Bakri Energy Marketing Systems (BEMS)
 Bakri
Energy Marketing Systems (BEMS)was established
in June 2000 a new affiliate to the Group in partnership
with Mr. Hussain Al Shamma’a (Managing Director/Partner)
and former Assistant Managing Director of Marketing
of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
 The
main objective in to extend Bakri activities to
the major oil markets and to comingle itself with
the local markets of Hydrocarbons and Petroleum
products in strategic growing environment. Management
at BEMS is constantly seeking to identify new
business opportunities locally and worldwide.
This unit has been the driving force in the expansion
of the company’s business activities globally.
It interacts and collaborates very closely with
other offices of the company in fields of accounting
operation, sales and marketing to achieve a thorough
understanding of the market forces.
In view of above BEMS has been compelled to
expand outwards towards new markets venture into
new fields of business to complement its core
activities. The company has built up strategic
alliances particularly joint ventures
around the world to develop business and expand
them. By year 2000 the company has set-up a presence
in the Middle East, Africa and Asia in the form
of several joint ventures to market petroleum
products and aviation services (aircraft refueling).
BEMS has set up presence in Sudan, Sri Lanka,
Kenya and Pakistan with a strategy to conduct
retail, break bulk, aviation, bunkering, LPG supply
and bottling, so far it has been successful in
establishing three joint ventures with Nile Bakri,
Omdurman Petroleum Co. and Bakri International
Energy MD Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Colombo.
Other projects under progress are Bakri Kenya,
a company that is intended to focus on East and
Central African countries, currently discussions
are undertaking with local authorities and partners.
As a first project under this scheme BEMS is targeting
Jomo Kenyatta airports and bunkering at Mombasa
ports and land supply of petroleum products.
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