91 Biofuel Available to Auckland Motorists

91 Biofuel Available to Additional Auckland Motorists Auckland, 9 September 2010 – Gull today announced that an additional five Auckland sites are now retailing Gull 91 Regular Plus biofuel.

Gull Regular Plus is a 10 percent bioethanol blended fuel and reduces your vehicles carbon emissions while also adding extra savings at the pump.

“Regular Plus, Gull’s 91 bioethanol blend, has proved a winner with Kiwi motorists,” says Graham Stirk, Retail Business Manager of Gull New Zealand.

“Now it is even easier for motorists to reduce their carbon footprint and save money by switching to one of Gull’s ethanol blended fuel grades – high octane Force 10 is available at all Gull branded sites and now the 91 octane Regular Plus blend is available at an additional five sites across Auckland,” says Stirk.

Sites where Regular Plus is now available in Auckland include:

• Albany Highway, Albany New North Road, Kingsland Rosebank Road, Avondale Sel Peacock Drive, Henderson Greville Road, East Coast Bays Portage Road, New Lynn Ti Rakau Drive, Botany East Tamaki Drive, Otara Great South Road, Takanini

Regular Plus will also be discounted to $1.689 from 7am Friday morning until Monday morning (13th August) at these Auckland sites as an introductory special.

ENDS For further information please contact:

Dave Bodger, General Manager, Gull New Zealand, Ph +64 9 489 1452

Graham Stirk, Retail Manager, Gull New Zealand, Ph +64 9 489 1452

Georgie Stent, JML Communications, Ph +64 9 358 2828 M +64 21 655 060

About Gull Gull Petroleum was founded in 1976 with a single service station by a group of business people in Western Australia who saw the potential for an independent supplier. Rationalisation by the major oil companies at the time offered Gull the opportunity of obtaining sites considered unviable by the multi-nationals. Adherence to a philosophy of low cost management, prudent investment decisions and a carefully planned marketing strategy enabled Gull to increase its number of outlets to thirty-five by 1984, when ownership of the company was consolidated with the Rae family. Without much fanfare, Gull has expanded its network to nearly 100 service stations. It has become a serious player, offering a real choice for motorists in an extremely competitive market. The company remains today a fully family owned operation

The Gull Group of Companies has grown from a small business to a modern, dynamic organisation of significance in the Australian and New Zealand petroleum industries. Furthermore, through Gull’s aggressive marketing approach, a planned increase in market share will herald the strengthening of the Gull name in Australia and New Zealand

Gull in New Zealand Gull started operations in New Zealand with the building of a state of the art terminal in Mount Maunganui in 1998. Tanks were relocated from Marsden Point by barge, a feat the opposition said was “impossible”. Gull made the first retail sales of petrol in 1999 and has grown the network to 40 branded sites. Gull was the first company to introduce low sulphur diesel to the New Zealand market bringing environmental benefits well ahead of the opposition. In August 2007 Gull again set new environmental benchmarks for the industry with the first retail sale of Gull Force 10, New Zealand’s first biofuel, 10% ethanol mixed with premium gasoline giving higher octane and cleaner performance. Gull is the only independent oil company operating in New Zealand and is credited with keeping the fuel market competitive and giving savings to the Kiwi motorist. For more information please visit www.gull.biz

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