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Minster Fuels was established back in the sixties
as an independent fuel distribution company that operated in the
counties of Dorset, Hampshire and parts of Wiltshire.
The company concentrated its efforts in the domestic market, as
gas heating had not yet taken a foothold in Minster’s mainly
rural territory.
At that time Minster Fuels was an independent distributor, which
purchased the bulk of its fuel requirements from Gulf Oil (now withdrawn
from the UK market). Later, Minster Fuels was to become the biggest
branded Gulf distributor in the U.K.
Minster Fuels has undergone many changes in its growth, at times
being a “Branded” distributor and eventually back to
being an independent. Currently this is the way in which we believe
we can best serve customers. Various other businesses were added
to form the company as it is to day under the umbrella of Jones
Distribution Ltd.
Minster Fuels operates from five locations, West Moors in Dorset
which is also the Head Office, Grimstone which is north-west of
Dorchester, Southampton and Theale just outside Reading where it
also incorporates John Flint & Son.
In the early days deliveries were based at Micheldever near Winchester
and Wimborne near Bournemouth. However, Micheldever Oil Terminal
was closed in 1995 and the John Flint and Minster fuels operations
were re-housed in the Murco Oil Terminal at Theale near Reading.
A new depot was built in the early eighties at West Moors near Bournemouth
to replace the Wimborne location.
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