MOGAS Group

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MOGAS Group
Privately-owned Corporation
Industry Oil and Gas
Founded1987 (1987)Kampala, Uganda
Headquarters Kampala, Uganda (Corporate Office)
Dubai, UAE (Registered Office)
Area served
Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo, United Arab Emirates
Key people
Geoffrey Rugazoora (CEO)
Products Fuel and lubricants
Website http://www.mogasoil.com

Maestro Oil and Gas Solutions (MOGAS) is a multinational integrated downstream oil marketing company. As of 2015, its business operations include international oil trading, fuels and lubrication services and retail networks. The company is registered in the UAE and has its head office in Kampala, Uganda but is operational in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, U.A.E, Rwanda and Burundi. [1]

Kampala Place in Uganda

Kampala is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Surrounding Kampala is the rapidly growing Wakiso District, whose population more than doubled between 2002 and 2014 and as of 2014 Wakiso was reported to stand at over 2 million.

Uganda republic in East Africa

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate.

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History

In 1987, MOGAS began its operations in Uganda as the distributor of lubricants brand Castrol and as a fuel reseller. Since then MOGAS has gone on to expand its business across East and Central Africa as well as having operations outside of the African continent under MOGAS International Limited in the UAE. As of February 2015, the MOGAS Group has established offices in seven countries as well as serving a number of others.

Castrol is a British global brand of industrial and automotive lubricants offering a wide range of oils, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications.

Operational Countries

Areas served by MOGAS GROUP
Operational countriesAdditional areas served
UgandaKenyaAlgeriaEgypt
TanzaniaDR CongoIndiaPakistan
RwandaBurundiTunisia
UAE

Uganda

As of June 2015, the company has over 35 modern retail outlets spread across a number of major towns and highways in Uganda with on-going plans to expand in areas the traditional oil companies may have shunned. [2] MOGAS Uganda’s main operations are in Banda, Wakiso District where it built a multimillion-dollar depot on a four-acre plot of land. [3]

Banda, Uganda

Banda is a hill that lies in Nakawa Division, within Kampala, the capital of Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. Banda also refers to the neighborhoods on the slopes of the hill and between Banda Hill and Kireka, extending all the way to the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The southwestern slopes of the hill are occupied by the neighbourhood known as Kyambogo, and is the location of the campus of Kyambogo University, one of the nine public universities in the country.

Wakiso District District in Uganda

Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters.

Kenya

MOGAS has been operating in Kenya since early 2000. The company is licensed and amongst the oil companies in Kenya that import and market petroleum products and, participate in overland fuel trading. As of June 2015, the company has over 17 modern retail outlets spread across a number of major towns and highways in Kenya including those that connect Kenya to other East African Countries. MOGAS Kenya has its head office in Nairobi.

As of October 2015, there were more than 60 registered oil companies in Kenya.

Nairobi City in Nairobi County, Kenya

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Tanzania

MOGAS Tanzania Limited has been in operation since 1998 and accommodates the core assets of the MOGAS Group including two marine terminals. These terminals are used to support MOGAS Tanzania as well as MOGAS Congo, MOGAS Burundi and MOGAS Rwanda. As of June 2015, the company has over 13 service stations spread across the country and has its head office in Dar es Salaam.

Dar es Salaam City and Region in Coastal Indian Ocean, Tanzania

Dar es Salaam (Dar) is the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre. Located on the Swahili coast, the city is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

Democratic Republic of Congo

MOGAS Congo SPRL has been operating in DRC since 2007. The company’s main operation in Congo is in the South and East of the country and is based in Lubumbashi, where it has an inland storage facility.

Lubumbashi Place in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lubumbashi in the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second-largest city in the country, the largest being the capital, Kinshasa. Lubumbashi is the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting as a hub for many of the country's biggest mining companies. The copper-mining city serves as the capital of the relatively prosperous Haut-Katanga Province and is near the border with Zambia. Population estimates vary widely but average around 1.5 million.

Rwanda

MOGAS Rwanda Limited has been in operation since 2010. The company obtains the products it sells from the marine terminals in Tanzania and additional supplies from Mombasa in Kenya. MOGAS Rwanda has one retail station and its main offices are located in Kigali.

Burundi

MOGAS Burundi SPRL has been in operation since 2010. The company is supported by the marine terminals in Tanzania and is key in the overland trading and supply of MOGAS Group products to Eastern DRC. As of June 2015, MOGAS Burundi has a retail network of 7 service stations and its main offices are located in Bujumbura and is one of the trusted petroleum suppliers [4] in Burundi.

International Operations

MOGAS International Limited is located at the AG (Silver) Tower in Dubai, UAE [5] and has been in operation since 2005. MOGAS International is the central hub for the supply and trading activities of the business. It is also the location where blending of MOGAS’ lubricants are blended. MOGAS International’s key customers are located in North Africa and Asia.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Work with the Uganda Heart Institute

In 2011, MOGAS Uganda worked in collaboration with Rotary, Gift of Life and the Uganda Heart Institute. MOGAS Uganda donated US$10,000 to the project that enabled Uganda Heart Institute to carry out cardiac surgery on underprivileged citizens suffering from a number of different heart conditions. [6]

Motorcyclists (Boda-boda)

In February 2015, MOGAS Uganda in partnership with Mulago hospital and the Boda-boda Riders association launched the Boda-boda Welfare club in Kampala. This event included representatives of MOGAS visiting a ward in Mulago Hospital dedicated to caring for victims of motorcycle accidents. During the visit, a cheque of 5 million Uganda Shillings (approx. US$1,735) was given to the hospital to help cover the medical costs of the victims. [7]

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References

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  6. "Open Heart Surgery starts at UHI". Rotary Club of Kajjansi. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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