Terpel opened its first gas station in the province of Bolívar and thus begins 2024 with 108 gas stations in 19 provinces of Ecuador, as part of its expansion plan.

Monthly sales projections for this marketing point are around 150,000 liters of fuel and service around 15,000 vehicles per month.

“The opening of this new gas station in Guaranda not only allows us to take a step forward in the coverage we have throughout the country, but also represents an important contribution to the development of the surrounding communities,” says Xavier Granda, fuel manager from Terpel. Ecuador.

Terpel is a company of Colombian origin dedicated to the distribution of fuels and lubricants, present in Panama, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Ecuador, where it started operating in 2006.

Last October, he also entered the province of Pastaza with the opening of his first gas station “El Puyo” in this town.

Its greater scope implies investments. For example, in 2023, it cost almost 600,000 dollars to promote a gas station in Guayaquil, which is the largest of the brand in the whole country: the one located on Avenida 25 de Julio, in the south of the city, which, in addition to As a result of modernizing its plants, added is new services such as the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) commercialization facility and the new Altoque store.

Also in July of that year, with an investment of 100,000 USD, the first Terpel Voltex fast charging station was opened in Quito, in alliance with Kia Ecuador, which at the same time became the third company in the country (two operate in Guayaquil) and is part of the plan expansion of the supply network for electric vehicles.