UAE – Mubasher: Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) on Monday unveiled its motivated plans to boost its retail and service station network by 2020 to comply with Expo 2020 Dubai.
The Dubai-based energy company plans to expand its retail network to 191 from its current 129 service stations across the UAE as the official integrated energy partner of Expo 2020, according to a press release.
Additionally, ENOC Group aims at expanding its footprint locally across the Northern Emirates through reopening service stations in Sharjah; Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
The leading group also plans to open 15 service stations across the country this year, with five service stations and three compact stations in the emirate of Dubai.
Moreover, it considers for the opening of five service stations in Sharjah including three compact stations, a new service station in Fujairah and another in Ras Al Khaimah.
Saif Humaid Al Falasi, CEO of ENOC, said: “We are committed and well-prepared to support the UAE’s expansion vision by building a robust fuel retail infrastructure needed in the run up to EXPO 2020, expected to attract over 20 million visitors, and beyond.
“In addition to meeting the needs of this world-class event, we are also focused on expanding our footprint across the UAE to ensure that the communities we serve have easy and convenient access to fuel and other automotive, F&B and convenience store amenities,” he added.
ENOC seeks to build a total of 47 service stations by 2020, including 25 stations in Sharjah, four in the Northern Emirates, and 15 stations in Dubai, three stations at the Expo 2020 Dubai site, in addition to three compact stations.
The group currently operates over 14 service stations in Dubai using solar energy since 2017, the release indicated.
Furthermore, ENOC has also launched ENOCPay, its latest innovative cashless and cardless payment solutions app for both fuel and non-fuel products at the service stations of the group and its subsidiary EPPCO.
