GreatGas launches Ireland’s first ever completely unmanned self-service diesel filling station
New ‘pay-at-the-pump’ forecourt on the Old Airport Road in Santry, Dublin
means drivers can now buy diesel 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
‘GreatGas 24/7’, has launched Ireland’s first ever completely unmanned and automated self service filling station. Located on the Old Airport Road in Santry, Dublin, the ‘pay-at-the-pump’ forecourt has four pumps and provides customers with quick and hassle free diesel, twenty four hours a day all year round.The ‘GreatGas 24/7’ filling station on the Old Airport Road could not be easier to use.
You simply drive onto the forecourt, swipe your credit or debit card at the pump and select the amount of fuel you need. You are then asked to enter your card’s security pin number and this will unlock the pump and you can begin pumping the diesel. After dispensing the requested amount of diesel, you will then be provided with a receipt for your own records.
This concept has proved to be a huge success in other parts of the world including America, Continental Europe and Asia for many years and has also begun to gain popularity throughout the UK more recently. The GreatGas ‘pay-at-the-pump’ forecourt will, for the moment, be restricted to the supply of diesel as currently Irish legislation stipulates that a petrol forecourt must be manned at all times.
GreatGas is now preparing an extensive nationwide roll out of this service, with plans for several more unmanned and automated self-service filling stations in key urban centres around the country over the next 12 months.Ray O’ Sullivan, Managing Director of GreatGas
, says this new model of forecourt in Ireland will be of benefit to both customers and forecourt owners alike and that GreatGas is actively looking for forecourt owners to partner with in this regard.
“Pay-at-the-pump self-service filling stations work very well abroad and we believe that it will do as well here as it offers drivers quick and hassle free access to diesel 365 days of the year. We are now well advanced with plans to roll out several more similar outlets around the country in the coming 12 months. We are also open to approaches from other existing forecourt owners who are interested in partnering with us on this new business model.”
“Since GreatGas was established in 2006 we have grown substantially and now have GreatGas forecourts in all four provinces. In the last nine months we have opened 10 more fully serviced forecourts throughout the country, bringing to over 60 the number of forecourts we now supply fuel to nationwide. We are well on target to be supplying 100 forecourts by 2010.”GreatGas is operated by Great Gas Petroleum (Ireland) Ltd, with headquarters located in Churchtown, Co Cork, and is part of the DCC Plc group. GreatGas sources its fuel from ConocoPhillips’ in Whitegate, Chevron in Dublin and Galway and from the LSS terminal in Derry. This enables secure delivery by GreatGas to forecourts across the entire country.