Christian Li, marketing manager of Engen Petroleum (Mauritius) Limited confirmed that two more services stations were under development and would be streaming before the end of the year. This will bring the number of Engen service stations from 28 to 32 by the end of this year, with more planned for next year. All the new service stations will operate 24 hours, seven days a week.
Both the Bagatelle and Rose Hill Engen service stations feature innovations new to the Mauritian fuel market. Amongst these innovations is the Quick Shops, long opening hours, parking facilities, less queuing at pay counters and Quick Shop savings promotions. The new sites will also have a Corner Bakery, South Africa's biggest bakery franchise which, together with Engen as a partner, is on an expansion drive in selected countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
In addition to the expansive Quick Shop and Corner Bakery at Bagatelle, there will be a Pizza & Burger Perfect franchise to offer the Mauritian people the first drive thru outlet located in a service station. Both Corner Bakery and the fast food restaurant will provide for outdoor seating facilities.
There will also be a modern car wash facility with five wash bays and 11 detailing bays complemented by a shuttle service to drop and collect customers to and from the shopping mall, whilst their cars are being cleaned. The car wash has been equipped with high tech cold water spray jet car wash system that has been tested as the least harmful way of effectively washing a vehicle. Moreover, this car wash will be most environmental friendly as it uses bio-technology bacteria cleaning without chemicals.
In constructing the service stations, Engen incorporated green design principles to ensure maximum protection of the environment. The service stations are equipped with double-wall composite underground storage tanks and high density polyethylene thermoplastic piping with electrofusion welding. The submersible turbine pump with mechanical leak detector system on top of the tank used is yet another innovation and it is the first time this is used in the local market.
Shear valves are also installed on each product line under each dispenser. The shear valve will stop the flow of product in the event of a dispenser being knocked down, or in the event of a fire. Over and above these, it is expected that the sites will consume up to 80% less electricity as they have LED canopy lights with bi-level motion sensors, LED internal lighting and LED illumination in fridges and signage. The sites have also been built with easy wheelchair access and provide toilet facilities for disabled people.
Engen has also introduced its revolutionary card system in Mauritius - The Engen 1-Card, a new generation fleet solution for safe and secure transactions. Engen's unique vehicle identification tag ensures vehicles are present when the product is purchased, giving fleet owners and customers certainty that the product actually went into their vehicles.
