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With the advent of the motor car, crude oil came into demand as a fuel. By 1911 petrol surpassed kerosene in sales as the fuel for most vehicles. [1] [2]: 48 Most petroleum consumed in Australia was imported but, between 1865 and 1952, various companies made a small proportion locally, from oil shale.
Solo Oil was founded in 1974 by David Goldberger and David Wieland. [1] [2] Goldberg negotiated an agreement with Mobil Australia, for the supply of petroleum at a fixed rate, following the increase in world fuel prices, this discount increased from six cents to 12.5 cents per gallon. [3]
The members of the consortium which operates the North West Shelf Venture are Woodside Petroleum, BHP, BP, Chevron, Shell and Japan Australia LNG. [26] The price was guaranteed not to increase until 2031, and by 2015 China was paying "one-third the price for Australian gas that Australian consumers themselves had to pay." [25]
In July 2001, Liberty leased 69 of its sites to Woolworths which were rebranded as Woolworths Plus Petrol. [2] [3] At this stage it had an 8% market share of the Australian petrol market. [4] [5] In August 2014, Viva Energy purchased a 50% shareholding, taking full ownership in February 2019.
United Petroleum is an Australian petrol retailer and importer. It was established in 1993 and, as of October 2020 [update] , has over 450 petrol stations in Australia. [ 1 ] The company also owns Pie Face , a pie outlet it acquired in 2017 and subsequently rolled out to many of its service stations.
EG Australia is the Australian subsidiary of British company EG Group which operates the EG Ampol chain of petrol stations, selling Ampol (formerly Caltex Australia) fuel at its stations. As of October 2022 [update] , there are over 540 EG Ampol petrol stations.
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OTR, formerly On the Run, is an Australian chain of petrol stations and convenience stores based in South Australia.Unrelated to ExxonMobil's On the Run store branding, the OTR brand was first established in 1999 by the Shahin family (Peregrine Corporation), who were already owning and operating service stations in Adelaide since 1984.