A jobber, or petroleum marketer, is a person or company that purchases quantities of refined fuel from refining companies (e.g., BP, Shell, Exxon), either for sale to retailers (e.g., gasoline stations), or to sell directly to the users of those products (e.g., home heating oil to homeowners, lubricating oils to industrial operations or repair shops, jet fuel to FBOs, etc.).
In essence, the jobber acts as the "middleman" between the company that refines the petroleum products and those that use them or market them at retail prices.
[3] Approximately the same percentage was sold through integrated oil company-owned and operated stores or franchise arrangements.
The percentage of jobbers responsible for fuel sale in the USA in 2004 fell to 37.3%.
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