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Licences, quality and safety

Fuel is one of South Africa’s most regulated trades, and every rule is also a reason to trust a supplier. Here is everything behind a Fuel-It delivery, in one place.

  • Wholesale licence

    Issued by the Controller of Petroleum Products (DMPR) under the Petroleum Products Act, 1977. Licensed wholesalers buy only from licensed manufacturers, importers or wholesalers.

    Licence licence number, valid to licence expiry date

  • Fuel quality

    Diesel to SANS 342, petrol to SANS 1598, biodiesel to SANS 1935, Jet A‑1 to DEF STAN 91-091 and ASTM D1655, avgas to ASTM D910.

    Certificate of analysis with every load

  • Quality process

    How batches are tested, which laboratory we use and how certificates are matched to deliveries.

    CoA process and laboratory partner

  • Aviation quality chain

    Jet A‑1 and avgas are supplied with batch documentation at every transfer, so the chain stays unbroken.

    Batch documents with every delivery

  • Transport

    Dangerous goods under the National Road Traffic Act: certified vehicles, placards and drivers with a dangerous-goods professional driving permit.

    dangerous-goods permits and fleet details

  • Sealed and metered delivery

    Compartments sealed at loading; seal numbers and the metered quantity recorded on the delivery note.

    On every delivery note

  • Storage standards

    Customer storage guidance follows SANS 10089 and SANS 10131 and municipal fire by-laws.

    Guidance on request

  • LPG

    Installations by gas practitioners registered with SAQCC Gas, to SANS 10087.

    Certificate of conformity required

  • Insurance

    Cover for our operations and goods in transit.

    insurance cover and insurer

  • Tax and supplier registration

    Registered for VAT; on the Central Supplier Database for government buyers.

    VAT VAT number; CSD CSD number

  • B-BBEE

    Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment status for procurement scoring.

    B-BBEE level and certificate

  • Privacy

    Personal information is handled under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

    Privacy policy

Copies of our licence, certificates and safety data sheets are available on request for procurement and safety files. Request documents.

Check any fuel supplier

Whoever you buy from, ask for these before you pay.

  • A DMPR wholesale licence number you can verify.
  • A certificate of analysis for the batch you receive.
  • Sealed compartments and a metered quantity at delivery.
  • A registered company, a physical address and a landline.
  • Payment into a company bank account only.

Need fuel delivered?

Send your volume and town. We reply with a delivered price, a delivery date and the paperwork that comes with it.

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