SA Petroleum Association wins competition exemption for members

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Petroleum installation
South Africa’s Competition Commission has granted the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) and its members a four-year conditional exemption for certain conduct that is prohibited under the country’s competition law.

France approves petrol tie-up

Monday, 04 July 2011

The French Competition Authority has cleared fuel company Rubis Group’s acquisition of Chevron’s assets in the French West Indies, subject to commitments.

FTC opens probe of US petrol market

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation of the petroleum industry to determine whether anti-competitive conduct has led to drastic hikes in US petroleum prices, and profit margins for producers.

FTC demands changes to petrol pipeline deal

Friday, 27 May 2011

The US Federal Trade Commission says it will force Irving Oil to give up the rights to some oil terminals and pipelines it bought from ExxonMobil to help preserve competition in parts of New England.

Cartelist gets six-month sentence in Canada

Premium Article - Tuesday, 08 December 2009

Canada's Competition Bureau has secured the tenth guilty plea in its case against a petrol station cartel in Quebec, the bureau announced yesterday.

ACCC opposes fuel acquisition

Premium Article - Thursday, 03 December 2009

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) yesterday announced that it intends to oppose fuel company Caltex Australia’s proposed A$300 million (€184 million) acquisition of 300 Mobil Oil service stations. 

Canada sentences ninth petrol cartelist

Premium Article - Monday, 26 October 2009

A former service station owner has pleaded guilty at a Quebec court to her part in a petrol cartel.

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