Argentine Energy Firm AXION Launches Fuel Deliveries

Argentina’s AXION Energy has launched what it says is the country’s first fuel delivery service for clients outside of service stations.

“We are hopeful that in the future we will be able to dispatch and commercialize this service as delivery. The dispatch sites must replicate the basic safety conditions that exist in our refinery or in our Service Stations,” Ricardo Obligado, AXION’s management and control leader, said.

As the website Petro Plaza reported Monday (Feb. 14), the first phase of the “AXION On the Go” project involves refueling vehicles and equipment located at the company’s refinery in Campana. AXION says this service is accessible for different communities and a viable option for spaces that can provide dispatching.

AXION says it wants to be able to transport its Quantium Diesel and Quantium Nafta products to homes, mainly in private neighborhoods, as well as clubs and businesses. The firm says it can guarantee the ability to fuel 100 vehicles in a single delivery service thanks to the truck’s 3,000 liter capacity.

While AXION is apparently the first company in Argentina to be approved to provide this type of fuel delivery service, they are not the first company to try. As Petro Plaza notes, YPF launched a service called FILLER in 2019, but the country’s Energy Secretariat banned the program, saying that type of fuel delivery method was not yet authorized.

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The news comes just days after the U.S. departments of transportation and energy announced they would distribute $5 billion over five years to help states put electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at predictable intervals around the country.

“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping states to make electric vehicle charging more accessible by building the necessary infrastructure for drivers across America to save money and go the distance, from coast-to-coast,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement last week.

The goal is to have 500,000 EV chargers spanning the country America by the end of the decade, most of them placed on or near interstate highways in a rural and urban settings.