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Petroleum feasibility studies, business plans, financial modelling, funding preparation and valuation guidance.
3 published articles →Industry IntelligencePractical guidance on fuel sampling, density testing, marker screening, evidence preservation and laboratory escalation.
3 published articles →Industry IntelligenceCommercial, operational and financial guidance for starting and running a petroleum wholesale business in South Africa.
4 published articles →Industry IntelligenceSouth African petroleum licence applications, annual submissions, ownership changes and regulatory compliance guidance.
3 published articles →Industry IntelligenceGuidance on developing, buying, selling and operating service-station businesses in South Africa.
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Browse recently published guidance across petroleum licensing, wholesale operations, service-station decisions, transactions, compliance and fuel quality.
Understand the role of fuel marker screening, what a field result can indicate, and when a disputed or material fuel-quality issue should be escalated to laboratory analysis.
Read articleA practical guide to fuel sampling, documenting delivery and batch details, preserving duplicate samples and maintaining an evidence trail before field or laboratory testing.
Read articlePrepare a petrol station for sale by organising financial records, licences, lease or property information, equipment details and a controlled confidential marketing process.
Read articleA supportable petrol-station valuation depends on verified fuel volumes, sustainable earnings, lease or property rights, capital expenditure, licence position and transaction risk.
Read articleFuel wholesalers can generate high turnover while remaining cash constrained. Learn how supplier terms, customer credit, VAT, transport and price movements affect working capital.
Read articleUnderstand annual wholesale and retail information submissions, licence-record management and why ownership or business changes must be assessed before implementation.
Read articleA petroleum business plan must connect licensing, market demand, supply, logistics, margins, working capital and implementation evidence into one supportable commercial case.
Read articleA practical due-diligence guide for buying a petrol station in South Africa, covering licences, property or lease rights, fuel volumes, margins, equipment, environmental risk and transaction structure.
Read articleA petroleum licence authorises an activity, but a viable fuel business still needs aligned supply, storage, transport, customers, funding and operating controls.
Read articleA practical evidence checklist for preparing a petroleum wholesale licence application in South Africa, including entity, market, supply, storage, transport and financial information.
Read articleUnderstand what a diesel density field test measures, how temperature and sampling affect the reading, and why density alone cannot prove every form of contamination.
Read articleA petrol-station feasibility study should test site access, traffic, demand, competition, fuel volumes, non-fuel income, capital cost, licensing and investment risk before development.
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