven Inc. is providing customers in Latin America with new mobile bill payment and tracking services. The c-store titan is partnering... [...]
Five Petroleum Malaysia has officially announced the launch of its brand in the country with the opening of its first petrol station in Ka... [...]
Why don't we have flying cars yet? [...]
Iranian fuel stations, especially in high-risk areas of the country, are being disinfected on a daily basis to prevent the spread of coron... [...]
The average price of filling up a family car could fall by more than £5 as wholesale oil prices plummet. Retailers are under pressure to ... [...]
Iberdrola has decided to ramp up its sustainable mobility plan, with more investment – a total of 150 million euros – to provide an even l... [...]
Petroleum Equipment Institute, the leading international authority and source of information for the fuel and fluid handling equipment ... [...]
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Wascon Blue has announced that it will invest US $720 million in four new “green” biorefineries, which will produce gasoline from byproduc... [...]
Saudi Aramco announced a long-term global sponsorship deal with Formula 1 in what could also be another step towards the country eventually... [...]
EG Group buys UK & Ireland's largest KFC franchise [...]
SK Networks, a trading and retail arm of South Korea's third-largest conglomerate SK Group, signed a deal to jettison its fuel service bus... [...]
In May 2019, Pepfuels signed a tri-party agreement with state-owned oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation for doorstep delivery. A... [...]
At the recently concluded Auto Expo, Renault sprung a surprise by unveiling a new engine for its Duster range. The French automaker showc... [...]
Coronavirus - The most infectious surfaces in the public space are found on petrol pumps [...]
With news that Donald Trump has banned all flights into America from Continental Europe, adding to those already in place for travellers f... [...]
Video of the week: Oil price war - Saudi / Russia standoff [...]
The self-service laundry brand, Bloomest, has opened its first store in a service station in Spain. The franchise, belonging to the Miele... [...]
The Frandagas petrol station in La Zubia, Granada has become the first of its kind in Spain to issue discounts on petrol and diesel in exc... [...]
Valero has recently added a further three new sites to the Texaco brand growing their site numbers in Northern Ireland by over 30% in the l... [...]
Repsol has added an 860MW wind complex in northern Spain to its development portfolio, in effect turning the Spanish oil & gas company int... [...]
Oil consumption just fell off a cliff and OPEC is facing a huge test [...]
7-Eleven owner abandons plans to buy Speedway for $22 billion [...]
A partnership between BP and Qantas could ease bowser pain, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approved the deal. I... [...]
Exxon Mobil called for tighter regulation of the greenhouse gas methane and offered up its own in-house rules as a model for companies and... [...]
H2 Mobility Switzerland, a consortium of companies setting itself the goal of establishing a nationwide network of hydrogen filling statio... [...]
A more eco-friendly petrol could be introduced in the UK from next year. The government is consulting on making E10 - which contains less... [...]
PDI is partnering its software suite with P97 Networks’ cloud-based mobile commerce engine. The PDI Marketing Cloud Platform will integrat... [...]
EC relaunches talks with PKN Orlen over merger with peer Lotos [...]
“Oil demand will recover after coronavirus”, says Aramco Trading CEO [...]
YPF announced an important expansion plan for its network of service stations, which will expand the current 1,600 outlets that it has thr... [...]
On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions, announced that it has... [...]
Setel, Malaysia’s first direct-to-pump fuel payment mobile solution is now available at over 700 Petronas stations across the country, wit... [...]
AUTEC Car Wash Systems announced that it is has been acquired by Dallas-based business leader and entrepreneur Vic Keller, according to a ... [...]
Puma Energy appoints René Médori as new Chairman [...]
Albert Heijn and BP to expand convenience partnership in the Netherlands [...]
Angolan government to invest in more fuel stations [...]
Video of the week: BP's Bernard Looney speaks at IP Week Dinner, 27 February 2020 [...]
Coffee shops are no longer the stop of choice for a coffee-to-go, with more than 80% of consumers preferring to use a self-service machine... [...]
With a population of close to 400 million people, the West African region has one of the fastest growing vehicle fleets in the world. As i... [...]
Virgin Galactic sees demand for space travel surge [...]
Chevron has asked 300 staff not to come into its office in Canary Wharf, London "for the time being". Crossrail, which shares the same bu... [...]
Bankers are sounding out potential buyers for Motor Fuel Group (MFG), which operates about 900 sites under brands including BP, Shell and ... [...]
ENOC's ‘service station of the future’ nears completion [...]
Shell announced more than 1,000 of its retail sites now offer outdoor EMV technology. This technology is designed to reduce fraud and prot... [...]
Total is investing $4 million to supply half of its filling stations in Zimbabwe from small solar power plants. The project will enable th... [...]
Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppe... [...]
Seven & I Holdings, the Japanese parent of convenience-store chain 7-Eleven, is in talks to purchase Marathon Petroleum’s Speedway conveni... [...]
GasBuddy has issued its 2019 top fuel station brands in the U.S. report, revealing which fuel station convenience store brands offer the b... [...]
Following a number of cancellations and expressions of concern from delegates as regards the coronavirus, APAC Petroforum Bangkok, schedul... [...]
As a SaaS company with a global client base that includes Circle K, Euro Garages (EG Group), BP, and Veeder-Root Titan have announced that... [...]
Video of the week: Happy hippo makes pit stop at fuel station in St Lucia [...]
UK forecourt retailers advised to wait before installing EV chargers [...]
TanQyou expands fuel station concept to Portugal [...]
Bangchak now starts selling “Hi Diesel S B 10” at its more than 400 service stations across the country. Enhanced by Green S technology ... [...]
Global Partners placed for sale signs on 18 convenience stores. Of the 18 c-stores, 16 offer fuel. The properties on the market also incl... [...]
Wex a leading financial technology service provider, and Sinclair Oil, a Wyoming-based refinery operator that markets fuel in 24 states, a... [...]
Over 50% of Mexican retail fuel market could be run by private companies by 2023 [...]
Inspiring team performance through innovative design - Video tour of Bever Innovations' new HQ [...]
Sainsbury’s has unveiled a brand new city convenience store in London concept known as On The Go, with plans already in the works to roll ... [...]
To celebrate the opening, the new Marengo Charging Plaza is providing free charging to customers, though this will surely change in the co... [...]
Carrefour acquires 30 Makro stores and 14 fuel stations in Brazil [...]
Nearly 1 in 5 cars in Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city, are fully electric. The reality that such a place exists has sent oil and fuel... [...]
PKN Orlen wants to increase the number of its petrol stations in Lithuania to 70-80 within the next few years from the current 26, the com... [...]
Latest purchase adds Mississippi and Arkansas locations, will help fast-growing Refuel reach 100-store threshold by end of 2020. Refuel O... [...]
Strong demand for used petrol and diesel cars continued in 2019, with sales of the latter down just 0.6% to 3,297,953 and a 41.7% market s... [...]
ADNOC Distribution plans record investment to add 60 fuel stations [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. submitted a revised bid to Caltex Australia Ltd. to acquire 100 percent of the company. Under the new bid, ... [...]
New co-operation prospects of Gazprom and LUKOIL [...]
Mastercard cash pick-up at 8,000 7-Eleven stores in U.S. [...]
BP CEO Looney on Coronavirus fallout, Climate plan and Rosneft - Interview with Bloomberg [...]
BP has unveiled plans for the company to reach "net zero" CO2 levels (both in emissions and in the products themselves) across its operati... [...]
Romania's OMV Petrom will install charging stations for electric vehicles at 30 petrol stations at home and in neighbouring Bulgaria in th... [...]
Valero is partnering with GetUpside at more than 5,000 of its branded retail fuel locations. GetUpside’s machine learning platform person... [...]
Uniper subsidiary Liqvis is expanding its business with German LNG filling stations. To this end, the company has entered into a partnersh... [...]
Vodafone Germany has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Total to equip its petrol stations with 5G. The firm has sta... [...]
The owners of Future Energy Source Company, which trades as Fesco, have laid out a busy year for capital projects, which will culminate wi... [...]
Enoc Group announced its plans to open 22 new service stations across the UAE by the end of this year. The company plans to open 10 new s... [...]
Shell has decided to accelerate its move into renewables, switching from coal-fired power plants. Shell says this comes as a focus on soli... [...]
Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister for Bahrain’s oil and Chariman of Tatweer Petroleum, and Eni’s CEO, Claudia Descalzi, h... [...]
Following an active 2019, Majors Management LLC is starting 2020 with another acquisition. In its recent move, Majors acquired 185 retail f... [...]
7-Eleven pilots cashierless store concept [...]
Russia's Rosneft keen to bid for India's BPCL [...]
Nexus Vehicle Rental has launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) online rental platform for business use as part of its revamped IR... [...]
GO Car Wash continues its Kansas City market expansion with the acquisition of nine Belfonte’s Car Wash sites. This acquisition gives GO ... [...]
Dunkin' Brands to exit 450 Speedway locations in U.S. [...]
Renewable Energy Group and Phillips 66 pull plug on partnership [...]
Latest tech news from Dr. Steven Belleghem featuring Pinterest's new AR tool, Apple's record revenue figures and more... [...]
Building the world’s most advanced grocery retail AI assistant [...]
BP said the deadly coronavirus outbreak could cut global oil demand growth by 40 per cent this year, putting pressure on Opec producers an... [...]
With the closing of its acquisition of Cumberland Farms and the relocation of its headquarters to Massachusetts, EG America has establishe... [...]
UPS have announced an order of 10,000 purpose built electric vehicles from UK based Arrival. The initial 10,000 vehicles will be rolled ... [...]
Taranaki-based Hiringa Energy is the first company in New Zealand dedicated to the supply of green hydrogen (produced via electrolysis), p... [...]
The UK Government is poised to ban the sale of all hybrid, petrol and diesel cars from 2035, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce at... [...]
The first Sustainability Social Media Ranking from sustainability communications agency Context, looked at how 100 companies use Twitter t... [...]
Azpetrol LTD and AS24 (a subsidiary of the French oil and gas TOTAL) signed a contract providing the sale of fuel via AS24 cards in the ne... [...]
Wex has entered into an agreement to purchase eNett, a provider of business-to-business payments solutions to the travel industry. In a s... [...]
5G literally refers to the fifth-generation of wireless technology, following on from 3G and 4G. The biggest changes will bring users high... [...]
Unipetrol expands network of filling stations in Czech Republic and Slovakia [...]
Can Formula 1 really go 'carbon neutral' by 2030? [...]
Video of the week: A review of the 'Too Good to Go' fighting food waste app [...]
Total, announced that it will install and operate up to 20,000 new public EV charging points in the Netherlands. The company is aligned wi... [...]
Thailand has announced that it is aiming to become the first country in Asia to use ethanol as a core fuel. The country’s energy ministry ... [...]
Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutra... [...]
A 2020 outlook on U.S. convenience store retail trends [...]
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing has signed a new multi-year contract with ExxonMobil that extends the already successful partnership between ... [...]
Global leaders in fuel production and aviation have welcomed recent advancements in favour of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry i... [...]
Convenience-store chain Enmarket has rolled out a new customer rewards program called Enjoy Rewards. Enmarket’s Enjoy Rewards will enable... [...]
We are in the middle of a coffee boom. Coffee is a perfect test bed for innovation that exemplifies the wider trends brewing in convenienc... [...]
Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB) aims to enable Setel - its Malaysia’s first mobile app for fuel payment, at all Petronas fuel stations through... [...]
Pilot Flying J is changing its name to Pilot Co., bringing all of its related brands under one corporate identity. The new name will serve... [...]
WhiteWater Holding Company an express car wash platform headquartered in Houston, has announced its acquisition of Rev Car Wash, a Dallas ... [...]
Ballenoil to expand service station network in Spain [...]
Spar convenience stores join fight against food waste [...]
Trafigura to buy Angolan general's stake in Puma Energy [...]
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has outpaced industry in clocking double digit sales growth in petrol and diesel from its nearly 1,400-odd p... [...]
Cafu, the Dubai-based on-demand fuel delivery app (that claims to be first of its kind in the region) has signed an agreement with Oman-ba... [...]
Ukraine's SBU Security Service has stopped the operation of 407 illegal filling stations in nine regions of Ukraine, the SBU press centre ... [...]
German luxury car manufacturer Audi has invested 100 million euro for setting up EV charging infrastructure in its own sites, claims the c... [...]
Iderdrola and Avia will install more than 500 rapid chargers for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. The initiative comes in the wake... [...]
Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the largest oil marketing company in the country, and Uber, the global ride-hailing service, have signed a st... [...]
Parkland Fuel Corp. recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entities and assets comprising Kellerstrass Oi... [...]
