The gap between private gas stations and "three barrels of oil"

1.
Gasoline channels and technical sources are different

PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC "Three Barrels of Oil" are all state-owned enterprises, the earliest oil companies to be established, and all have their own refineries, but there are differences
between them.

PetroChina's predecessor was the first Ministry of Petroleum Industry established after the founding of the People's Republic of
China.
It can be said that it is "taking root"
.
In the early years, there were many gas stations in the north, mainly because most of China's oil fields were in the north, such as the "Daqing Oilfield" mentioned in primary school textbooks, and PetroChina was a local technology
from the oil field to the refinery.

In addition to the "three barrels of oil", another large state-owned oil company is Sinochem
.
The refined oil products of these four gas stations all come from their own refineries, accounting for about 50% of the national market, and the other half are private refineries and private gas stations
.

Private gas stations have two main sources
of oil.
One is two barrels of oil, because a key point for private gas stations to apply for a license is to sign an agreement
with a company with a specified oil wholesale qualification.
In order to ensure the stable supply of oil products, PetroChina and Sinopec are the preferred partners
of many private gas stations.

The other channel comes mainly from refineries around the
world.
We usually call them "local refineries"
.
There are relatively few local refineries in the south, and there are more local refineries in the north, especially in Shandong, which account for almost the proportion of
local refineries.
Half of the country
.

In the whole process of crude oil procurement, transportation and refining, local refineries generally do not have strict state-owned standards, and the comprehensive cost is much lower than that of state-owned refineries
.
As a result, owners of private gas stations like to buy oil from local refineries
.

2.
Different operating costs

First, gasoline from several state-owned gas stations is transported from refineries to central oil depots in provinces and cities for storage, and then transported
according to local demand.
High
transportation costs for personnel, warehousing, management and so on.

Private gas stations generally give priority to the nearest local refinery or the nearest two barrels of oil, and the overall transportation cost is much lower than three barrels of oil
.

Secondly, we see that the gas stations of three barrels of oil are mainly concentrated in the urban area, highway service areas and other prime locations, and their costs in land rent, personnel wages, warehousing and other aspects will be very high
.
, and the scale of private gas stations is generally small, and for prefecture-level cities,

Counties and towns are the mainstay, and the corresponding costs are naturally lower
.

Finally, the cost of taxes and fees is also different
.
This is not convenient to elaborate on
.
More than a decade ago, I was at a local refinery discussing the price
of refined oil products with relatives.
In the quoting scheme, the biggest difference is the way the tax is filed
.
Different factories, different methods, a few thousand yuan
per ton of oil.

3.
Different pricing methods

The oil price of state-owned gas stations implements a unified pricing mechanism, and gas stations cannot set their own prices
.
Although the oil price of private gas stations is also related to international oil prices, the final pricing power lies with the boss and can be determined
according to the market.
The environment is appropriately adjusted and the pricing is more flexible
.

In addition, oil prices are adjusted every 10 working days, and the price of oil is almost different
every time.
Many private bosses will make full use of the ups and downs of the golden cycle to store oil properly during the big fall, and oil prices will rise in
the later period.
Naturally, the median spread is ample
.
At this time, you can make full use of this time to carry out various preferential activities, all of which are mainly based on
small profits and high sales.

Combining these factors, we can see that the current three barrels of 95# gasoline are about 9 yuan, but most private gas stations only need about 7-8 yuan, and the middle price difference is 1-2 yuan / liter
.
The difference remains clear
.