Shell & Turcas Petrol
Turcas signed a Joint Venture Agreement with The Shell Company of Turkey Ltd. (Shell Türkiye) in 2005 for the retail and commercial sales, marketing and distribution of fuels and lubricants. Following this, Shell & Turcas Petrol A.Ş. (Shell & Turcas or STAS), owned 30% by Turcas, began operations on July 1, 2006.
Shell & Turcas is not only the leader of the Turkish fuel retail industry but also one of the largest enterprises of the Turkish economy. As at 2025-end, STAS network comprises of 1,250 Shell branded mobility sites (fuel stations) across Türkiye with a turnover of 332 Billion TL in 2024.
According to EMRA Sector Report, Shell & Turcas maintains a 21.5% onsite market share (B2B+B2C) as at October 2025. One of the factors that enable STAS to have this strong position is its 2 times higher than industry-average sales per fuel station ratio (2.26%), which makes it the highest throughput in the market.
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Export Champion Shell & Turcas – Derince Facilities
Shell & Turcas’ lubricants and grease production plant in Derince, largest Shell has on the Mediterranean, sold a record-breaking 173 million liters of products in 2024 of which 41.6 million liters was export volumes. Shell & Turcas utilizes its Derince plant as a regional hub, supplying the domestic market while exporting to 79 countries—63 of them directly—including Argentina, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the Netherlands.
Shell Select
Breaking a new ground in 2013, Shell introduced Shell Select, the next generation convenience store format to the industry to provide the best service and value add to its customers. As at 2025-end, Shell & Turcas has more than 1,056 Shell Select stores across Türkiye. With more than 1,217 fuel stations across Türkiye, Shell & Turcas serves over 1 million guests daily, supported by approximately 17,000 field staff. Shell & Turcas offers over 1,500 products in 11 different categories at Shell Select stores. Shell & Turcas continuously develops new product offerings at Shell Select stores based on guest needs. Guests who visit Shell Select Stores can purchase a variety of products from freshly ground coffee and bakery products to delicious deli2go sandwiches designed by select chefs. As at 2025-end, Shell & Turcas sells about 10 million deli2go sandwiches and almost 21 million cups of coffee annually in Türkiye.
Cooperation for Türkİye’s Transformation Towards Electric Vehicles
Shell & Turcas signed a strategic partnership agreement with TRUGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of TOGG that provides charging solutions for Türkiye’s electric car TOGG. Thanks to this partnership, companies provide an uninterrupted experience for electric vehicle users. Within the scope of the Agreement, partners have been establishing 400 charge points at selected Shell fuel stations across Türkiye to be able to charge 1,600 vehicles simultaneously.
As at 2025-end, a total of approximately 1000 high-speed charging outlets has been put into service at 298 stations under the Shell Recharge Türkiye and TRUGO brands. The high-speed charging network established by Shell & Turcas and TRUGO is accessible by all electric vehicle users in Türkiye eliminating users’ range anxiety.
New Energies and Sites Powered By Solar Energy
Shell & Turcas continuously improves its products with technological innovations, contributing to drivers with increased efficiency and performance, while also taking an active role in combating climate change within the scope of studies aimed at providing cleaner energy solutions. Many projects such as electric charging units, waste management, afforestation, LNG and solar energy stations have been implemented to date.
As at 2025-end, ca. 40% of the power demand at the 82 company operated sites across the nation are powered by solar.
Terminals and LPG Facilities
Shell & Turcas carries out storage and filling operations at a total of 11 fuel terminals throughout Türkiye, three of which are operated by itself, four of which are operated as joint ventures and four of which are leased. The capacity of Shell & Turcas in these terminals is approximately 500,000 m3. In addition, Shell & Turcas has a 1,000 m3 LPG storage facility.
Shell Petrol
Shell Petrol is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell & Turcas Petrol (STAS) that operates the fuel stations that are both owned and leased for long term by STAS. As at 2025-end, number of Shell branded fuel stations that Shell Petrol operates is 84.
Ataş Terminal
A Major Fuel Storage Terminal on the Mediterranean: ATAŞ.
Turcas is an indirect shareholder of ATAŞ (Anadolu Tasfiyehanesi A.Ş.), which commenced operations in 1962 in Mersin as a petroleum refinery and continues to operate today as a fuel terminal. At present, ATAŞ is jointly owned by PO (Vitol) (61.45%) and Shell & Turcas Petrol A.Ş. (38.55%). While Turcas was a direct shareholder of ATAŞ until 2026, it divested its 6.02% stake to Shell & Turcas Petrol A.Ş. in March 2026, thereby exiting its direct shareholding. It currently maintains an indirect interest of 11.57% in ATAŞ (38.55% × 30% = 11.57%).
Following the shareholders’ strategic decision in 2004 to cease refining operations and transform the facility into a large-scale petroleum products terminal on the Mediterranean coast, substantial investments were undertaken. As a result, the ATAŞ Terminal now operates under a licensed storage framework.
The terminal offers a total storage capacity of 577,000 cubic meters for petroleum products and is supported by berthing facilities capable of accommodating large-capacity vessels.
Çekisan Storage Services
Shell & Turcas is a 65% shareholder of Çekisan Storage Services Ltd. in Istanbul, which started operations in 1993. Shell & Turcas’ partner in Çekisan is Petrol Ofisi (a Vitol subsidiary) with a 35% stake.
Çekisan started operations in 1993 via renting Exxonmobil’s Cekmece terminal, İskenderun terminal owned by Shell and the Antalya terminal co-owned by Shell and Exxonmobil. Number of the active terminals operated by the Company decreased to one after İskenderun terminal was taken out of the system in 2009 and later Çekmece terminal in 2014. Antalya terminal has a storage capacity of 40,586 m³.
Marmara Storage Services
Marmara Depoculuk started its operations in 2011. Shell & Turcas and Petrol Ofisi are 50-50 equal partners in this oil products storage company. The company’s facilities, built on a land of 88,776 m², are in the Ereğli district of Tekirdağ city, comprise a storage capacity of 250,000 m³ along with a coastal establishment that can accommodate 50,000 dwt ships and a filling area of 13 road truck capacity at the same time.
Samsun Fuel Storage
Shell & Turcas owns 50% of Samsun Akaryakıt Depolama AS (SADAS) which started operations in 2008 with a head office in Gebze. Shell & Turcas and Guzel Enerji/Oyak Energy Group are 50-50 equal partners in this oil products storage company. SADAS owns two fuel terminals: one in Gebze and the other in Samsun. Samsun Terminal’s storage capacity is 41,443 m³ while Gebze Terminal’s is 104.813 m³.
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