Vivo Energy, a Shell licensee in 16 African markets, was established on 1st December 2011 to distribute and market Shell-branded fuels and lubricants. Vitol and Helios each own 40% of Vivo Energy, with Shell holding the remaining 20%. Shell and Vivo Lubricants is 50% owned by Shell and 50% owned by Vitol and Helios. Shell and Vivo Lubricants manufacture and blend Shell branded lubricant. It will market and sell lubricants through an exclusive Master Distribution Agreements with Vivo Energy companies. Shell remains the overarching customer-facing brand and the name on Vivo Energy’s fuels and lubricants. Vivo Energy operates in Retail; Commercial Fuels (Marine, Mining and Aviation in partnership with Vitol Aviation); Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Lubricants and Bitumen in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda. The company employs around over 2,300 people and operates over 1,600 service stations under the Shell brand and has access to around 900,000 cubic meters of storage. Shell and Vivo Lubricants has a blending capacity of around 124,000 metric tons at plants in seven countries (Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal) producing Shell-branded lubricants. This demands that the company sets and maintains the very highest standards in all Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE). The company operates in accordance with Shell’s global HSSE standards, as well as meeting all applicable local legislation. HSSE Performance data is published on an annual basis on the Vivo Energy website. The goal of Vivo Energy is to create a performance driven, dynamic enterprise with the capability to deliver long term benefits to customers, employees and the local communities in which it operates. Vivo Energy wants their employees to feel proud to work for the company and a key part of our organizational model is that our employees should be given responsibility and accountability in equal measure.