Shell is launching a nationwide in-vehicle payment platform. Shell-branded fuel stations across the United States will now accept payment t... [...]
7-Eleven is bringing previously independently stores back into the fold. The Irving, Texas-based company has announced an agreement to acq... [...]
Bulgaria's Power Distribution North, a unit of Czech power utility Energo-Pro, said that it has awarded two fuel supply contracts to local retailer Petrol, worth a total of 9.7 million levs ($5.5 million/5 million Euro). [...]
Amazon India has made a commitment to induct 10,000 electric vehicles (EV) into its delivery fleet by 2025, as part of the company’s effor... [...]
The travel stop retailer plans to open up to 40 stores and add about 3,000 parking spots in 2020. The announcement follows a year during ... [...]
Moroccan fuel retailer Petrom lands in Spain [...]
Stepping up expansion in its home state, Carlisle, Pa.-based Giant Food Stores plans a $114 million capital investment that includes two n... [...]
BP recently unveiled a new consumer loyalty program, called BPme Rewards, and rolled it out to participating BP and Amoco retail stations ... [...]
LNG Shell in co-operation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey. The facility opened in Sa... [...]
South Korean convenience-store chain GS25, owned by GS Retail, has opened a futuristic convenience store without a checkout counter in Jun... [...]
Starbucks’ Chinese competitor Luckin to launch self-service coffee machines [...]
HAM Group has acquired the Basque company FNX Liquid Natural Gas S.L., company focused on the design, manufacturing and installation of Sm... [...]
Tidal Wave Auto Spa wrapped up 2019 with a bang with the opening of eight new car washes just in the month of December, bringing the total... [...]
Audi India is betting on its BS-VI petrol portfolio to ratchet up sales that stood at just 4,594 units in 2019. The company had launched ... [...]
The features in this issue include Designer David Davis' industry journey, latest developments at Mepsan and how to make the most of LinkedIn [...]
Euro Oil, a newly established oil marketing company in the country, continues to expand its retail footprints across Pakistan. [...]
The fundamental challenge with renewable energy, is that it follows its own cycles and logic, independent of when we wish to use it. [...]
Shell is seeking a bigger share of Mexico’s fuel market, even as regulatory changes make it harder for foreign companies to compete. The ... [...]
Catalina, the leader in shopper intelligence and personalised digital media for CPG brands and retailers, is forging a partnership with Ko... [...]
ADNOC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to explore potential development of a Crude to Petrochemicals complex in Balongan, Indonesia as well as a Sales Agreement in which ADNOC will supply Pertamina with up to 528,000 MT of LPG by the end of 2020. [...]
“If the Porvoo and Naantali refineries sent out no fuel for two weeks, it’d have an impact on service stations, public transport and air t... [...]
EG Group is considering a bid for Caltex Australia in a move that could start a takeover battle with... [...]
The International Car Wash Group (ICWG) has announced the acquisition of three well-known and respected regional carwash companies, accord... [...]
The Carrefour Group one of the world’s leading food retailers, announces its acquisition of Dejbox, a pioneer in lunch delivery for busine... [...]
You’ve probably noticed retailers are increasingly using the little chip on your credit or debit card to accept transactions. Unfortunatel... [...]
A joint venture company of British energy firm BP and publicly listed fuel trader PT AKR Corporindo plans to build 30 new fuel stations ea... [...]
GEP, a leading provider of procurement software and procurement services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced t... [...]
BP Australia have furthered their financial commitment to the ongoing bush fire emergency, this week pledging $500,000 to be shared betwee... [...]
"Alexa, pay for gas!" - How ExxonMobil's Alexa upgrade is set to change the way we fuel up [...]
Sharara Oil Services company, one of the five main petrol station operators in Libya, reported that it had activated its first phase of us... [...]
The PKN ORLEN Group logotype has joined the local star and Benzina brands at all stations in Germany and almost all in the Czech Republic ... [...]
Tesco is going electric in Ireland in partnership with ESB. The company announced the installation of charging points at 52 of its store c... [...]
Caltex Australia to rebrand as Ampol [...]
Amazon has filed a patent for a non-contact biometric ID system that could cover a very wide spectrum of applications. Obviously, the Am... [...]
NCR Corporation a global enterprise technology company for the retail, hospitality and banking industries, announced the acquisition of U.... [...]
Currently PEA is surveying the sites of Bangchak’s petrol stations that are suitable for installing EV chargers. The Chief of Marketing a... [...]
A big thanks to all our readers for being part of our journey. All the best for a new decade of innovative thinking, exciting developments and inspiring conversation. [...]
BP and India's Reliance Industries signed an agreement to build a retail fuels joint venture that would more than triple the number of Rel... [...]
Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, announced the completion of its coast-to-coast network of electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers. With locat... [...]
Future Group founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Kishore Biyani is all pumped up to bring global retail chain 7-Eleven, considered t... [...]
ExtraMile Convenience Stores announced a new partnership with loyalty and data services company KickBack Rewards Systems (KRS) to enhance ... [...]
Romanian oil and gas group OMV Petrom said that the takeover of the local network of filling stations Art Petrol by its wholly-owned subsi... [...]
Chevron back in Australia with $425m Puma Energy deal [...]
Electrify America, a leader in ultra-fast charging for electric vehicles announced that it is teaming up with Bank of America to install ... [...]
First petrol station in Brunei to adopt mobile payments via QR code [...]
Circle K will implement Leighton O’Brien’s Wetstock Live software as a service (SaaS) first at 2,350 sites in Europe, followed by 5,000 si... [...]
Bosch is developing artificial intelligence-powered technology that opens new horizons by teaching cars how to see what — and who — is rid... [...]
Wex Inc., a provider of vehicle fleet cards, announced a deal with Valero Energy Corp. to manage that company's proprietary fleet fuel car... [...]
With the second quarter of its 2020 fiscal year under its belt, Casey's General Stores Inc. is more than halfway to its goal of building 6... [...]
Thailand's PTT eyes network fuel station expansion in 2020 [...]
Investor demand pushes oil giant’s market value to $1.9tn on first day of trade in Riyadh [...]
The majority of consumers are open to new experiences when they pay at the pump, which could provide significant revenue opportunities for... [...]
The ENTV team goes behind the scenes at Mepsan’s Konya facility [...]
Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn begins testing of digital store at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport [...]
Viva Energy Australia buys Liberty Oil [...]
Tesco considers sale of businesses in Thailand and Malaysia [...]
Amazon Web Services Inc announced that BP is closing its European mega data centres and migrating all data and 900 key applications curren... [...]
Unipet and State-run Paria Fuel Trading Company have come to a compromise in their dispute over unpaid arrears on Unipet’s fuel ... [...]
Yesway selected March Networks' Searchlight for Retail to provide advanced video surveillance and analytics. The convenience store retail... [...]
Customers with the banking application of the International Bank in Luxembourg will be able to pay their full fuel directly from their car... [...]
Car-sharing platform, SoCar, has been operational in Malaysia for almost two years now and they have expanded their fleet with over 2,000 ... [...]
Caltex is selling up to 50 of its freehold petrol stations with a high land value [...]
Anything that has to do with gas has the potential to explode, but we rarely think about such scenarios when we go to gas stations. We are... [...]
GPM Investments LLC have officially took ownership of the Riiser convenience store chain The acquisition of 63 stores and fuel stations —... [...]
Romania's OMV Petrom, controlled by Austrian group OMV, promises to abstain from taking over any fuel stations over the next decade, to ge... [...]
New petrol delivery app HaloGo is set to launch in Australia in March 2020 and will save you the trip to the service station by bringing i... [...]
Applegreen has recently announced the opening of a new Santry service area, just outside Dublin Airport, and in doing so brings 50 new job... [...]
Petrobras says it may divest billions more than forecast [...]
Have you ever thought about eating your cup after drinking your coffee? Air New Zealand is trialling an edible biscotti coffee cup from f... [...]
Fuel retailers to invest $750mn in Mexico in 2020 [...]
Watch Elon Musk announce the Tesla Cybertruck in 5 minutes [...]
SEAT and Redexis are going to collaborate to boost sustainable mobility by promoting Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). SEAT President Luca d... [...]
Repsol sets net-zero emissions target for 2050 [...]
OMV partners with Microsoft to accelerate its digitalization strategy [...]
It looks like Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is going to let everyone know how successful the Cybertruck is, even with two years to go be... [...]
The move marks ETF's exit from the retail operations business. The c-store locations are comprised of Chevron and Exxon branded sites thr... [...]
Two thousand refuelling stations in Bangladesh stopped selling diesel, petrol and octane while lorry workers also kept their transports of... [...]
The Engen partnership with Clicks, rewards motorists every time they fill up and swipe their Clicks ClubCard at participating Engen servic... [...]
Couche-Tard still focused on U.S. despite eyeing expansion to Asia-Pacific [...]
Audi is to cut 9,500 of its 61,000 jobs in Germany between now and 2025 to make more money available for electric vehicles and digital wor... [...]
A U.K. solar plant has provided overnight grid services using modified inverters, opening a potential new revenue stream in a market that ... [...]
H E Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum (QP), said that a series of ... [...]
NextGen Digital Fuelling initiatives, aimed at providing greater transparency and building customer trust, has been launched by public sec... [...]
The ACCC is proposing to allow Qantas, BP Australia and independent BP petrol stations to collectively participate in the BP Rewards, Qant... [...]
Carrefour tests paying with fingerprint in Belgium [...]
BAPCO to deliver cashless payment solutions to fuel stations in Bahrain [...]
Video news on Caltex's IPO plans [...]
Air BP has signed a technical services agreement with Sonangol, Angola's state-owned oil company, in London This marks Air BP’s entry int... [...]
Fuel card provider and owner of the Esso Card™ portfolio, WEX Europe Services, announce a new agreement with Motorsport UK, the national m... [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard's bid for Caltex could be company's biggest deal in history [...]
Cepsa to launch pilot project with Canadian restaurant chain 'Tim Hortons' [...]
Caltex announces IPO for 250 of its petrol stations [...]
Pilot Flying J has launched the One9 Fuel Network, a nationwide fueling network aimed at smaller fleets. The new network will give profes... [...]
Shell makes first move into supermarket fuel card space with UK Morrisons tie-up [...]
Following a strategic review, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has sold all of its ownership interest in CrossAmerica to investment entities ... [...]
Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd (Ola Electric) announced that it has inked a partnership with power distribution companies BSES Yamuna Power... [...]
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has selected Honeywell’s asset monitoring and predictive analytics solution to drive improved a... [...]
India has agreed to sell stakes in five state-run companies, including oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL), said finance minister Nir... [...]
INA has received the green light from Republika Srpska's (RS) Energy and Mining Minister Petar Đokić that it can conduct due diligence at ... [...]
GoAir currently operates to eight international destinations and half of them fall in the Gulf region. A wholly-owned entity of the Dubai... [...]
David Jones and BP have unveiled their first store collaboration, in Bayside, Melbourne. The new high-end convenience store, first flagge... [...]
As part of Wawa’s continued commitment in Maryland, Wawa revealed updates on upcoming expansion plans throughout the state at a special gr... [...]
Chart Industries completed the installation and commissioning of Europe’s largest LNG fueling station for Alternoil. Alternoil will oper... [...]
Panasonic Corporation has completed its latest hydrogen station, H2 Kusatu Farm, on the Kusatsu site of the Appliances Company located in ... [...]
Leighton O’Brien and Adler and Allan have announced a new licensed service partnership to exclusively deliver its proprietary EPA-certified ... [...]
Payment by selfie – Nestlé starts pilot project in Europe [...]
Who is going to be the world's largest oil producer by 2030? [...]
Enel X , as part of its strategy for developing and providing services in the financial sector, has concluded an agreement to acquire - su... [...]
Pakistan’s premier energy company, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited, has partnered with Bank Alfalah, one of Pakistan’s leading banks and a... [...]
Riiser Fuels Holdings LLC has purchased Baltus Oil Co.'s eight Bread and Butter Shop convenience stores in Wisconsin. Baltus Oil can trac... [...]
The International Car Wash Group (ICWG), the world’s largest local car wash, tannounced the acquisition of TLC Xpress Carwash, a family-ow... [...]
Saudi Aramco’s IPO is set to value the oil giant at up to $1.7 trillion [...]
Caltex and Woolworths unveil new supermarket in fresh convenience push [...]
ADNOC makes LNG supply deals with BP and Total [...]
Amazon plans to open a store in Los Angeles next year, as it continues to expand its presence in the traditional grocery market. The Sea... [...]
