PETDER, the Oil Industry Association of Turkey has been established by the leading fuel distribution companies in September 1996 in order to work through the chain of activities from manufacturing of petroleum products to the level of consumption. Fuels, lubricants and LPG companies with licensed operations  in Turkey’s fuel market under the brands of Alpet, Belgin, BP, BP Gaz, Delta, Erk Petrol, Exxon Mobil, Petline, Petrol Ofisi, Shell, Shell & Turcas, Shell Gaz, Total, Turcas and Turkuaz are the members of PETDER.

PETDER members have wide spread nationwide operations in the downstream side of the supply chain consisting of storage, distribution, transportation and marketing of all fuels, lubricants and LPG including aviation and marine fuels. With this scope, PETDER is one of the most important non-governmental industry organizations in the petroleum & fuel business of Turkey, which accounts of about  30 million tons with an annual trading volume of approximately 47 billion$ 

The objectives of PETDER  include; achieving highest level of HSE standards, improving transparency, professionalism and technical excellence in our downstream industry, that are in accordance with the general provisions of the Petroleum & LPG Market Laws. In this respect PETDER communicates with the Regulatory Authorities to provide best and un biased technical proposals for industry issues, communicates through media in order to improve efficiency and competitiveness of downstream industry, and works to provide clear and reliable market data for our industry.  

With these objectives, PETDER and its members implement highest level health, safety and environment principles in their operations, employ  advanced level of technical standards and safety measures throughout the industry operations. Therefore, PETDER and its  members has achieved an outstanding record of safety. In addition, PETDER has been actively involved in collection and recovery of waste engine oil nationwide.  

Through this project, waste engine lubricants are being collected from thousands of service stations and auto service shops throught the the country, free of charge. Collected waste oils have been properly treated for energy recovery in licensed plants according to the terms issued by the  Ministry of Environment and Forestry, additional costs being beared by motor oil manufacturers. The project has received wide level attention and PETDER has been authorized to operate on behalf of motor oil producers.