What’s in a name? Why Rubis is ditching Kobil and Gulf brands

Rubis Energy Kenya Group Managing Director Jean-Christian Bergeron addresses the media during the media briefing on the launch of Rubis Energy Kenya in Nairobi on October 7, 2020. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

In the next two years, the KenolKobil brand will disappear.

And as with other major oil marketers that exited Kenya such as Caltex and Agip, the only remnants of the brand might be towns or matatu stages that took the oil marketer’s name during its heydays.