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Why You Should Use Diesel For Your Home Heating

In New Zealand, heating with diesel becomes more popular every day. Using diesel for home heating can be a smart choice depending on your location, budget, and needs. Here are several reasons why youRead more

Benefits Of Bulk Fuel For Farms And Businesses

Many farms and businesses are turning to bulk fuel as a cost-effective way to manage fuel expenses. Purchasing in bulk often provides advantages in both price and efficiency. Trusted suppliers like Read more

RDP Sponsoring the Coastal Clean-up on Stewart Island

RD Petroleum are happy to have supported the coastal clean-up on Stewart Island. A volunteer from RDP, Bryce went down and took part in the clean-up. The team cleaned up the beaches from Doughboys toRead more

Principal Partner to Warbirds Over Wanaka

RD Petroleum is proud to announce we are now a Principal Partner with the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Warbirds airshow – Warbirds Over Wanaka. Air BP was the previous partner of the Airshow forRead more

Introducing RD Petroleum Alexandra

Our new fuel site in Alexandra has been popular with locals. The petrol station has 91,95, AdBlue and diesel. Plus, it’s a truck stop with high-flow pump. Fuel is available 24/7 with anRead more

Get diesel delivered by our home heating truck in Golden Bay, Nelson & Blenheim

Our mini-tankers are becoming an increasingly common sight around the South Island as our home heating diesel service continues to grow in popularity. We now have a dedicated truck servicing GoldenRead more

Keeping Kiwis in the air with new aviation fuel sites & upgrades

We’re big on helping kiwis have better access to aviation fuelling locations, with better technology, and more convenient sites, so that they can concentrate more on their time in the air -Read more

Lumsden is now open, just in time for summer

RD Petroleum recently opened a self-service petrol station at Lumsden which is well suited to trucks and large vehicles, with two high-flow pumps, 91, 95, AdBlue and diesel. We had an open day withRead more

RDP are helping to Support Local in North Canterbury

At The Grampians farm in Culverden, North Canterbury, Jono and his family produce outstanding merino wool and are passionate about traceability. Jono’s wife Sarah says, “We aim to provideRead more

Supporting Local on the West Coast

Photo is landing on the Fox Neve 6500 ft with snow capped Mount Tasman (3497m ,11473 ft) standing tall and proud in the back groundRead more

Continued Momentum for RD Petroleum

While we’ve seen some industries slow, RD Petroleum has kept moving. Our online application process and handy app has seen more customers signing up for our services, with our competitive homeRead more

RDP Supporting Cole Scammell Racing

One of RD Petroleum’s Territory Manages, Peter McCallum, just received a great success story and thank you from Cole Scammell Racing, who we helped sponsor for 2019/2020. Some of our customersRead more

Testimonials from RDP Customers

Bruce Wickham - Darrochs Grazing Ltd

Hi RD Petroleum, Just a quick email to say a huge thank you for the outstanding delivery scheduling and delivery service we have experienced since joining RD Petroleum. It is great to know that IRead more

Kinsman Contracting

Kinsman Contracting is a company based in Temuka and has been a client of RDP Petroleum for over two years. The contracting business operates throughout South Canterbury and has three sites in total,Read more

Dougal MacDougall

Dougal MacDougall manages his family farm in Millers Flat right in the heart of Central Otago. The farm covers an extensive area and requires a huge amount of work in order to maintain the land atRead more

Gilchrist Brothers

Peter from Gilchrist Brothers shares his journey of working with RD petroleum. We got onto working with RD Petroleum when we decided to have a review of our suppliers, we already knew Geoff (the CentRead more

Brent Reid - KB Contractors

KB Contractors, a Mosgiel-based company which manages projects all over the South Island has been specialising in trenchless technology for over 25 years. Such technology requires an extensive range Read more

Wilderness Wings Scenic Flights

Ben has been using the RD Petroleum Hokitika aviation fuelling site since RD Petroleum started operating there. We run a scenic flight business with a six-seater Cessna, running all our flightsRead more

Duncan Wells, Huntly Road Dairies

Duncan Wells from Huntly Road Dairies was kind enough to give RD Petroleum a video testimonial. Have a look at what Duncan has to say about the service he received from RD Petroleum.Read more

Angus Taylor – Base Manager/Pilot at Garden City Helicopters West Coast

Angus Taylor – Base Manager/Pilot at GCH operate the West Coast Rescue Helicopter and undertake commercial work such as lifting and passenger transport. We operate out of the Greymouth Airport andRead more

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