New promotion marks 20 years of motor sports sponsorship. Chevron Global Marketing has kicked off the Texaco “42 Days of Racing” promotion with a grand prize race package featuring a trip to the final six stock car races of the season and a chance to meet Texaco/Havoline driver Juan Pablo Montoya. Other prizes include a…
safeway makes the wright choice
New payment processing equipment adds convenience to paying for gas. Safeway Inc., a convenience store and supermarket operator with 1,760 stores, reached a deal to begin accepting the Wright Express fleet card for fuel purchases. Safeway, based in Pleasanton, Calif., operates a network of more than 290 fuel sites across the U.S., including Vons in…
bp ceo vows safer refining operations
Hayward guides company towards new commitment. BP CEO Vows for Safer Operations Hayward guides company towards new commitment. Tony Hayward, BP’s recently inaugurated CEO, has had his hands full. With a refinery explosion in Texas City killing 15 people, a major pipe busting in Alaska and delays with the set up of platforms in the…
shell launches promotion for cardholders
“Earn 25 cents per gallon” campaign kicks off. Shell Oil Products US has launched its “Earn 25 cents per gallon” promotion to reward new Shell Credit Card consumer account holders for their fuel purchases. Between July 2nd and Sept. 30th, customers that open a new Shell Credit Card account will be eligible to earn 25…
sheetz gives out free gas
ATM customer wins Z-card to promote recent partnership with M&T Bank. Sheetz Inc. and MT Bank are celebrating the success of the partnership that allows customers who withdraw cash from any MT Bank ATM machine at Sheetz, regardless of their own bank-to access their money without incurring a surcharge. Since the partnership began in March…
citgo adds dtn tabs service
Customer service system helps manage credit limitations and product allocations at the terminal. CITGO Petroleum Corp. expanded its partnership with DTN by adding its TABS service. DTN TABS, a system that helps suppliers manage inventory and credit limits, will help CITGO provide systematic and consistent control of product lifting across all channels of trade at…
changing of the guard at bp
Conn replaces Manzoni as chief executive of refining and marketing. BP has appointed Iain Conn has been appointed chief executive of the company’s refining and marketing business starting June 1, 2007. He replaces John Manzoni who is leaving BP after 24 years’ service. Manzoni has agreed with the board that, following a three-month handover period,…
murphy closes 47 stations
Six stores located adjacent to Wal-Mart get the axe. Murphy USA will be closing 47 gas stations, six of which are located near Wal-Mart stores in Iowa. The stores to be shut down include the Waverly, Independence, Marshalltown, Anamosa, Grinnell and Le Mars locations, according to the Associated Press. The company entered an agreement April…
kwik trip encourages safe driving
Chain teams with DriveCam to offer incentives to precautious teen drivers. Kwik Trip Inc. has teamed up with DriveCam, a driver risk management company, to reward teens in Minnesota and Wisconsin who are enrolled in the Teen Safe Driver Program (www.teensafedriver.com). DriveCam developed the Teen Safe Driver Program in conjunction with American Family Insurance to…
western refining to close giant acquisition
FTC loses lengthy court battle to prevent the refining merger, plans appeal. After a long court battle, Western Refining Inc. won approval of its $1.13 billion purchase of Giant Industries Inc. after a U.S. judge denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) claim that the merger would increase gasoline prices in New Mexico. U.S. District Judge…