Our History
Super Petroleum International Ltd has evolved strategically to become an independent commodities trading house. Super Petroleum International is a group of companies, majority-owned by private investment, and we have been responding to the oil and gas product and service needs of consumers and businesses across the Globe and sub-Saharan Africa for over 10 years.
Our oil trading division began in 2011, focused on, initially, on the purchase and delivery of refined petroleum products for Africa, and rapidly expanded, ensuring imports of gasoline, jet fuel and heating oil for coastal and inland nations in West and then East Africa. We subsequently became a leading group in the independent petroleum trade in Africa.
In 2011, we further extended its service offering with the creation of a trading arm, today is known as SPI, which supply fuel, marine lubricants, and other specialized services, offshore and on the high seas across sub- Saharan Africa. The service leverages Super Petroleum International facilities at strategic locations along the coasts of Africa, Asia, and Europe, ensuring a seamless service from product sourcing to delivery.
We trade downstream, with an ambition to become the most extensive integrated downstream Petroleum platform Globally.
We opened new offices in London and Greece to support our commodity trade, as well as the company’s expansion into hydrogen energy transition technologies.
Super Petroleum International Ltd commenced holding stakes in product tankers through JVs with leading global vessel owning partners in Greece.
Super Petroleum International Ltd opened trading offices in South Africa, realizing the company’s strategy to fully enter and service the African market.
Furthering the company’s investment in Petroleum supply, which would complement its trading portfolio, Super Petroleum International Ltd, made an 80 percent acquisition of SPACE FORCE in Namibia and Botswana.
As Super Petroleum International Ltd has grown, the company has continued to expand the products it trades. Adding a trading desk for commodities such as; coal, natural gas, biofuels, hydrogen and carbon credits, was a natural fit to Super Petroleum existing oil and refined products portfolio and logistics expertise.
Over the decade, Super Petroleum International Ltd has evolved from its pure merchant heritage to being increasingly embedded all along the energy supply chain. In 2008, the company made its first investment in the development of physical industrial infrastructure: Mpumalanga Oil products terminal in South Africa controlled and managed by Super Petroleum SA.
To expand the company’s trading on a geographic basis, Super Petroleum International Ltd opened an office in Russia, which today is the company’s fastest-growing office. From Russia, the company trades crude oil, oil products.
Super Petroleum International Ltd is one of South Africa’s largest and established independent providers of oil and gas products and services. We source, supply, store and distribute the oil and gas products needed by consumers, and maritime operations across sub-Saharan Africa.
Our commitment to providing a complete range of energy solutions Globally has seen us diversify into several energy-related specialist products over the years: these include Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Today, Super Petroleum International has become the preferred partner for many industrial and mining groups, thanks to a strong reputation for providing a wide range of reliable products and dependable services (including full on-site service management). This is made possible by our integrated value chain and efficient operating culture. Meanwhile, the Super Petroleum International brand is becoming increasingly familiar to African and international consumers thanks to a growing network of service stations, bringing essential energy products to the end-users in urban and rural areas.