ComCom eyes terminal, refinery access in fuel market study

By Gavin Evans
Jan. 31 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission wants to understand whether access to locally made fuel and its delivery and storage around the country may be limiting competition.
The regulator is undertaking a broad review of the retail petrol and diesel market and has highlighted access to the country’s fuel logistics chain, and the rules for its use, as an area for deeper examination.
Among issues it is canvassing is whether the exclusive use of the Marsden Point Refinery by the three major companies – Z Energy, BP...
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