Gasum plans to grow the Nordic liquefied gas filling station network to a total of 50 stations by the early 2020s. The expanding filling ... [...]
Vivo Energy Uganda has announced the addition of 16 new Shell service stations, expanding the Shell network countrywide and bringing the t... [...]
The company’s Whim app allows customers to access and connect on a single platform all available transport options in a city – from taxis,... [...]
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Total has now established 25 stations in Jalisco, Mexico with a number of new retail fuel sites being opened this month. A ribbon ceremony... [...]
The deal will enable Harvest Energy to develop its network of service stations with the support of Total, and to secure its fuels supply. [...]
EG America, a subsidiary of U.K.-based EG Group, is moving its headquarters from downtown Cincinnati to Cumberland Farms‘ headquarters in ... [...]
FEMSA, has closed its previously agreed upon 50-50 joint venture (JV) agreement with Raízen Conveniencias in Brazil, through its FEMSA Comer... [...]
Rubis Énergie SAS plans to acquire Kenyan Gulf Energy Limited. The acquisition is subject to the approval of Kenyan regulatory and competi... [...]
Drivers in Italy have been warned to fill up their gas tanks ahead of a two-day strike this week affecting every petrol station in the cou... [...]
Leading environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has today announced that it is acquiring the Fuel Facility Management (FM)... [...]
Mammoth Holdings LLC (“Mammoth”) has acquired Wiggy Wash LLC, a four-unit conveyor carwash operator in Utah’s Utah Valley area, according ... [...]
Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited (Mobil) has today announced that its proprietary family of additised fuel products, Mobil Synergy Fuel Technol... [...]
Polish energy group Unimot SA said it is ready to take over PKN Orlen’s fuel stations if some of them come up for sale as part of PKN’s pl... [...]
Itochu Corp. and its subsidiary IPC USA Inc. have sold IPC’s U.S. wholesale petroleum distribution business to TACenergy, a division of av... [...]
An agreement on the sale by Neste Corporation of its Russian fuel retail business consisting of 75 fuel stations in North-West Russia and a terminal in Saint Petersburg to PJSC Tatneft was signed in July of 2019. [...]
The oil company says that the economic upheaval is not affecting its investment plan. They already have 15 new outlets and promise to enab... [...]
Titan Cloud Software announced that it acquired JMM Global, bringing together the best-in-class providers of UST (Underground Storage Tank... [...]
Phillips 66 is now offering the GetUpside platform to Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 stations nationwide. GetUpside generates personalised co... [...]
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Marathon Petroleum confirms Speedway spinoff, announces leadership changes [...]
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Circle K says it has created 100 new jobs around the Republic this year with the opening of three new outlets. Aspiring Olympic eventing ... [...]
Saudi Aramco announced its intention to establish the Jazan Power Joint Venture. The JV will be 46% owned by Air Products, 25% by ACWA Powe... [...]
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Energy Minister Franklin Khan said there was no conflict between Government and petroleum dealers about sustainable fuel margins for the l... [...]
Z Energy has launched a virtual fuel tank called "Sharetank" today that it says will radically transform the way Kiwis buy and use fuel. ... [...]
UK Fleet decision-makers are split over when the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans should be phased out, or whether it should ha... [...]
Tommy’s Express Car Wash is pleased to announce the grand opening of five new franchise locations in the month of October 2019. Located ... [...]
Uber reveals next generation food delivery drone for vertical take-off and landing [...]
Marathon Petroleum plans to spin off fuel stations, may shake up leaders [...]
Selecta has signed a partnership with Scandinavian fuel supplier OKQ8, which will see the company introduce the Starbucks on the go unatte... [...]
Drivers in Vietnam will be able to buy products from PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOIL) using their mobile with the e-wallet service pro... [...]
Ontario is banning vaping advertisements from convenience stores and fuel stations, reversing a policy decision that advocates said allowe... [...]
Lidl has made a commitment to install rapid charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) at more than 300 stores over the next three years.... [...]
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Thailand plans to make E20 the primary petrol available at pumps, phasing out gasohol E10 from retail, said Minister Sontirat Sontijirawon... [...]
True Blue Car Wash LLC has announced the successful acquisition of six additional Clean Freak Car Wash locations in Arizona, bringing the ... [...]
Global, the media stable and marketing giant, has supported its out of home holdings on the continent with the purchase of MMD Media. Fol... [...]
Cepsa partners with Derhem Holding to launch service station network in Morocco Cepsa and Moroccan company Derhem Holding have announced ... [...]
International convenience store companies buying locations in the United States is not new, as Alon, GPM and others have held a U.S. prese... [...]
The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) opened up the fuel retail market by lowering the entry barrier and allowing all companies... [...]
Transaction Network Services, a provider of network payment solutions, and WannLynx, which integrates payments from controllers and termin... [...]
Pearson Fuels, the largest distributor of E85 Flex Fuel in California, announced a partnership to purchase Renewable Naphtha (RN) from Wor... [...]
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Service station operator APN Convenience REIT is poised to expand its portfolio of properties with a proposed $75 spending spree. The gro... [...]
Enerkem Inc., a world-leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced the closing of a $50 million equity investment from Sunc... [...]
As part of efforts to develop better connectivity between members of MOL Group, customers may use INA cards to make payments at Tifon serv... [...]
The Hartley Co. closed on a deal to sell its convenience store and fuel station assets to Campbell Oil Co. & BellStores Inc. Hartley oper... [...]
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MFG to purchase forecourt operator Symonds Retail [...]
The Mexican Association of Service Station Providers (AMPES) headed by its president Isaías Romero Escalona and Coparmex Metropolitano bus... [...]
South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner GS Caltex Corp. announced its fuel stations will not just fuel gasoline vehicles but electric and... [...]
The overall forecourt sector is now worth £4.1bn, providing jobs for around 92,000 people across the UK, according a new Association of Co... [...]
Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi strategic investment firm, completed a deal to sell a significant minority interest in its full... [...]
Croatian oil an gas company INA said it has made the first concrete steps towards installing hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell vehicl... [...]
Neste will introduce Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced from 100% renewable raw materials, in Estonia during October 2019. During the i... [...]
Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores reached the milestone of 500 stores. "Opening our 499th store in St. Clair, Michigan, and our 500th ... [...]
Shell will spend £10m over the next year to offset the emissions from customers' fuel purchases at more than 1,000 service stations in the... [...]
Total will pay about $866 million for the stake in Adani Gas, which will ramp up its presence in a market that is expected to become the s... [...]
Starting next year, there will be a lot more "green" in those brown UPS delivery trucks. United Parcel Service Inc announced plans to buy... [...]
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The number of domestic convenience stores operated by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. dropped by 24 in September from the previous month to 20,993,... [...]
The ENOC Group has launched ENOC Link, an innovative digital fuel delivery service that will make life easier those who own and operate fl... [...]
EG Group reportedly eyeing IPO [...]
Thailand's Susco plots major petrol station expansion in Asia by 2022 [...]
BP invests in AI tech firm Grid Edge [...]
Shell New Energies has acquired a nearly 20% stake in Indian solar photovoltaic panel manufacturer Orb Energy in its latest funding round.... [...]
Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E, announced on Tuesday just gone it will shut off the power of nearly 800,000 customers in Northern Californ... [...]
Spanish oil-and-gas company Compania Espanola de Petroleos SAU, better known as Cepsa, has initiated a pilot project that will evaluate th... [...]
PostNord, the leading logistics solutions provider in Nordic countries, has introduced four biogas-fuelled delivery vehicles in Finland. T... [...]
The government has been urged to review its RON 95 petrol subsidy programme (PSP) beyond the planned structure, and take into account othe... [...]
Food and drink travel operator SSP Group has extended its collaboration with German autobahn service provider Tank & Rast to add more food... [...]
Puma Energy raises $200m from Paraguay sale [...]
Shell is reversing its attempt to break into the UK taxi market despite investing millions in an app aimed at boosting drivers’ fares whil... [...]
Transaction Network Services, a provider of network payment solutions, and WannLynx, which integrates payments from controllers and termin... [...]
The saving, which is around 10 cents per liter of fuel, is linked to the fact that Petroprix stations are self-service and there is no sto... [...]
Popular Food2Go menu and selection of high-quality products now available on one of the region's leading delivery apps Muscat, Oman: Tala... [...]
Ten other EU member counties have supported the Danish proposal to ban diesel and petrol car sales by 2040. During a meeting of European ... [...]
BP’s new CEO Bernard Looney takes oil major into energy transition [...]
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Repsol buys 40% stake in Singapore's lubricant company United Global Limited [...]
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CrossAmerica Partners LP has closed on an agreement with Applegreen plc for the global convenience-store retailer to operate 46 company-op... [...]
Shell Mexico announced the arrival of a freight train carrying fuel to a storage terminal in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato. “Initially, t... [...]
Leading convenience store brand, Circle K, today announced it now offers delivery from nearly 600 of its locations across Texas via its pa... [...]
PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR) has opened the first Cafe Amazon branch in China in line with its goal of making the coffee chain a g... [...]
Bliss Car Wash announced the opening of a new car wash in Los Angeles, the seventh among its eco-friendly car washes, designed to use mini... [...]
The Co-op is driving greater efficiency following the launch of new technology in its stores. The MyWork mobile task management tool was ... [...]
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Q8 is investing heavily in its Belgian network. Following the acquisition of 75 service-stations from U Car Services and VP Oil, both part... [...]
United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas, recently announced that 25 of its United Express retail fuel stations will now offer Phillips 66... [...]
One hundred lucky customers will have the chance to win K5,000 worth of fuel each from a Puma Energy retail site across the country. The w... [...]
Vehicles , including taxis in South Africa can be seen manoeuvring their cars to make sure they get the shiniest car wash [...]
Egypt government embarks on converting vehicles from petrol to natural gas [...]
80 hydrogen fuel stations planned for Ireland by 2030 [...]
GPM Investments LLC has signed an agreement with Riiser Fuels LLC to acquire 63 convenience stores with fuel in Wisconsin. This acquisit... [...]
GS Caltex said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s Petrolimex Saigon to share its expertise in operating fuel stat... [...]
Petrocam's vision of 50 fuel stations in Nigeria by 2024 [...]
HDFC Bank in partnership with Indian Oil launched a co-branded fuel card for users from non-metro cities and towns, which will be availabl... [...]
Refinery problems this week have sent California prices to their highest level in almost seven years, raising the average statewide to $3.... [...]
The UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's will shut 60 to 70 Argos branches but open 80 new ones within existing Sainsbury’s stores. Ten large ... [...]
BP's supply agreement with South Korea's Kogas is the latest example of the British energy giant finding a home for its long-term US LNG o... [...]
Circle K at Aleksander Kielland’s place in Oslo changes all fuel pumps with electric chargers and becomes the first station in the world g... [...]
BetterCloud, the leading SaaS Operations Management (SaaSOps) platform, and Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX), the world's first smart workspace, toda... [...]
The Europe's car making industry has warned of "catastrophic consequences" should Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal t... [...]
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Joe Barratt, Chief Operating Officer at Applegreen PLC, said he is delighted to welcome graduates to Applegreens Internship Programme, whi... [...]
The nation's largest retailer said that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs in the U.S. when... [...]
Partnership now includes Safeway, Acme, Shaw’s, Star Market stores on East Coast The companies said that shoppers participating in the fu... [...]
Boustead Holdings Bhd is in talks to sell its stake in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd (BPM), which operates petrol stations under th... [...]
UK forecourt crime cost retailers £30m over past year [...]
Couche-Tard rolls out 'Holiday Stationstores' programmes to its Circle K Network [...]
Zen Petroleum are excited to unveil their latest fuel service station in Ghana at Odorkor-Accra, which the company says is designed to... [...]
Daimler & VW saying 'Auf Wiedersehen' to internal combustion engines, but not BMW [...]
Vivo Energy Rwanda yesterday launched a 2-day training for their "Customers Champions" commonly known as pump attendants, on Operational E... [...]
Puma Energy's owner, commodities trader Trafigura, finds itself under the pump and has been working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch ban... [...]
Total Mexico arrives in Aguascalientes with the inauguration and ribbon cutting of six of thirty new Service Stations that will enter into... [...]
Wawa company officials announced the ambitious plan less than a month after aggressively pushing to double the number of Tesla charging st... [...]
Ideanomics' Mobile Energy Group ("MEG") subsidiary and PetroChina Nanjing will establish a joint venture to begin re-purposing fuel statio... [...]
Shell's CEO Ben van Beurden talks about a turn towards renewable power [...]
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SOCAR’s investment in Ukraine reaches $200 million [...]
