TotalErg

{{Short description|Former Italian oil company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = TotalErg S.p.A.

| logo = TotalErg logo.svg

| image = Stazione di servizio TotaErg.jpg

| image_caption = A TotalErg petrol station.

| type = Joint venture

| industry = Petroleum

| predecessor = {{Unbulleted list

|Total Italia

|Erg Petroli

}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|2010|10|01}}

| founder = {{Unbulleted list

|Total

|Erg

}}

| defunct = {{End date|2019|03|11}}

| fate = Merged into Gruppo API

| successor = {{Unbulleted list

|Gruppo API

|Total Italia

}}

| hq_location_city = Rome

| hq_location_country = Italy

| area_served = Italy

| products = {{Unbulleted list

|Fuels

|Lubricants

}}

| owner = {{Unbulleted list

|Total (49%)

|Erg (51%)

}}

| parent = {{Unbulleted list

|Total

|Erg

}}

| subsid = {{Unbulleted list

|Totalgaz Italia (100%)

|Rome Refinery (100%)

}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.totalerg.it/}}

}}

TotalErg S.p.A. was an Italian company that operated in the refining and distribution of petroleum products. It was a joint venture between Total SA (49%) and Erg S.p.A. (51%).{{Cite web |date= |title=Chi siamo |url=https://www.totalerg.it/chi-siamo/ |access-date=2017-04-19 |website=TotalErg |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |title=Posizione dei distributori Total Erg [2308 pompe censite] in Italia |url=https://www.fabiodisconzi.com/open-carburanti/bandiere/total-erg/index.html |access-date=2017-05-05 |website=www.fabiodisconzi.com}}

Founded in 2010, with its birth, all the previous Total and Erg service stations were replaced with the new brand.{{Cite web |date= |title=Storia - Chi siamo |url=https://www.totalerg.it/chi-siamo/storia/ |access-date=2017-04-19 |website=TotalErg |language=it-IT}}

In 2018 was acquired and replaced by API-IP.{{Cite web |date= |title=Governance TotalErg - Chi siamo |url=https://www.totalerg.it/area-istituzionale/governance/acquisizione-da-parte-del-gruppo-api |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=TotalErg |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Total sells its fuel marketing activities in Italy and focuses on the lubricants business |url=https://www.total.com/en/media/news/press-releases/total-sells-its-fuel-marketing-activities-in-italy-and-focuses-on-the-lubricants-business |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=Total.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=ERG completes closing for the sale of its shareholding in TotalErg |url=https://www.erg.eu/en/media/press-releases?detail=358764 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=ERG |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=2018%2001%2010%20-%20CS%20closing%20api%20TE.pdf |url=https://www.gruppoapi.com/images/pdf/2018%2001%2010%20-%20CS%20closing%20api%20TE.pdf |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=Gruppo API |language=it-IT}}

History

The company, born on 1 October 2010 from the merger of Total Italia with Erg Petroli,{{Cite web |date= |title=TOTAL e ERG creano TotalErg, nuova joint-venture nel settore della Raffinazione e Marketing in Italia |url=http://www.erg.it/homeIT/media0/comunicati-stampa/dettaglio.html?uuid=9118f189-e261-4bfe-82f5-fae8cc9b037b |access-date=2014-09-27 |website=ERG Site |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Industria |date=2010-01-29 |title=Compagnie petrolifere - NASCE LA TOTALERG |url=http://www.quattroruote.it/notizie/industria/nasce-la-totalerg-compagnie-petrolifere |access-date=2014-09-27 |website=Quattroruote.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Nasce TotalErg, terzo gruppo dei distributori |url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/gennaio/29/Nasce_TotalErg_terzo_gruppo_dei_co_9_100129028.shtml |access-date=2014-09-27 |website=archiviostorico.corriere.it}}{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Word - Comunicato Stampa TotalErg.doc |url=http://www.totalerg.it/pdf/CS_011010_it.pdf |access-date=2010-12-23 |website=TotalErg |language=it-IT}} operated in five business areas: Refining, Supply and Logistics; Net; Wholesale; Speciality.{{Cite web |date= |title=Le nostre attività - Chi siamo |url=https://www.totalerg.it/chi-siamo/le-nostre-attivita/ |access-date=2017-04-19 |website=TotalErg |language=it-IT}} With a network of around 2,600 distributors, fuel sales of over 3 billion liters and a market share of around 11%, TotalErg was one of the main operators in the sector. In the Wholesale sector, TotalErg marketed over 1.5 million tonnes of fuels and combustibles - diesel, fuel oils, petrol - for industrial, civil and agricultural use, selling both to retailers in the sector and directly to consumers through the subsidiary Eridis.

In the Specialty sector it markets bitumen and modified bitumen.

On 10 January 2018 TotalErg was acquired by Gruppo API,{{Cite web |date=2017-11-06 |title=API acquires TotalErg fuel retail business (Italy) {{!}} Enerdata |url=https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/api-acquires-totalerg-fuel-retail-business-italy.html |access-date=2017-12-05 |website=www.enerdata.net |language=en}} with the exception of the Special Fluids division, acquired by the newly formed Total Italia,{{Cite web |date= |title=Comunicato stampa |url=https://www.total.it/comunicato-stampa |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=Total Italia |language=it-IT}} and the subsidiary Totalgaz Italia, sold to the UGI Corporation and renamed UniverGas Italia.

All TotalErg stations will be progressively replaced by those bearing the IP Gruppo API brand.{{Cite web |last=Sabella |first=Marco |date=2017-03-11 |title=Api-Ip, la rete made in Italy compra tutte le stazioni Total Erg |url=http://www.corriere.it/economia/17_novembre_03/api-ip-rete-made-italy-compra-tutte-stazioni-total-erg-d21a9dec-c0e3-11e7-8b75-0df914d10fe2.shtml |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Api compra TotalErg: cosa cambia nel mercato della benzina - Panorama |url=https://www.panorama.it/economia/aziende/api-compra-totalerg-cosa-cambia-nel-mercato-della-benzina/ |access-date=2018-01-21 |website=www.panorama.it |language=it}}

In 2019, TotalErg merged into Gruppo API.{{Cite web |last=Massimo |date=2019-01-21 |title=Api diventera' Italiana Petroli |url=https://www.gestoricarburanti.it/2019/01/21/api-diventera-italiana-petroli/ |access-date=2019-02-15 |website=GestoriCarburanti |language=it-IT}}

See also

{{Portal|Italy|Energy|Companies}}

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