Coles Express

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Fuel & convenience stores operator

There are more than 700 Coles Express stores located across Australia. Coles Express operates the retail side of the business and Viva Energy is their exclusive fuel supplier. In 2023 Viva Energy bought the Coles Express convenience store network and announced plans to retire the Coles Express brand and rebranded them to OTR.

Company Ownership


Eureka Operations Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email
Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd owns 100% of Eureka Operations Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email	twitter
Oil refiner and fuels supplier Formed in August 2014 when a consortium led by Vitol acquired Shell's downstream business in Australia (including the Geelong refinery and Shell service stations) for $2.6b. Viva Energy supplies around 25% of Australia's fuel and is the exclusive licensee and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants in Australia. Operates more than 900 service stations across the country. Owns 100% of Liberty Oil's wholesale business and 50% of its retail business. Bought the OTR and Coles Express convenience store networks in 2023. OTR will become Viva Energy's flagship convenience brand, replacing the Coles Express brand over time.
Viva Energy Group Ltd owns 100% of Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd	AUS	website	email
Energy Operates a retail network under the Shell and Viva Energy brands, plus an oil refinery in Geelong. Listed on the ASX in 2018, with Vitol retaining 45% ownership.
» Vitol Holding BV owns 45% of Viva Energy Group Ltd	SWI	website	email	twitter
Energy and commodities trader Founded in 1966 in Rotterdam. Involved in oil refining, trading, shipping, storage, exploration and production, marketing and power generation. It has 40 offices around the world and trades over seven million barrels of crude oil and products a day, controlling about 6.5% of the world oil market in 2016. In 1990, the Dutch owner and seven other partners sold the company to 40 employees including Ian Taylor, the current CEO, with no one owning more than 5%. It is Dutch registered, Geneva headquartered and decision making is made in London.