PHOENIX Petroleum Philippines Inc. has partnered with a Singapore-based company on purchasing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Brunei Da... [...]
Together with its automotive partners, Enel has completed the construction of all 200 fast-charging stations of EU project EVA+ (Electric ... [...]
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Ministry of Interior said that drone attacks caused fires at two Saudi Aramco facilities, adding that the blazes are under control. One o... [...]
Put together the best solar panels money can buy, super-efficient batteries and decades of car-making know-how and, theoretically, a vehic... [...]
The first Ancap remote fuel service station of this type will be shortly be inaugurated in Salto, Buenos Aires Province, after an investme... [...]
Aramco, France’s Total & Trafigura could be the immediate beneficiaries of the changes says the Economic Times The Indian government is p... [...]
The foreign subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG International) will expand its network of petrol stat... [...]
The advance of the machines has faltered a step with Britain’s second biggest supermarket reinstalling tills at its first checkout-free st... [...]
Leading in-store payments technology provider PayPoint has partnered with Paysafecash, a popular online cash solution to bring online cash p... [...]
In the US, consumer, shopper and retail marketing intelligence provider IRI has enhanced its AllScan Convenience Store Tracking service, w... [...]
ICWG acquires H20 and Wild blue car wash sites in Colorado [...]
China‘s major fuel giant Sinopec launches own coffee brand at forecourt [...]
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Hy-Vee's decision to invest $90 million into its operations in the Kansas City metro area, signals strong customer support and belief that... [...]
Couche‑Tard Inc. and CrossAmerica Partners LP have entered into the second in a series of transactions under an asset exchange agreement e... [...]
JP Morgan could be lead adviser on Saudi Aramco IPO, the biggest in history [...]
Convenient stores in the New York and New Jersey area are now retailing hemp products. Over 500 C Stores and fuel stations, mini marts, a... [...]
Xero, the global small business platform, has today unveiled BP as its latest partner to sign on to Xero Connect, an e-invoicing solution ... [...]
Qantas has landed a blow on rival Virgin Australia by convincing petrol giant BP to switch airline loyalty schemes. Qantas announced it h... [...]
The Department for Transport has been rolling out a new set of labels for petrol and diesel pumps at fuel stations across the UK. All fu... [...]
It has emerged that about 30 per cent of fuel stations in the country are using digitally controlled dispensers that are easy to adjust to a... [...]
Boyett Petroleum is rebranding 10 of its Cruisers retail fuel stations to the 76 brand. The company will convert the stations, all of whic... [...]
Petro-7 aims to operate 520 Mexican fuel stations in the next 4 years [...]
Romania's Competition Council is currently analyzing the possibility of a transaction by which OMV Petrom Marketing, a wholly owned subsid... [...]
Dubai-based Enoc Group has unveiled its two new digital ventures - Enoc Link and Beema - under its recently launched accelerator programme... [...]
Food retail chain SPAR Austria has extended its partnership with petrol forecourt service operator Doppler Mineralöl for an additional ten... [...]
OMV Petrom has implemented the electronic signature for fuel contracts with legal entities this summer. In this way, approximately 32,000 ... [...]
Envisage Cloud, Ireland’s largest Sage systems integrator and software developer, has announced it is launching its ‘Connections’ solution... [...]
Harvest Energy has selected Techniche’s Urgent facilities and asset management platform, to support the company’s UK maintenance operation... [...]
Video of the week - Top Gear reveals: BUGATTI Chiron breaks through magic 300mph barrier [...]
Amazon poaches Asda’s legal chief [...]
EU to push Australia to clean up petrol standards as part of free trade deal [...]
VMO announces strategic partnership with Euro Garages Group [...]
Primax in Colombia to re-brand 200 service stations by the end of 2019 [...]
True North Energy has closed on the purchase of 25 convenience retailing and petroleum marketing assets from Schmuckal Oil Company. The tra... [...]
Henderson Technology has partnered with Gander, an app to help food stores clear more of their ‘reduced to clear’ produce, across the UK. ... [...]
Uber Technologies Inc said it will start delivering food and daily items of major convenience store operator Lawson Inc on a trial basis i... [...]
Shell will be launching electric vehicle chargers at selected petrol stations in Singapore, claimed to be the first of its kind in Southea... [...]
Esso is launching a new line of gasoline and diesel fuels, produced with its new Synergy Fuel Technology that they claim offers 30% improv... [...]
Video of the week: BP teams up with David Jones bringing gourmet ready-meals to Australian petrol stations [...]
Total inaugurated its 1000th solar service station, based at the Total Palmeraie retail outlet, in Marrakech, Morocco. This forms part of... [...]
FinTech service provider WEX signed on with Phillips 66 to handle exclusive private label and universal fleet card services. “We’re proud... [...]
Qatar Fuel Company (Woqod) and Shell Lubricants have signed an agreement in relation to the supply of finished premium lubricants. Under... [...]
Senior Directors of Vitol, Hascol CEO Saleem Butt & Hascol Chairman Mumtaz Hasan Khan met Prime Minister Imran Khan, accompanied by Financ... [...]
CarPay-Diem, the mobile fuelling solution, reached the milestone of €10 million fuel payments. After the startup was 2nd on the Smart Mo... [...]
Z Energy makes move into electricity, paying $46m for Flick Electric stake [...]
BP partners with David Jones bringing gourmet ready-meals to Australian petrol stations [...]
Caltex to offload 50 stations in bid to cut costs [...]
Convenience and fuel retail business Circle K has partnered with technology firm Artificial Solutions to use artificial intelligence (AI) ... [...]
Z Energy has pushed back on the preliminary report from the Commerce Commission that found a lack of competition could be contributing to ... [...]
Tripoli and parts of western Libya have been engulfed in war since forces loyal to the chief of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LN... [...]
PayMaya, the financial services arm of PLDT’s Voyager Innovations, has partnered with the Philippine unit Total S.A. to enable cashless pa... [...]
The future of the UK's fuel refineries could be threatened by a no-deal Brexit, according to an internal local authority document seen by ... [...]
In a report compiled by Nissan using data from the Energy Institute and Zap-Map, the automaker claims there are now 9199 charging sites lo... [...]
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Sewell on the go buys six UK petrol stations at £10m deal [...]
Smartphone app that can quickly detect invisible petrol pump card skimmers [...]
Skupos announced today that its digital platform grew beyond 9,200 stores and is now the largest connected network of convenience stores i... [...]
Rutter’s announced that they have opened the first room for Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) at a Rutter’s store in York County, Penn. Rutte... [...]
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) — are planning to expand doorst... [...]
BP Chargemaster plans to roll-out 400 ultra-fast chargers at BP sites across the UK by the end of 2021, with the network continuing to gro... [...]
The Nigerian Bottling Company says it has collaborated with a downstream oil and gas firm, Enyo Retail and Supply, to boost customer exper... [...]
The Dacia Duster is now available with a new entry-level turbocharged 1.0-litre petrol engine, called the TCe 100. It replaces the old 1.6... [...]
It is not only Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd that would gain from the proposed deal with Saudi Aramco, but the Saudi Arabian oil g... [...]
New forecasts from IGD reveal that the UK convenience market is set to grow by £6.9bn in the next five years, to reach £48.2bn by 2024. The ... [...]
The death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Tanzania has climbed to 85, a local governor said Wednesday, after 10 more people died from ... [...]
Drivers pulling up to the Kroger fuel pumps in Norwood this week got a surprise: brand new chip card readers on the pumps. When you put y... [...]
Air BP will highlight the expansion of its pioneering carbon offset programme for business aviation in Brazil during the largest business ... [...]
Chase Carey has vowed to push ahead with introducing non-fossil fuels in Formula 1. Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul said "one way the sport ... [...]
Video of the week: Truck drivers in Portugal strike over pay conditions [...]
There are reportedly 900 unattended petrol stations in Spain which use solely the pay-at-the-pump procedure, eliminating the need to have ... [...]
Wholesaler Shipley Energy has signed on with VP Racing Fuels Inc. to offer the VP Racing Fuels brand in the Mid-Atlantic region. Family-o... [...]
Rosneft is acquiring 100% of St. Petersburg’s leading independent fuel operator - Petersburg Fuel Company (PFC). This will open an opportu... [...]
Fuel supplier Certas Energy has announced Spar as its convenience partner across its 35 company-owned forecourt sites. The retail and who... [...]
Henley Investments, a leading private equity real estate firm based in the UK and the USA, has announced the acquisition of five Water Wor... [...]
Clark fuel stations investing over $25 million in Puerto Rico [...]
Many Portuguese petrol stations were sold out after drivers rushed to fill up before a strike by fuel-tanker drivers kicks off at the heig... [...]
Mexico based Fomento Economico Mexicano (FEMSA), a leading retail and beverage company, has reportedly announced that it will sign an agre... [...]
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Lotos by PKN Orlen as it is concerned t... [...]
Applegreen invests in 23 U.S. service stations [...]
CrossAmerica Partners LP is making good on its strategic initiatives, moving closer to exiting direct retail operations and according to P... [...]
NASA announced plans to work with SpaceX to help develop ways to transfer propellant in orbit, describing it as “an important step in the ... [...]
Reliance Industries and UK’s BP have agreed to form a new Joint Venture (JV) to set up 5,500 petrol pumps and retail aviation turbine fuel... [...]
Applegreen will continue to focus potential acquisition opportunities in the United States on the eastern seaboard after agreeing to pay $... [...]
Jordan will supply Palestine with petroleum products under a memorandum of understanding, Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resource... [...]
Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi Chuxing has announced a joint venture with BP to build EV charging infrastructure in China. The joint ven... [...]
ENOC Group announced the launch of 'NEXT', an accelerator programme designed to unlock growth opportunities and tackle challenges in the e... [...]
APEA Live is back for 2019 [...]
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Adnoc’s expansion plans - eyes Indian lubricants market, upgrades stations [...]
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Olerex closes deal to buy Oiltanking terminal in the port of Tallinn, Estonia. Aqua Marina AS, the holding company of Olerex Group, and Oi... [...]
State-owned oil companies have issued letters of intent for more than 9,000 new petrol pumps as part of their biggest-ever expansion of fu... [...]
UK forecourt operators urged to gear up for new fuel labelling regulations [...]
Sionic Mobile has announced the launch of mobile payments at petrol pumps without requiring a mobile app. The company is integrating its ... [...]
Riiser Fuels LLC has acquired Jetz Convenience Centers' four c-stores. Two are in Milwaukee, with the others in Hales Corners and Muskego,... [...]
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The US brand, with 116 years of history and presence in more than 100 countries, has opened its first station in Argentina, in the city of... [...]
Z Energy says it will use the strength of its two brands and its increasing data capability to better target different customer segments a... [...]
Jumia, the largest operator in Africa, is taking another crack at the problem through a partnership with Vivo Energy, owner of Engen and S... [...]
German Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (pictured) has introduced a tax package worth billions into the cabinet to promote electric mo... [...]
WhatsApp is planning to roll out a major new update that will finally make it possible to use the app across multiple phones and devices, ... [...]
Foreign oil and gas companies with retail operations can apply to set up their businesses in Myanmar, a senior official with the Ministry ... [...]
FreshStop, the largest and fastest growing convenience store retail brand in South Africa, has launched its Rewards App that enables custo... [...]
UK’s EG Group buys Cumberland Farms c-store chain [...]
Woqod and Al Meera sign MoU to manage Sidra outlets [...]
The Kuwait Petroleum Spain, a subsidiary of the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), also known by its trademark Q8, has purc... [...]
BP has plans to make charging an electric car as close as possible to refuelling a regular fossil-fuelled vehicle. In a recent interview, ... [...]
Daraz, Pakistan’s leading online marketplace, launched Daraz Private Traffic - a first of its kind digital marketing programme developed i... [...]
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will open an unmanned, cashless convenience store at Musashisakai Station on the Chuo Line. The new store... [...]
Mexico's Femsa reins in planned fuel-station openings for rest of year [...]
EG Group rolls out Go Fresh Bakery 2.0 food concept in Netherlands' c-stores [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to make a strategic investment in Fire & Flowe... [...]
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ADNOC signs partnership agreement worth up to $2.5bn with Indonesia's Pertamina [...]
South Korean petrol stations refuse to fill up Japanese cars amid growing boycott [...]
SOCAR opens first petrol station in Austria [...]
The agreement aims to develop solutions that facilitate the dissemination of online transactions and the integration of the two companies'... [...]
Russia's Tatneft company expanded the list of regions of its presence by opening petrol stations in Uzbekistan. The grand opening of the Ta... [...]
Global enterprise software solutions firm PDI is set to open a regional centre of excellence in Bangkok, Thailand, to provide improved servi... [...]
