91 Biofuel Available to Auckland Motorists

Thursday, 9 September 2010, 1:51 pm
Press Release: Gull Petroleum

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 September) at these Auckland sites as an introductory special.

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