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This is a list of notable automotive fuel retailers ("petrol" or "gasoline", "diesel", etc.) and their controlling oil companies.The format of this page is based on current ownership and where they largely operate:
Diesel's headquarters are in Breganze, on the former Moto Laverda factory area, and had twelve international subsidiaries as of 2005. [20] As of 2008, the company had five thousand points of sale across eighty countries, with 270 mono-brand Diesel stores. Diesel itself owns 170 of those, with the rest owned by franchisees. [27]
Shell's involvement in Australia began in 1901 when bulk fuel handling facilities commissioned by the 'Shell' Transport and Trading Company of London at Gore Bay, Sydney and on leased land in Melbourne, near Williamstown railway station. The arrival of the ship Turbo on 3 June was the first ever delivery of bulk kerosene to Australia. [1]
NPD, short for Nelson Petroleum Distributors, is a New Zealand family-owned budget fuel distributor. [1] [2] It distributes Mobil fuels and Castrol lubricants, and started business in the 1960s. [3] [4] It is based in Nelson. As of August 2021, NPD has 96 petrol stations, most being in the South Island.
In that year Amway Australia became part of the publicly listed company, Amway Asia Pacific, and by 1998 sales had reached A$198 million, [3] [4] with more than 100,000 distributors marketing over 2,500 products. [1] In 2000 Amway Asia Pacific returned to private ownership by New AAP Limited, a Bermuda corporation. [5] [6]
Caltex Australia (now known as Ampol) 7540 Geelong Oil Refinery: Geelong, Vic Shell Australia (later sold to Viva Energy) 6380 Lytton Oil Refinery: Brisbane, Qld Caltex Australia (now known as Ampol) 6270 Bulwer Island Refinery: Brisbane, Qld BP: 5110 Clyde Refinery: Sydney, NSW Shell Australia: 4930 Altona Refinery: Melbourne, Vic ExxonMobil ...
The two main types of biofuel currently being produced in Australia are biodiesel and bioethanol, used as replacements for diesel and petrol respectively. [1] As of 2017 Australia is a relatively small producer of biofuels, accounting for 0.2% of world bioethanol production and 0.1% of world biodiesel production. [2]
Volkswagen Australia Pty Ltd was formed in 1954 by Volkswagen of Germany and various Australian state Volkswagen distributors. [30] The company acquired a suitable site from Martin & King situated at Clayton having facilities for CKD vehicle assembly in Victoria , that site having been used for local assembly of the Volkswagen Beetle since 1954 ...