Vakrangee, a technology driven company that focuses on creating a network of last-mile retail points-of-sale, has decided to set- the Elec... [...]
Sprint: Repsol's new convenience store brand in Peru [...]
Toyota wants to land a hydrogen fuel cell car on the moon [...]
Repsol opens first motorbike fuel stations in Spain [...]
The Spanish Confederation of Service Station Operators (CEEES) and Endesa have signed a framework agreement for the implementation of elec... [...]
India transport minister Nitin Gadkari (pictured) assured the automobile industry that the government will not ban petrol and diesel engin... [...]
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A vast, fascinating collection of automobilia is coming up for auction featuring a wealth of period forecourt artefacts such as oil and pe... [...]
Posing as fictional car salesman Howard Kleiner, the former Governor of California attempts to sell would-be electric car-buyers gasoline ... [...]
Another convenience store chain is beefing up its presence in Charleston and eastern South Carolina. Mount Pleasant-based Refuel Operating... [...]
Canada invests CAD 4.6 million in cross-country EV charging [...]
PTT’s expansion plans in Myanmar [...]
Retail IT consultancy and technology firm REPL Group has successfully collaborated with BP, on ‘BP RESET’ – a major global programme to mo... [...]
BP launches new rewards loyalty programme based on 'feel good factors' [...]
Thirteen thousand Shell U.S. stations now accept WEX mobile payments [...]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has issued award letters for contracts to exchange crude oil for imported petroleum products. ... [...]
From July 1, 2019, Vietnam Oil Corporation - CTCP (PVOIL) officially applied electronic invoices The application of e-investment contrib... [...]
Morrisons has scrapped a scheme which offered customers free air for their tyres when they spent £15 or more on fuel at its UK petrol stat... [...]
An Altoona-based convenience store chain is putting Bitcoin ATMs in six shops around the state and one in North Carolina, giving customers... [...]
7-Eleven Japanese customers lose $500,000 due to mobile app flaw [...]
Electronic payments at Australia retailers, including Woolworths, as well as many services across the banking system were hit by a network... [...]
Shell is spending between $1 billion and $2 billion annually on its New Energies division, which includes investments in electricity, clea... [...]
To better price strategically, Spinx is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and business intelligence (BI) capabilities in PriceAdvantag... [...]
Elaflex Hiby Tanktechnik (Hamburg) has acquired a shareholding in Aljac Fuelling Components Limited of Shepperton, UK. Aljac is a special... [...]
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited Managing Director M Venkatesh revealed that the company plans to open 257 retail outlets acr... [...]
Carmakers in Europe and North America are having a hard time with the much-hyped EV revolution that they are all eager to take part in. ... [...]
The Dh10 fee to have an Adnoc attendant pump your petrol is being waived for part of the day for all motorists in July and for select cust... [...]
Tatneft has agreed to buy Finnish firm Neste’s fuel retail business in Russia for an undisclosed value. The transaction covers 75 fuel sta... [...]
The Saudi Commercial Anti-Concealment National Program will implement the e-payment system in petrol stations starting from 17 July, accor... [...]
Dyneff Spain has completed the project of homogeneity of the brand, with the change of image of the stations located in La Junquera (Geron... [...]
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras will carry out a secondary share offer of its fuel retail and distribution subsidiary BR Distribuidora. ... [...]
The Nigerian Navy said it recovered and handed over to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), 3,181 jerry cans of petrol – Pe... [...]
Destilería Argentina de Petróleo (Dapsa), owned by Sociedad Comercial del Plata, has announced plans to open 30 new fuel stations by the e... [...]
PKN Orlen faces uphill battle to win EU nod for Lotos bid - sources [...]
At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 injured in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker crashed and then exploded as people gathe... [...]
BP has announced that it will move into the competitive food home delivery space in Australia, as part of a new partnership with Uber Eats... [...]
ExxonMobil introduced Synergy Supreme+, the company's most advanced fuel formula to date, to more than 11,500 Exxon and Mobil stations acr... [...]
Apache Oil Co. Inc. sold its petroleum marketing and retail fuels distribution company, marking its exit from the business. The deal with a... [...]
Multinational technology company Amazon is giving customers another quick and easy way to pick up their packages with the launch of its Co... [...]
Gridserve’s first electric forecourt in England [...]
EG Group closes on Fastrac business in US [...]
Etisalat, in partnership with ADNOC Distribution, has launched a “first-of-its-kind” smartphone self-service vending machine in Abu Dhabi.... [...]
New Zealand petrol stations are 'future-proofing' in a fast-changing operating environment, resulting in strong demand for outlets among c... [...]
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Vivo Energy Ghana is sponsoring two hardworking Shell retailers, together with their spouses and a service champion for a sterling busines... [...]
Interaction Sensor - the next technology that will change the world [...]
According to their newest app update, version 2.2, Shell will now be accepting Apple Pay (and Google Pay) in their iOS app. This means th... [...]
Europe's Applegreen expands in the Mid West of the USA [...]
Dover Fueling Solutions launches EMV® Resource Center [...]
The Artois-Gohelle transport authority (SMT-AG) inaugurated the station alongside the project’s partners, McPhy, which has equipped the st... [...]
Tatsuno Europe has decided to update and enlarge their factory to meet the increasing expectations of the customers. The production in the... [...]
Linde signs long term agreement with ExxonMobil [...]
GO Car Wash, a new express car wash platform in the USA, has acquired Big Splash Car Wash, with five locations in the Kansas City area, ac... [...]
The China National Petroleum Corporation Shanghai branch is taking a lead in building smart filing stations, which means the driver never ... [...]
Saudi Aramco and Air Products have inaugurated the first hydrogen fueling station in Saudi Arabia at Air Products’ new Technology Center i... [...]
Global energy company Cepsa and Spanish gas distributor Redexis have signed a framework agreement to expand the reach of natural gas fuel,... [...]
VMO has confirmed plans for a further investment in its on-the-go (OTG) outdoor TV network adding 70 new screens and major upgrades. The ... [...]
Porsche has revealed the hotly-anticipated return of two 718 variants — the Cayman GT4 and Spyder. Sitting in the middle of both cars is no... [...]
Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, says it could grow its business in Thailand by opening 750 new convenience stores in the medium term. T... [...]
Way & Go by Repsol, a new way to buy in-store without cash [...]
Petronas Dagangan has announced the introduction of ROVR, Malaysia’s first mobile refuelling service. The service started as a pilot proje... [...]
Snam has signed a major loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund the roll-out of sustainable mobility projects, whic... [...]
WEX, a financial technology service provider and ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network, have signed a de... [...]
HC2 Holdings announced that its energy portfolio company American Natural Gas (“ANG”) has acquired ampCNG, a natural gas fuel provider, fo... [...]
Tunisian corporation Universal Auto Distributors Holding (Uadh) and African petroleum products distributor OLA Energy announced an agreeme... [...]
Starting this summer, PitPoint BV only supplies renewable green gas to its public CNG filling stations in the Netherlands. This is an im... [...]
erpecnews feature: WashTec launches new 'Smart Wash' concept [...]
erpecnews feature: A new dawn for ENOC ahead of Dubai Expo 2020 [...]
Neste is also breaking new ground in Finland with robotized refueling, which is still a rarity internationally. In the future, as the Nest... [...]
The privately owned Kanbawza Group of Companies (KBZ), of Myanmar, and the Thai state-owned PTT Public Company (PTT) have signed two partn... [...]
The oil company Axion energy will offer vehicle rental for minutes, hours or days at its service stations, as a delivery or return point. ... [...]
Introducing WashTec's new 'Smart Wash' concept [...]
Liquid Barcodes, Europe’s leading loyalty marketing platform for convenience retailers, announced its launch in North America. This milest... [...]
Explosion at hydrogen filling station in Norway [...]
The Fast Fuel chain has six operational stations, four more under construction and foresees the imminent start of five more units. The Sp... [...]
Safeway has expanded its One Touch Fuel app to all 89 of its fuel stations in Washington. The app allows fuel customers to skip fuel promp... [...]
Europcar and Circle K have today announced a new partnership, which will see Europcar drivers offered exclusive discounts at Circle K serv... [...]
Electrify America has partnered with Walmart to install more than 120 ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers as part of the company's $2 bil... [...]
BP has announced the launch of a new customer loyalty programme, BPme Rewards, across the BP retail network in the UK. BPme Rewards offer... [...]
In gross violation of various safety regulations of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), illegal petrol depots and mini petrol sta... [...]
International fuel retailer Applegreen said trading in the first five months of year had been in line with expectations despite the impact... [...]
Enermex plans 1,500 fuel stations in Mexico by 2024 [...]
erpecnews magazine - Latest e-book edition now available [...]
Meet Alaka'i Skai - the Hydrogen powered VTOL air taxi - designed with BMW [...]
Harvest Health & Recreation announced the signing of an agreement to bring their popular Colours, CBx Essentials and Harvest-branded CBD p... [...]
A joint venture led by Houston's McDermott International will build a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export project in Mozambiq... [...]
The world's largest hydrogen station to charge hydrogen-fuelled cars was unveiled in the chemical industry zone in Shanghai, China's econo... [...]
Zips Car Wash announced the acquisition of seven stores from Champion Xpress Car Wash in and around Roswell, New Mexico and San Angelo, Texa... [...]
The plan to restart the use of smart fuel cards in Iran will come into effect in August 2019. As per a directive issued by the National I... [...]
A gas station with a banner reading, "Closed, smuggling broke us," on the Colombia side of the border between the cities of San Antonio, Ve... [...]
EV charging locations outnumber petrol stations in the UK [...]
BMW helped design this hydrogen-powered flying vehicle [...]
Casey’s General Stores executives announced plans to add another more-than-60 E15 fueling sites. The Ankeny-based convenience store chain... [...]
Uber has partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to offer special benefits, including discount on fuel, to the ride-hailing compa... [...]
CNG Fuels has commenced construction of two new public access renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (bio-CNG) refueling stations, tw... [...]
The Minister of Energy Siri Jirapongphan, launched the PTT’s UltraForce Diesel B10, the first biodiesel B10 fuel to go on sale in Thailand... [...]
Cepsa presents service stations network in Mexico [...]
To commemorate a century in Australia, BP has released the BP Run mobile game app which will be promoted using an accompanying above-the-l... [...]
German supermarket chain Rewe is buying wholesaler Lekkerland for an undisclosed sum to help boost sales of on-the-go meals and snacks, th... [...]
In a first of its kind, oil major Indian Oil Corp Ltd signed a MoU with Punjab to set up 15 petrol pumps to provide fuel to farmers on cre... [...]
Germany is moving closer to its target of 100 hydrogen stations by the end of 2019 with the opening of its newest hydrogen (H2) station. ... [...]
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley joined Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Shell witness the signing of a new energy agreement betw... [...]
Aldi and Lidl are now worth a collective £344 million compared to this time last year as a cooler spring slowed grocery spending against l... [...]
Enoc to open 191 service stations across UAE by 2020 [...]
Caltex Woolworths has completed a successful buy-back worth $1.7 billion following the sale of its petrol business. Woolworths Group chai... [...]
Red Cross ambulances in Mexico City fill up at a fuel station owned by the organisation’s national president, according to an anti-graft g... [...]
GM takes on Tesla with next-gen digital “brain” for future electric cars [...]
The Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) says it supports a monthly price setting mechanism instead of the current weekly practice.... [...]
Read our current selection of features from the erpecnews April 2019 issue [...]
Steven's week #126 - Tech news from Dr. Steven Van Belleghem [...]
NATSO, NACS, PMAA, and SIGMA believe private sector involvement in the installation of electric vehicle charging stations is key to meetin... [...]
Kuwait Petroleum closes the largest purchase of fuel stations in Spain for 15 years [...]
A tour around Tankstelle & Mittelstand 2019 in Münster, Germany [...]
SGB leak prevention systems - presented by Nick Needs from erpecnews [...]
From June customers filling up at participating Esso-branded service stations will now be able to earn Nectar points on their fuel and sho... [...]
High's is rolling out Skip frictionless checkout across 36 locations. The introduction makes High's the first convenience store chain in ... [...]
BP Chargemaster is launching a combined fuel and EV charge card that will offer a single solution for fleets running both conventional pet... [...]
Hydrogen as a fuel has been drawing a lot of attention ever since the world decided to start weaning itself off fossil fuels. However, aft... [...]
Shell unveils its most advanced fuel ever [...]
ENOC signs deal with Moro for digital transformation [...]
China National Petroleum Corp is planning to open dozens of petrol stations in Myanmar, the first major foreign investor to enter the fast... [...]
