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 Gazprom
Gazenergoset, an affiliated company of Gazprom – one of the world’s largest
energy companies - has launched four automated self-service fuel stations in
Rostovskaya Oblast in the southern part of Russia.
Each of them
is equipped with two Petrol POS payment terminals developed by NCT and allowing
consumers to pay by cash, Petrol Plus
fuel cards or banking cards. The same terminals already run successfully at
Rosneft, SibOil, Vicmos and other fuel retailers, and with high
damage and temperature resistance significantly add to the
overall security of the stations.
These are the
first Gazprom stations operated in a self-service mode and as the fuel operator
believes, such a format brings many benefits especially in the world economic
recession environment. The construction takes substantially less means –
namely, 3-5 million rubles (up to 110 thousand Euro), which is 3-4 times less
compared to traditional construction. Automated stations occupy smaller grounds
(about 300 square
meters against 5000) - this allows allocating them in
heavily built-up downtown areas. Lower construction and operation costs entail
lower fuel prices, that alongside with shorter servicing time, provides
substantial growth of client traffic.
Gazprom
Gazenergoset plans to proceed in developing new fuel retail segment and open
self-service stations in five more regions of Russia. Thus the company will join
the increasing number of fuel retailers, launching automated stations all over Russia. The
first one was constructed in 2005 by a rather small retailer in Ekaterinburg (the
Ural Region) and was supposed to service commercial transport. But soon it
became very popular among consumers due to quick and convenient refueling. Since
then, and particularly starting with 2008, self-service stations have become an
important business instrument not only for small local networks but largest
fuel companies as well.
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Gazprom stations offer self-service with Petrol POS 