Petronas unit: 90pc sales from Primax 95

Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB), the domestic retail arm of Petronas, expects its new Primax 95 petrol to account for 90 per cent of the petroleum sold at the company's kiosks.

Its senior general manager, Mohd Fadzlan Abdul Samad, said Primax 95 now accounted for 80 to 85 per cent of the petrol sold at Petronas stations.

Primax 95, a new petrol with a Research Octane Number (RON) of 95, replaced the older RON 92 fuel as of today.

He was speaking to the reporters after launching Petronas CIMB Islamic MasterCard and Petronas Maybank Islamic Ikhwan Visa cradit cards in Kuala Lumpur.

Mohd Fadzlan said the card is testimony to Petronas' commitment to meet the need of customers, particularly, the increasing demand for Islamic products and services in the country.

Meanwhile, PDB is optimistic credit card sales would grow by double digit next year as the new Islamic credit cards come with no annual fee and offer attractive rebates and reward programmes.

Petronas has a retail network of more than 920 stations nationwide and operates Kedai Mesra, a convenience store, at more than 570 stations which also has the largest number of automated teller machines within the petrol market industry in the country. - Bernama