Oil and gas giants BP and Shell are donating $1 million each over two years to a Republican-backed group urging Congress to pass a federal... [...]
EG Group continues to make acquisition moves, this time in the technology field. The Blackburn-based company acquired GB3, a provider of ... [...]
Electric vehicle owners in California will now be able to charge their cars at select Chevron filling stations in the state. EVgo has ann... [...]
Wendy’s is the first brand to partner with GasBuddy and employ the company’s new “Badges” feature. Similar to Waze, the geotargeting featu... [...]
Sahara Energy Resources DMCC Dubai and Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co (BPGIC), have signed a partnership agreement to set up an oi... [...]
DRB Holdings LLC, dba DRB Systems (“DRB”), has announced it is acquiring Suds Creative (“Suds”), a full-service marketing agency for carwash... [...]
We're told that Industry legend Anton Martiniussen from Elaflex received a medal for services rendered to the industry on the last even... [...]
Video of the week: Special effects supervisor for James Bond, Chris Corbould introduces the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger model [...]
EG Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 69 Certified Oil convenience stores and fuel stations operating in Kentucky, West Vi... [...]
Shell is planning to install 50 electric vehicle charging stations with 100 charging points at its gas stations across Germany this year. ... [...]
Parkland Fuel Corp., Calgary, Alberta, has entered into an agreement through its U.S. subsidiary Parkland USA to acquire Ken Bettridge Dis... [...]
Aston Martin to produce limited James Bond Goldfinger model at £2.7m [...]
Businessman Dennis Uy further expands his oil business overseas as it acquired a majority stake in Vietnam’s major liquefied petroleum gas (... [...]
Chevron Petroleum has received a green light from Colombia’s Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (Superintendencia de Industria y Com... [...]
Brioche 'On-The-Go!'- a new concept of coffee shops at SP stations [...]
Russian oil giant Rosneft-led Nayara Energy is expanding its fuel retail network, nearly two years after the company acquired Essar Oil’s ... [...]
Petrol and diesel giant Caltex is looking to position itself in the growing electric vehicle market as a provider of electric vehicle char... [...]
Malaysia's largest e-wallet, Boost, and Shell Malaysia officially announced the availability of the e-wallet payment service at 800 Shell... [...]
BMW and Microsoft have forged a partnership to improve in-car voice-recognition systems. Both companies announced at Microsoft's Build de... [...]
Iwatani Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Iwatani Corporation, has acquired four hydrogen refuelling stations in Califo... [...]
The imminent arrival of low-cost operator NPD in Green Island has been greeted with enthusiasm on social media, and industry observers say... [...]
Angolan President Joao Lourenco sacked the chief executive of the state oil giant Sonangol following several days of dire fuel shortages w... [...]
The smoke hasn’t cleared yet, but Beverly Hills is poised to become the first U.S. city to end most tobacco sales. The City Council in t... [...]
Read the full feature including an interview with Yusuf Kaya, GM of ASIS in the erpecnews e-book, April 2019 issue Turkish Forecourt System... [...]
Video of the week: Hydrogen - the fuel of the future? [...]
At the end of 2018, ownership of motor vehicles in China reached 327 million units including 240 million automobiles, and accordingly ther... [...]
The EG Group has partnered with modular retail specialist Rapid Retail on the project, who designed, built and installed the bespoke shop ... [...]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (pictured) kicked off the company's annual developer conference Tuesday with updates to Google's artificially int... [...]
ITM Power said it had extended its hydrogen refuelling agreement with Shell. The new agreement will run until 2024 and covers the refuell... [...]
A host of energy and technology giants have issued a rallying call for the government to get behind a bid to establish an ultra-rapid EV c... [...]
Shaikh Saif bin Mohammed Al Shabibi, Minister of Housing yesterday signed seven agreements to establish fuel filling stations on Al Batina... [...]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that key petroleum products will be brought under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to lower ... [...]
GO Car Wash, the nation's newest express car wash platform, has acquired Travel Clean Express Car Wash in Overland Park, Kansas, and Lee's... [...]
Petroleum Solutions Inc. (PSI) and Acumera are partnering to simplify the convenience-store network environment. “Our businesses are alig... [...]
How cashless Amazon Go will start accepting cash [...]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Government of India and public sector oil companies to allot 628 outlet retail dealershi... [...]
Vietnamese petroleum retailer Petrolimex is planning to build a convenience-store chain. After five years of research, the group plans to... [...]
The government orders fuel stations at retail outlets to display on gasoline pumps a prescribed notice from the Minister regarding the pri... [...]
More than half of the Coop service stations were unable to buy fuel, Coop's message: "Refueling at all Coop filling stations is possible a... [...]
Zips Car Wash announced the acquisition of Wiki Wiki Car Wash's eight locations in North Carolina. Zips also acquired two parcels of land... [...]
Shell adds 56 Maes stations to Belgian network [...]
TravelCenters of America LLC has signed a five-year supply agreement with Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. Core-Mark will provide broad foodserv... [...]
Offen Petroleum, reportedly one of the largest fuel distributors in the Western United States, is set to grow even bigger with its announc... [...]
“Opening our 100th fuel station is an important milestone in our growth strategy as we continue to expand our offerings and give our custo... [...]
Malta’s journey to become an electric car nation seems to be going down a peculiar path, with fuel stations springing up all across the is... [...]
Enoc is planning to reopen some of its petrol stations in Northern Emirates, giving motorists an additional and more economical option to ... [...]
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues to strengthen its position in the Georgian market by increasing the sale of its high... [...]
The ‘Total Group’ has invested over $2 million to turn seven of their fuel stations into solar powered outlets. Managing Director for Total... [...]
Sainsbury’s is launching the UK's first till-free store at its Holborn Circus branch to allow customers to pay through their phones. Cust... [...]
The UK-based energy company will offer the service through its Haven Power arm, giving clients both practical support and advice. It said... [...]
It was reported that Australia will continue to retain its current fuel standards unchanged for the next eight years. The announcement m... [...]
UK supermarket chain suffers £46m hit from failed Asda merger [...]
The station is completely new, and maintains the highest class, says Per-Inge Alfredsson, district manager for automatic and SÅIFA station... [...]
Moviment Graffitti welcomed the long-awaited review of the Fuel Service Station Policy for public consultation. The organisation said it... [...]
West Oil Inc. has sold 25 Markette convenience stores and one Lotto Land c-store in South Carolina to FR Refuel LLC, a portfolio company of ... [...]
The much awaited PetroForum Europe comes into focus on May 13 -14, planned to take place in the northern Spanish coastal resort of Sitges.... [...]
Even as it faces a higher rival takeover bid, Chevron Corp. is already working on integrating Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Just two weeks aft... [...]
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From touchscreen kiosks to self-checkout stations and apps, technology offers new ways for c-stores to eliminate lines. Technology disrup... [...]
State oil company Petrobras announced the sale of new assets including 8 refineries in Brazil and the network of PUDSA fuel stations in Ur... [...]
By 2020, Flanders will have at least three more public hydrogen filling stations. The roll-out of hydrogen filling stations must go hand... [...]
GRIDSERVE to make electric vehicle charging as easy as using petrol stations, with a new UK-wide network of Electric Forecourts® supplied ... [...]
The biggest threat to President Donald Trump’s hopes for low fuel prices is his growing entanglement in the politics of OPEC nations. The... [...]
Total refocuses on retail energy, sets target for 7 million clients by 2022 [...]
Look inside ADNOC’s first fuel station in Dubai [...]
Shell responds to release of list of expensive filling stations [...]
Key leaders from the oil and gas sector, including Oman Oil Marketing Company’s CEO David Kalife, came together to discuss and find soluti... [...]
Neuroplex has signed an agreement with Indian Oil to use artificial intelligence (AI) to qualitatively improve customer interaction and safe... [...]
Unilaterally forcing 24-hour operations at franchise convenience stores may be a violation of the antimonopoly law, said Akinori Yamada, s... [...]
The new feature is available across the United States and UK charging stations, though only Chargemaster, EVgo, and SemaConnect charging s... [...]
US oil giant Exxonmobil has confirmed it will invest more that $1bn (£770m) in a Southampton refinery as it aims to increase the earnings ... [...]
ABL debuts in Italy thanks to the partnership with Elpo , which is the only national importer. Pioneer of photovoltaics, for years Elpo ha... [...]
Reliance Industries regains market share in India [...]
Rompetrol Downstream, the retail division of the KMG International Group in Romania, said it has opened its first fuel station in the city... [...]
The new owner of Woolworths' $1.7 billion fuel business has moved quickly to put its own stamp on the operation, appointing a former Caltex ... [...]
TM ONE, the enterprise and public sector business solutions arm of Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), is strengthening its technological expertise... [...]
Find today's touchscreen display for cars too small? Kia's new HabaNiro EV concept could soon change all that. Instead of just having a s... [...]
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. wants to model its planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Batangas after a Chinese hub owned by ... [...]
Marathon Petroleum Corp. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries, including Speedway LLC, have entered into a definitive purchase... [...]
Saudi Aramco plans to buy Shell’s 50 percent stake in Saudi refining complex SASREF, a joint venture between the firms, two sources said. ... [...]
As an earnest effort to upheld Assamese tradition and culture, especially during the Bihu festival, employees of several petrol pumps of G... [...]
Read the full feature about our visit, including an interview with Marko Maričić and CEO Otto Christ in the erpecnews e-book, March 2019 iss... [...]
Motor Fuel Group, the largest independent forecourt operator in the UK, has signed a new five-year 1 billion litres a year fuel supply con... [...]
GasBuddy’s new study shows which fuel and convenience brands have the highest foot traffic — and offers insight on what keeps customers arou... [...]
The management teams of Orange and Total Liberia have announced a new partnership that allows subscribers to reload Total fuel cards using... [...]
The Commerce Commission is outlining how it will study the profitability of New Zealand's retail fuel markets. The country's competition w... [...]
Vivo Energy Maroc, an oil company that owns the rights to market Shell brand fuels and Butagaz brand liquefied petroleum gas in Morocco, h... [...]
Aramco Trading, the trading subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, said it has signed an agreement for the supply of Arabian crude oil to Poland’s le... [...]
Lines stretched out at petrol stations in Portugal as supplies were hit by a fuel haulers strike days before a long holiday weekend. The ... [...]
idac 19 International Fuel Retail Conference, 26/27 November 2019, Nice, French Riviera [...]
At least 67 fuel stations across the country have failed to comply with the set standards in the four months, the Ugandan government has war... [...]
Andamur expands its network of stations with three new service areas in Madrid (Ganesha fuel), Cuenca (Area of Uclés) and Guadalajara (A... [...]
According to the PYMNTS/Visa Digital Drive report, only about 14 percent of consumers are “extremely interested” in owning or using an aut... [...]
PetroChina Intl launches its first fuel station in Myanmar [...]
Nearly four out of five (78%) UK households with a vehicle have a supermarket filling station on their doorstep, a study has found. Some ... [...]
Aramco Overseas Co. BV, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, will purchase a 17% stake in South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank, supporting Aramco... [...]
Supply chain payment technology firm Taulia is teaming up with Google Cloud to enable an artificial intelligence-powered invoice processin... [...]
Germany is moving closer to its target of 100 hydrogen stations by the end of 2019 with the opening of two new stations in Bayreuth and Be... [...]
The U.S. charging infrastructure operator EVgo is introducing Plug & Charge into its network. Called Autocharge, the technology allows reg... [...]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted a variation to an undertaking provided by Coles in 2013. The varia... [...]
Motorists in the bottom 40 (B40) income bracket will receive their fuel subsidies from the government directly through their bank accounts... [...]
Amazon taking cash payments at Oxxo fuel stations in Mexico [...]
The United States, with quick moves by government officials and telecommunications carriers, has moved to the front of the global 5G race,... [...]
The Blackburn, England-based EG Group announced that it has agreed to acquire Fastrac Markets’ retail as well as Fastrac’s wholesale fuel ... [...]
Fuel retailer Gull is gearing up to expand into the South Island, spending around $5 million to set up five unmanned service stations, the... [...]
ENOC Group has announced the launch of ‘ENOCPay’, a cashless, cardless payment platform for both fuel and non-fuel products at ENOC and EP... [...]
Mocoh Ghana Limited has acquired 100 per cent shares of Engen Ghana Limited to inject in the Ghanaian Oil Marketing Company industry dynam... [...]
Marathon Petroleum Corp. has agreed to acquire all 37 of NOCO Energy Co.’s convenience stores in western New York. The companies did not ... [...]
Maxol announces €100m expansion of its network [...]
