Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has achieved a major milestone by selling 40,000 Sadeem smart fuel cards in the kingdom last year, said a report.

The company plans to double its sales this year and extend the service to 35 service stations by the end of 2014, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

"The target, which was set for 2013 by the Bapco management, was completed successfully despite activities commencing only in March last year," said the company's marketing division general manager Khalid Buhazza.

Sadeem Card enables customers to improve their fuel consumption management.

The personalised card in prepaid and post-paid allows holders to buy fuel at 16 Bapco stations.-TradeArabia News Service