20 gas stations will open in the country during 2024.
Petroprix is the name of the company of Spanish origin, whose low-cost gas station model It will soon arrive in Chile and also in Panama.
It is the main low-cost gas station in Spain with headquarters in Seville, Barcelona and Madrid and with more than 200 workers in all its subsidiaries.
“We are a young company with challenging technological projects. We are taking on new challenges and the main one will be to export our model to Portugal now. American countries like Panama and Chile“, indicated the company through social networks.
“In America, Petroprix will face the cultural change of self-service at gas stationssince currently the conventional refueling service is still used in these countries,” they added.
As revealed, the low-cost gasoline company has a business model where They operate without franchise, with self-service, they are installed on the outskirts of cities and they do not have stores, factors that allow prices to be more economical for customers.
Along with this, and as reported by DFMAS, the low-cost gasoline company would even set up operations from scratch, so they do not rule out the purchase of gas stations that have closed after October 18, 2019 during the social outbreak.
In Spain, the company ensures that All these savings in your cost structure are reflected in “lower prices for the consumer.” compared to traditional service stations.
In that sense, Manuel Santiago, CEO of the Petroprix group, explained to the Spanish media El Economista, that in Chile has the goal of opening 20 gas stations during the year 2024.
Along with this, the aforementioned media reported that In Panama, 25 projects are being processedwhile in Portugal, Petroprix will have its own offices managed from the Lisbon headquarters.
Meetings in Chile
DFMAS revealed that on April 2, Petroprix executives, They met with authorities from the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) with the objective of reviewing the deadlines for the acceptance of applications for recognition of foreign certificates for electrical and fuel products.
In 2023, another meeting was held between the Spanish company and Maricel Lavín, head of the Fuel Engineering Division (DIC) of the SEC, where they discussed the presentation of the Petroprix company and the “EDS (service stations) project in RM”.