Petrol rationing hits war-weary Damascus cab drivers [...]
First Mexico’s president told oil drillers to produce more. Now he wants fuel stations to charge less. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lo... [...]
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited, a leading oil marketing company in the country, embarked on its regular Top Service week to interact with c... [...]
Shell will invest $ 300 million in planting trees in the coming three years. As part of the global investment program, Shell is investing ... [...]
Motorists who fill up at Shell service stations in the Netherlands will be able to drive “carbon neutral” through the use of nature-based ... [...]
Shell Malaysia first to have green retail fuels stations in Asia Pacific [...]
Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi-based strategic investment company, and global investment firm The Carlyle Group have announced... [...]
QuikTrip celebrated the grand opening of its 800th store, located in San Antonio, Texas. QT’s 800th store opens just five years after the... [...]
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited has converted its service station at Korle-Bu into a solar-powered station in Accra. The Total Group is commit... [...]
Executive Vice-President, Retail, Istvan Kapitany, said Shell sells about 300 million cups of coffee every year and on that count alone, i... [...]
The African oil industry has attracted over $30-billion investment in logistics, distribution, storage terminals, import facilities and re... [...]
idac is the leading international conference for the retail fuel sector, taking place biennially for major retailing and industry groups f... [...]
Boeing crash chills consumer interest in self-drive cars [...]
Snapp, the Uber of Iran, has hit a milestone by hitting two million fares a day in the country, according to a report by Bloomberg. More ... [...]
U.S. convenience stores experienced a 16th straight year of record in-store sales in 2018, according to newly released NACS State of the I... [...]
The wealthiest households in America are stashing cash at record levels, according to a report by Bloomberg. The top 1 percent have more c... [...]
Trillium, one of the nation’s leading providers of alternative fuels systems and renewable fuels announced its recently awarded partnershi... [...]
The US snack chain Burger King is targeting motorists during its expansion in Germany. The company has entered into a cooperation agreeme... [...]
With more than 80 percent of the hybrid vehicle market, Toyota is undoubtedly a leader in hybrid technology. Rather than lock that experti... [...]
Mister Car Wash expanded its presence into Saginaw, Michigan with the acquisition of Firehouse Soft Wash’s eight express locations, accord... [...]
Circle K's largest ever 24-hour service station is open for business [...]
The Enoc Group has unveiled a new concept design service station that is modern, sustainable, and architecturally unique and which will be... [...]
During a mega event held at the Costa Salguero Convention Centre, the company launched its new Premium fuel line called QUANTIUM. Its exec... [...]
Repsol opened the first ultra-fast charging point for electric cars in Spain and Portugal, and one of the first in southern Europe. The ... [...]
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc will make self-checkout machines available at all outlets nationwide by the end of September 2... [...]
Avfuel has entered a branding partnership with Textar Aviation (KDAL) at Dallas Love Field Airport. As an Avfuel-branded FBO, the operatio... [...]
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Japan’s second-largest oil wholesaler, and fourth-ranked Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. have merged, creating a new oil giant t... [...]
Motor vehicles owners are complaining that the fuel imported and received at the pumps is of a substandard quality at Trinidad service sta... [...]
Saudi Aramco is world’s most profitable company, beating Apple by far [...]
Shell's 'Great Travel Hack' - as reported in the current issue of erpecnews magazine [...]
French authorities have arrested five men who stole over 120,000 litres (26,400 gallons) of fuel from filling stations around Paris by unl... [...]
The quantity of goods UK shoppers bought increased by 0.4 per cent in February compared to January, with strong growth in non-store retail... [...]
WEX to acquire fuel card business of EG Group, Go Fuel Card [...]
Electric publicity screens in French transport hubs could be switched off at night and in winter, after it was revealed that the annual en... [...]
Two companies owned by wealthy couple Barry and Diane Rissetto are selling their portfolio of 23 service station properties throughout New... [...]
Zimbabwe government is considering bringing in fuel by road after Cyclone Idai flattened Mozambique's port city of Beira linking the count... [...]
7-Eleven is collaborating with HTEC (Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation) to build two retail hydrogen refueling stations in British ... [...]
Steven's week #120 - Tech news from Dr. Steven Van Belleghem [...]
Aldi tests smaller, urban concept store [...]
Dapsa announced an investment of US $ 30 million to launch a network of service stations in Argentina [...]
Qatar fuel retailer Woqod plans 30 new fuel stations in 2019 [...]
Caltex Australia has implemented a digital enterprise architecture underpinned by Microsoft Azure. Currently in the middle of an enterpri... [...]
Ballenoil plans to increase its workforce by more than 37% over the next three years, both in the personnel of the service stations and in... [...]
SOCAR Petroleum SA - a subsidiary of SOCAR in Romania is planning to open 17 filling stations under the SOCAR brand this year. Number of ... [...]
SAMCO convenience stores partnered with fuel jobber Flyers Energy LLC to reimage three locations under the Shell brand as part of a multi-... [...]
Although the mass roll-out of fuel cell electric vehicles is still years away, efforts to make hydrogen-powered cars mainstream have inten... [...]
The Federation of Gas Station Owners in a letter to Deputy Finance Minister Katerina Papanatsiou noted that the continuation of a high speci... [...]
An indigenous oil & gas distribution and marketing company, Enyo Retail & Supply (ERS), has launched its ultra-modern fuel station in the ... [...]
Long queues formed at petrol stations in the capital Luanda recently as Angola, a major oil producer, struggled with a fuel shortag... [...]
BP Chargemaster and its network arm Polar have opened what they claim to be Britain’s biggest rapid-charge hub in Milton Keynes. Up to eig... [...]
Repsol will accelerate this year its alliance with El Corte Inglés to create the largest network of proximity and convenience stores in Sp... [...]
Tamoil and Snam, through its subsidiary Snam4Mobility, signed a contract to build a first batch of 5 natural gas filling stations in Italy... [...]
UK's Sainsbury’s and Asda announce fuel cap as part of merger plan [...]
Phillips 66 now has outdoor EMV-compliant software, Gilbarco Veeder-Root announced, following six months of beta-testing Passport version 11... [...]
PTG launches a new card together with more than 100 famous brand partners, connect every lifestyle into one card Mr. Pitak Ratchakitprak... [...]
The Westfalen Group is already one of the pioneers in the market for alternative fuels such as LPG and hydrogen in Germany. Now the energy... [...]
Petroleum Istanbul explores future of fuel stations - 28-30 March 2019 [...]
Q8, has won the award for Best Fuel brand at the Best Brands Awards 2019 held in Brussels. The prize has been awarded based on consumer op... [...]
Croatia's energy group INA, whose biggest shareholders are Hungary's MOL with just below 50 percent and the Croatian government with an al... [...]
The three public-sector oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) (see pic above) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) ... [...]
Dover Fueling Solutions, a part of Dover Corporation that delivers advanced fuel dispensing equipment, electronic systems and payment, fl... [...]
Steven's week #119 - Tech news from Dr. Steven Van Belleghem [...]
Applegreen revealed a 41% rise in annual revenue thanks to the continuing expansion of the group’s forecourt portfolio. The Irish roadsi... [...]
Australia a focus for Shell's power ambitions [...]
Fuel demand in China and India has experienced growth to start 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. Opec's Monthly Oil Market Report (Momr) showe... [...]
Shell has defended a 126% increase in pay awards to its chief executive last year. The FTSE 100 oil firm's annual report, showed Ben van B... [...]
Phoenix Petroleum assessing proposed areas for retail expansion [...]
The competition between Aldi and Lidl is entering a new round. This time, it even affects a very different business field, because it’s no... [...]
In a heated race to become Southeast Asia’s super app, both ride-hailing unicorns GOJEK and Grab have made some new announcements. GOJEK ... [...]
Hard targets for women in oil and gas are necessary to accelerate diversity in a male-dominated industry, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s U.S. Pre... [...]
The use of cellphones may soon be banned during class time in Ontario schools but, not at the filling pump. The province’s safety regulato... [...]
Shell is aiming to become the largest electricity company by the 2030s, as it prepares for a fundamental shift in global energy supplies tow... [...]
Shell and ExxonMobil called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten methane restrictions from oil and gas operations.... [...]
For centuries the world has agonised over its relationship with waste — by burying it, burning it, flushing it. But entrepreneurs at Fulcr... [...]
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Gulf Oil is introducing a new retail fuel image, a refresh of its iconic logo with a modern look. The market launch will begin with a rebr... [...]
BP, a major foreign player in the Mexican market of service stations, has two years in the country with 450 units operating in 26 of the 3... [...]
Sinopec, CNPC fuel stations opening restaurants with Yum China [...]
The Amoco flag is rising again in Florida. Southeast Petro Distributors Inc., a fuel wholesaler that supplies more than 450 sites in Flori... [...]
Norway’s energy station chain Circle K has signed a contract with ABB, a pioneering technology company focused in digital industries, for ... [...]
More efficient fuels and more sophisticated combustion engines are needed to bring down carbon dioxide pollution and to secure the long-te... [...]
Casey's General Stores, Inc. announced today they have acquired the Fantasy’s Convenience stores and Ride the Wave carwashes located in th... [...]
The Centre-controlled New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Monday became the first civic body to insist to the Petroleum Ministry that state... [...]
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Read the full feature about our visit to Barcelona in the erpecnews e-book, January/February 2019 issue In February the erpecnews crew made... [...]
The new high-speed superchargers will effectively help reduce charging time of Tesla’s EV segments by around 50%. Global EV major, Tesla,... [...]
If you’re a petroleum marketer who has decided E15 is a bad fuel that costs too much to add to a station’s fuel slate, and consumers don’t... [...]
Speedway fuel station chain projects it will spend $500 million on acquisitions, remodels, and expansions as Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s af... [...]
7-Eleven Inc., with more than 67,000 stores worldwide, has signed a master franchise agreement with a subsidiary of Future Retail Ltd to d... [...]
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Volvo Buses have launched the world’s first full size, autonomous electric bus, a single-... [...]
Syndial- Eni’s environmental company and Veritas signed a memorandum of understanding in Venice to jointly study the construction of an in... [...]
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A fuel station roof came crashing down under the weight of snow, landing on several filling pumps below. Emergency services quickly arrive... [...]
Direct Energy® has partnered with the Fuel Rewards® program, a national loyalty program that connects with millions of consumers who enjoy... [...]
U.S. regulators said they have identified more than a dozen large retailers and gas-station brands with high rates of illegal tobacco sale... [...]
Verband Der Automobilindustrie, known to English speakers as the German Automobile Association, says the country’s automakers as a group w... [...]
State petroleum firm, Petrotrade, is set to construct at least eight more service stations across Zimbabwe in the next two years. Speakin... [...]
Texaco-branded fuel distributor NWF Fuels has signed a new five-year supply deal with Valero. This fresh agreement underpins the 69 year T... [...]
Vivo Energy plc has confirmed the completion of the transaction with Engen Holdings (Pty) Limited previously announced in 2018. The tran... [...]
More Mexican fuel stations leave Pemex brand [...]
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Caltex Australia has batted away criticism from analysts and shareholders that its strategy to take back control of its franchised stores ... [...]
G500 Network will seek to double its network of service stations in Mexico in 2019, which currently consists of 320 dispersed units in 22 ... [...]
Pertamina started installing digital nozzles at 500 filling stations last August for real-time monitoring of their fuel supply. The company... [...]
After 100 years of operating Texaco gas stations in Jamaica, GB Energy says it is on track to become the dominant player in the fuel industr... [...]
BP-AKR plans to have 350 fuel stations by 2028 [...]
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Saudi Arabia is looking at making India a regional hub for supply of crude oil and will invest billions of dollars in the country to build s... [...]
Strong demand for cleaner-burning fuel in Asia continued to drive rapid growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) use in 2018, with global dem... [...]
Imperial Capital Group Ltd. has announced the launch of GO Car Wash, the nation’s newest express carwash platform, with a focus on seconda... [...]
Vivo Energy selects partner for digital transformation [...]
Kia teases EV concept ahead of Geneva motor show debut [...]
Saudi Aramco signs agreement to form Chinese JV [...]
Jet unveils new forecourt image [...]
ABB to supply fast chargers to Poland's PKN [...]
All fuel stations, fuel distributors, fuel storage facilities and oil refineries are going to be required by law to use government-certifi... [...]
In a unique initiative to boost the reformation aspect of convicts, around 35 prisoners have started working at a petrol pump 'Freedom Fil... [...]
Diesel is declining in France, while ethanol-E85 is booming in France. The reason? Customers have lost faith in the former, while the l... [...]
Shares dive in major UK supermarket Sainsbury's after Asda merger put in doubt [...]
