The long and complicated history of Gulf Oil as a company and brand is well-documented at the excellent Wikipedia article - Gulf Oil. Today there are now 2400 Gulf-branded petrol stations as well as a thriving wholesale fuel distribution business.

With the renaissance of this brand, powerful software was required to support the coroprate growth strategy. A year-long search for the most appropriate software concluded that Oracle E-Business Suite, in particular Oracle Financials modules and Oracle Project Costing, were the most advanced available in the marketplace.

The work of implementing this software now begins, with the expectation that the result will be global integrated reporting, earlier closing of month and year ends, and much improved project portfolio financial performance information.