Petroleum Istanbul 2011

The erpecnews and PetrolPlaza roving editorial team, went to Turkey this month, to visit the Petroleum Istanbul exhibition, from 7th to 10th April, learning much along the way, about this facinating marketplace.

To best explain exactly what’s happening, we put some key questions to five of the leading operators in the Turkish market, the answers to which we hope will be of interest to those companies seeking to position themselves in the gateway to Eastern promise.

This video on PetrolPlaza TV is divided into 2 parts, covering different aspects of the Turkish market. The leading oil company, two leading distributors and two of the major equipment manufactures are all featured, explaining how they see the market from their own perspective.

Turkey... a gateway to the East - Part 1

• Fatih Akin and Ertüm Tüfekçi, General Managers fromleading distributor Tora Petrol are describing the company’s role in the market, mentioning the countries they are working in and the equipment suppliers they represent. It's interesting to know how the recent change in legislation affected their business.
• Batuhan Kiroglu, International Sales & Marketing Manager from Mepsan gives his opinion on what is going on generally in the Turkish market and offers an insight into Mepsan's service philosophy. He also explains the 'show biz' factor on Turkish petrol stations, which you may notice when travelling to Turkey.
• Baris Tascioglu, Network Region Engineer from leading oil company Petrol Ofisi explains what engineering challenges they face at the moment and what regulations they are working with.

> FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch part 1 of our video

Turkey... a gateway to the East - Part 2

• Interpet is another major distributor in Turkey. Tüten Aluc, Business Development Manager describes how the Turkish market is different to other markets in Europe and gives a few suggestions to suppliers thinking of targeting this market.
• Turpak is the leading company in Turkey for station automation and vehicle identification systems. General Manager, Tamer Sengönül talks about the dynamics of the Turkish market and explains the advantages of having automated systems and vehicle identification system operational on a petrol site.

> FOLLOW THIS LINK to watch part 2 of our video

Petroleum Istanbul 2009 ended with extremely positive results: products and services from more than 100 exhibitors were on display on approx. 7000 square metres of net exhibition space. 32.514 trade visitors attended Petroleum Istanbul and it’s sister event Automechanika Istanbul.

Product groups exhibited

• Refineries (Petroleum refinery equipments and technologies)
• Distribution (Oil, LPG and lubricants distribution, equipment and technologies)
• Station Equipments (Oil, LPG, CNG, dispensers, meters, tanks, car wash machinary, facility construction and installations)
• Station Automation (Pump automation, cash registration systems, market automation, backoffice software, tank automation, and vehicle identification systems)
• Convenience Stores (Facilities, equipment, related products and services)
• Upstream (Hydrocarbon -oil and natural gas- exploration, extraction, transportation)
• Natural Gas Market (Distribution facilities, equipments and technologies)

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