CEO of planning and studies centre for filling stations Ali Monshi said that Iran has achieved 90% self-sufficiency in producing equipment... [...]
BMW and Daimler are set to finalise arrangements for the establishment of a new joint-owned urban mobility company . Reportedly called Ju... [...]
Mahmud Tukur, chief executive officer of the company, announced in a press conference that Eterna plc plans 200 new fuel retail sites in N... [...]
Electric truck startup Rivian announced a $700 million funding round led by Amazon. The announcement is notable not just for the size of t... [...]
JCB International, Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., and JCC, the largest face to face acquirer in Cyp... [...]
Petroleum Marketing Group (PMG) is selling 14 properties in New Jersey. The Woodbridge-based company tapped NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LL... [...]
Casey’s General Stores is one c-store selling biodiesel blends because it helps offset some of the decline in the quality of petroleum die... [...]
Private-sector fuel distributors will replace state-owned Pemex as the supplier for about 17pc of retail fuel stations in Guanajuato, Mexico... [...]
Shell has agreed to buy 100 per cent of Sonnen, a German rival to Tesla and Samsung in providing homeowners with lithium-ion battery packs... [...]
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A total of 48 publicly accessible hydrogen filling stations were put into operation worldwide in 2018. Seventeen of them are located in Ge... [...]
Hundreds of passengers throughout Europe have been stranded by the abrupt collapse of the British regional airline Flybmi. British Midlan... [...]
Greek company Elinoil is attempting to turn the crisis in the fuel market into an opportunity through a strategy to transform itself into ... [...]
India to surpass China as world's largest energy growth market [...]
China will raise retail fuel prices [...]
Saudi Aramco, Total sign deal to set up retail fuel network [...]
7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience store chain, is in advanced talks with India’s Future Group to enter one of the fastest-growing ... [...]
Total Jamaica Limited has entered into an agreement with the owners of Jamaican fuel retailer Epping to acquire its fuel distribution comp... [...]
Europe's Airbus announced plans to scrap production of the world's largest airliner abandoning its A380 superjumbo program in favour of sm... [...]
Petro-Canada has pledged to build 50 electric vehicle charging stations across the entire Trans-Canada highway. Construction is set to be... [...]
Connecticut lawmakers are considering plan that would level the playing field at fuel stations across the state. Part of the reason why res... [...]
The Management of Eterna Plc in Nigeria has concluded plans to establish not less than 200 petrol stations in the next five years from the... [...]
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement relating to the nation's second largest gasoline and a convenience store ch... [...]
BP CEO Bob Dudley warns oil market uncertainty could lead to a 'real crunch' [...]
Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has suspended the supply of gas to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations, fertilizer companies and indust... [...]
The total number of convenience stores operating within the United States declined 1.1 percent last year, falling from a record 154,958 st... [...]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), suspended eleven petrol stations, following their failure to regularize their license st... [...]
OMV Petrom and Auchan Retail Romania are looking to extend their partnership for MyAuchan convenience stores in the Petrom filling station... [...]
Australian energy company Viva Energy will make a one-off payment of $137 million to extend its fuel and convenience partnership with Cole... [...]
OMV Petrom, the biggest oil, and gas company in Romania, and Auchan Retail Romania, the local subsidiary of French group Auchan, plan to e... [...]
Exxon and Qatar Petroleum announced that they will go ahead with a $10 billion project to export liquefied natural gas from a plant on the... [...]
America’s first plant to convert landfill waste into gasoline and other useful petroleum products just went online in Oklahoma. The plant... [...]
Uber Kenya has partnered with Total Kenya to provide its drivers with discounts on fuel and vehicle maintenance. To access the discounts,... [...]
Essar Oil UK group of companies announced acquisition of British oil major BPs 11.5 per cent equity in United Kingdom Oil Pipeline (UKOP) an... [...]
Bosnian oil products distributor Hifa Petrol said it has acquired four filling stations from sector player Cago Petrol, expanding its pres... [...]
NACS' European Director Mark Wohltmann will present the international trade association’s latest convenience briefing at forecourttech ’19, ... [...]
Zero-to-60 times are shorthand for what anybody buying a Porsche is supposed to care about. But with the all-electric Taycan due out later... [...]
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Shell is open to working with automakers to take EV charging beyond standalone stations, Reuters reports, citing an interview with Mark Ga... [...]
BP has seen profits more than double to 12.7 billion US dollars (£9.7 billion) for 2018, following higher oil prices and after it launched... [...]
Using the technology of CarPay-Diem, oil company Lukoil is offering mobile payment for fueling services in Belgium and soon Luxembourg to ... [...]
On January 18, the fuel-line in Hidalgo state, Mexico, was deliberately punctured,attracting hundreds of people looking to gather cheap ga... [...]
PHOENIX Petroleum Philippines, Inc. said that its board of directors gave the go-signal to enter into a joint venture with China National ... [...]
Boris Johnson has trashed his own Brexit plans – dumping a load of paperwork in a petrol station bin. The calamitous Conservative stuffed ... [...]
Berlin is getting an e-mobility upgrade this year, with a new project underway to install more than 1,600 EV charge points in the streets ... [...]
With a glut of snow falling in Toronto last week and with tempratures plumetting, frustrated drivers pulled up at some fuel stations last ... [...]
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BP Ventures announced the first direct investment in China. The choice fell on PowerShare, described as a leading integrated hardware and ... [...]
Unimot introduces the Avia brand into the Ukrainian fuel market. The process of rebranding the first two petrol stations in Kiev has begun... [...]
Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB) is looking to explore new formulations and improvements for both RON97 petrol and diesel. Managing Director a... [...]
Transport and logistics provider HOYER Group will supply TOTAL Deutschland’s service station network for a further five years until 2024. ... [...]
Nayax and Beacon Mobile are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership that will add value to both car wash owners and their customer... [...]
İrfan Yiğit, Board Member of Ttec, Bilgin Çiftçi, General Manager of Rossmann, Richard Appelbaum, CEO of the Divan Group, Cüneyt Ağca, Gen... [...]
From gas station to charging station - Shell acquires Greenlots [...]
Caltex enlists designers for radical service station makeover [...]
The Dutch gas market has long been considered one of the largest and strongest in Europe. However, with hydrocarbons being the less desira... [...]
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Saudi Aramco is set to build the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fueling station in Saudi Arabia. It follows the signing of a deal with ... [...]
Cepsa aims to reach 100 points of sales in Morocco by 2023 to reach a market share of 15 percent in the “medium term.”, the company said t... [...]
Enel has installed 260 electric vehicle (EV) recharging points along the long-distance roads criss-crossing Italy and Austria. Spread ove... [...]
The giant retailer Morrison’s has confirmed recently that it will be having its first store of the Morrison’s Daily format at one of the E... [...]
The concrete wall is being erected around a Total petrol station on the local prefecture’s initiative, and will replace an existing anti-i... [...]
After the prison bazaar and similar other business ventures, the State Prisons Department has planned to depute prisoners to operate 5 fue... [...]
The UK’s number one independent forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is rebranding 110 of its shops from SPAR to the Londis or Budge... [...]
Polish petrol giant PKN Orlen, which already operates petrol stations in Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Lithuania, has announced ... [...]
Love's ambitious plans for the new year include adding thousands of new truck parking spaces, expanding on-site truck and tire care servic... [...]
Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp The joint venture, to be owned 51 percent by Toyota and the rest by Panasonic are set to launch a joi... [...]
McDermott has won a “sizeable” engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from Daelim Saudi Arabia Company for storage tank... [...]
BP is set to launch its biggest corporate campaign since before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. BP's activity includes a series ... [...]
France is home to a fuel station that produces hydrogen by electrolysis on site, using clean energy. FaHyence, the unique hydrogen refuel... [...]
Petro Canada, formerly a state-owned oil company in Canada but now part of Suncor, becomes the latest oil company to get involved in elect... [...]
The Lagos State government, through its Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has announced the lifting of ban on the const... [...]
Sunoco LP has acquired Schmitt Sales Inc.’s wholesale fuel distribution business and is set to acquire certain convenience store locations f... [...]
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At least 79 people were killed in central Mexico after a ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded and another 66 people were injured, Mexico's ... [...]
JZ Capital Partners Limited (JZCP), a London listed fund that invests in US and European microcap companies and US real estate, has sold P... [...]
Global Partners LP is shedding some convenience stores on the East Coast. The Waltham-based company hung for-sale signs on a total of 24... [...]
Evergrande Group, one of China’s real estate giants, is seeking to expand its portfolio with a move into auto manufacturing. Evergrande H... [...]
The fuel brand Voy con Energía announced an investment plan that contemplates the opening of an outlet in La Pampa. In total, the company... [...]
Phillips 66 is collaborating with Honda Developer Studio to develop in-vehicle fuel payment integration that allows Honda vehicle owners t... [...]
Ballenoil announced last November that it would start operating in Castilla y León with stations in León, Valladolid and Palencia and now ... [...]
Bayport International Holdings made an announcement with regard to its intense diversification into the ‘Green car wash’ spectrum. The compa... [...]
The world’s first commercial flight operation using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 from Abu Dhabi to Am... [...]
Cadillac is expected to become General Motors Co’s lead electric vehicle brand as the largest US automaker gears up to introduce a new mod... [...]
Fuel distributor Z Energy will on Friday roll out hands-free automated pump payments to 40 stations throughout Auckland and the North Isla... [...]
Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his crackdown on gas thieves in the country is working, even though long lines at the ... [...]
Jamie Oliver launched his new deli partnership with oil conglomerate Shell. The restaurateur signed a £5m deal with the company last year.... [...]
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Japan’s Seven Bank is in the plans for equipping their ATMs with facial recognition technology. The introduction of this technology will l... [...]
Amazon's cashierless Go stores are set to bring in $1.5 million each per year, according to estimates from RBC Capital Markets analysts ci... [...]
Husky Energy Inc. says it is looking at getting out of retailing fuels to consumers after 80 years in the business. The Calgary-based oils... [...]
In the future, customers will be able to pay directly at the pump with the smartphone at the approximately 400 stations of Tamoil Germany.... [...]
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), is set to increase its existing filling stations to 400 active modern filling stations across the co... [...]
MAPCO and Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. are extending their supply agreement for another five years. The long-term partnership has developed ... [...]
BP is teaming with GetUpside to provide real-time, personalised offers to GetUpside app users allowing them to save money on BP and Amoco ... [...]
The Yellow Vest protests, which started as a reaction to fuel tax hikes and evolved into a protest against French President Emmanuel Macro... [...]
With the creation of RetailCo, a wholly owned subsidiary established to cater to fuel retailing, “Saudi Aramco will be creating a susta... [...]
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is waging a major crack-down on fuel theft, announced an investigation into the former... [...]
Inaugurated in April 2017, FaHyence is the first fuel station in Europe that produces hydrogen by electrolysis on site using green electri... [...]
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The increase in non-fuel purchases at forecourts is one of the trends reflected in recent research Shell conducted in partnership with Ips... [...]
US retailer Sunoco recently launched a new mobile app with rewards and payment capabilities, both in-store and at the pump. “At Sunoco, w... [...]
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China has awarded a license to oil major Shell to independently trade oil products in China's domestic wholesale oil market, a sign that B... [...]
Shell is considering bidding for rights to develop offshore wind farms in British waters as the Anglo-Dutch oil major seeks to re-enter th... [...]
A tanker explosion rocked a petrol station , Enugu, Nigeria, destroying properties worth billions of naira. It was gathered that the b... [...]
Indian Oil Corporation’s Jubilee Retail Outlet, India’s first 24x7 solar-powered retail outlet, greets customers with added attractions... [...]
Saudi Aramco's plan to set up and run petrol stations across the kingdom will help the world's biggest crude exporter secure a long-term m... [...]
PTT Philippines Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Sukanya Seriyothin has disclosed that the Thai oil firm will raise it... [...]
Disa will not be able to increase the number of service stations during this year in the Spanish islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La P... [...]
The Delta Patagonia company reached an agreement with oil company YPF for the acquisition of 124 service stations and agroservices in 17 p... [...]
Oman Oil Marketing Company’s first MEGA service station in the Sultanate is set to open in Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in 2019. In line... [...]
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Through wholly-owned subsidiary Circle K Stores, Alimentation Couche-Tard has signed an agreement with CrossAmerica Partners to exchange c... [...]
BP is increasing its investment in EV charging—in particular, mobile charging. In January, BP Ventures, the investment arm of Houston-base... [...]
The Hyundai Motor Group will invest £5.5 billion in developing hydrogen fuel cell technology, as part of plans to