Sales and Marketing

United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (Unipet) is a wholly owned, local operating company that is engaged in the marketing, wholesaling and retailing of liquid petroleum fuels. For 25 years the gas station business had been conducted exclusively by the State, before that it had been run by foreign firms. In 1996 the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, appointed a Petroleum Retail Committee and it recommended a phased de-monopolisation of the industry. A group of independent owner dealers formed themselves into the United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET) and applied for a wholesale marketing license which was granted in July 1999. United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET) is a wholly owned locally operated company engaged in the marketing and wholesaling of liquid petroleum fuels. The company was established in 1997 and began trading of transportation fuels in 2000. Unipet has a total of 24 service stations located throughout the country. Unipet also engages in the transportation of bulk fuel to large commercial customers, through Unipet Transport Division which is a wholly owned Unipet subsidiary.