Dubai, United Arab Emirates: ENOC Group has announced ambitious plans to strengthen its retail and service station network by 2020 to meet the requirements of Expo 2020 Dubai.

ENOC Group will further expand its retail network to 191 from its current 129 service stations across the UAE in the lead up to Expo 2020 Dubai as its Official Integrated Energy Partner. Alongside, the Group will also expand its local presence across the Northern Emirates through reopening service stations in Sharjah; Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.

In 2019, ENOC plans to open 15 service stations across the UAE, with five service stations and three compact stations in Dubai. The Group will also move forward with its plans for Sharjah by opening five service stations in its reclaimed locations; one new service station in Fujairah, one in Ras Al Khaimah and three compact stations.

His Excellency Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Group Chief Executive Officer 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.”

By the year 2020, the Group plans to build a total of 47 service stations, which will include 25 stations in Sharjah, four in the Northern Emirates and 15 stations in Dubai, three of which are confirmed at the Expo 2020 Dubai site, in addition to three compact stations.

The compact station is a new fuelling format introduced last year offering customers accessible and convenient refuelling services. The first of these will be in Sustainable City, while future stations will be located in residential communities operated by Emaar and Meydan.

In 2017, ENOC announced that all future service stations will be powered by Photo-Voltaic (PV) solar panels. ENOC currently operates more than 14 service stations in Dubai using solar energy, generating an estimate of 651 MWh of electricity across its retail stations since 2017, which is equivalent to 80 homes' electricity use for one year.

The service stations in Sharjah will also have provisions to install PV solar panels once solar energy is integrated into the Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA) grid.

ENOC’s new service station at the Expo 2020 Dubai site will follow the new design concept of the Ghaf tree, which symbolises the Year of Tolerance observed by the UAE this year. The service station will be contemporary, sustainable, and will feature a unique architecture design that uses the latest technologies such as use of carbon-fibre, a material that is three times stronger than steel, and wind turbines which will be used to generate about 30 to 40 Kw (Kilowatt) of energy to run the station.

ENOC is at the edge of latest technologies and has launched an innovative payment system with the use of ENOCPay, a cashless, cardless payment solutions app for both fuel and non-fuel products at ENOC and EPPCO service stations. The Group is a forerunner of innovation in the energy industry for payment solutions including ViP, a RFID based payment system.

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  • In 2019, ENOC plans to open 15 service stations across the UAE, with five stations in Dubai.
  • ENOC will expand in the Northern Emirates by launching five stations in Sharjah and one each in Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah in 2019.
  • By the end of 2020, ENOC will launch 25 more stations in Sharjah and 15 more in Dubai and four in the Northern Emirates.
  • By 2020, ENOC will launch six compact stations, three by end of 2019 and another three by 2020.
  • Last month, ENOC unveiled a Ghaf tree inspired service station for Expo 2020 site with the following features:
  • Built on an exoskeleton of Ghaf tree structure, designed to symbolise Year of Tolerance
  • Region’s first LEED Gold certified service station
  • Carbon fibre canopy - a light material three times stronger than steel, used first time in the region
  • Wind turbines to generate an average of 30 to 40 Kw (Kilowatt) of power from wind energy
  • A fully self-sufficient on-grid solar system that brings energy utility of the station near zero
  • In December 2018, ENOC Group launched Compact, a fully sustainable new fuelling format offering customers accessible and convenient refuelling services.
  • ENOC Compact’s fuelling unit is distinguished for its mobility as it can be dismantled, relocated and re-installed at locations without easy access to fuel in just 30 days.
  • All new ENOC service stations are designed with UL Certified double wall tanks and fuel piping with secondary containment to mitigate environmental pollution.
  • The service stations also come equipped with Photo-Voltaic (PV) solar panels, installed on the canopy of service stations, to generate up to 120kWh (Kilowatt per hour) energy, which is about 30 per cent more than the average energy required to run a station.
  • The excess power generated from solar energy is transmitted back to the main grid of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) with a solar meter installed to monitor the power to be sent to the grid.
  • The new stations come equipped with a host of smart and sustainable features including the Vapour Recovery System (VRS) to prevent emissions to the environment, full LED lights installed to save energy consumption by 50 per cent, and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) technology for the air conditioning system which saves 35 per cent compared to conventional package AC systems.

About ENOC Group:

ENOC Group (Emirates National Oil Company) is a leading integrated international oil and gas player operating across the energy sector value chain. As a wholly owned entity of the Government of Dubai, and integral to the Emirate’s success, ENOC owns and operates assets in the fields of exploration & production, supply & operations, terminals, fuel retail, aviation fuel and petroleum products for commercial & industrial use. The Group’s general business operations includes automotive services, non-fuel F&B retail and fabrication services. Servicing thousands of customers in over 60 markets, the Group employs a multi-national workforce of over 11,000 employees and is deploying its world-class customer service, latest innovations and technologies and best practices to empower the UAE’s social and economic development. For further information, please visit: www.enoc.com 

For further information, please contact:
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