Petromin, a leading lubricants and automotive services company in Saudi Arabia, has been certified for the second time consecutively for managing and operating gas stations and service centres.

This is to reconfirm the success of the company's efforts in providing distinguished services to all its customers and showing the company’s commitment to providing the highest levels of quality that are no less than those around the world, said a statement from the company.

In 2014, Petromin had announced that it had obtained approval by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs for the three-year qualification certificate for the management, operation and maintenance of gas stations and service centres on regional roads, it said.

The renewal of Petromin came after the official Committee, formed by specialists from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, carried out the testing out and inspection of Petromin stations and ensured that the services provided were in line with the directory of fuel stations and service centres issued by the ministry which aims to elevate the level of fuel stations and service centres on the regional roads in the kingdom, it added.

It includes many technical, scientific and engineering conditions that guarantee the achievement of Integration of the form and content of gas stations and service stations according to the classification of the station according to its location, area and the nature of the basic and optional services provided in it.

Eng Samir Nawar, president and CEO of Petromin, said: “This certification comes as a result of the continuous efforts and excellent services offered by us to our customers over many years.”

“We look forward to continuing providing advanced service programmes to meet our customers’ needs and expectations. We’ll continue our expansion plan and we have all the potential to ensure the establishment and upgrading of fuel stations and service centres throughout the kingdom,” he added.

Petromin operates five main business segments: lubricants manufacturing and sales, quick lube change outlets (Petromin Express), auto care workshops, fuel retail stations and automotive dealerships (national dealer for Nissan in Saudi Arabia).

With more than 5,000 employees, Petromin exports its products to over 40 countries in the GCC, Middle East, Africa and Asia, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service