World Fuel Services Corporation to Acquire Assets of CarterEnergy Corporation

World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, World Fuel Services, Inc., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire select assets of CarterEnergy Corporation (“CarterEnergy”), including the assets comprising CarterEnergy's wholesale motor fuel distribution business.

CarterEnergy, based in Overland Park, Kansas, with 2011 volume in excess of 500 million gallons, is a branded distributor for Philips 66, BP, Valero, Suncor, Shell, ExxonMobil, Cenex and Sinclair. CarterEnergy distributes gasoline and diesel fuel under long-term contracts to more than 700 retail operators and is a supplier to industrial, commercial and government customers in Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Wyoming, Arizona, Tennessee, New Mexico and Alabama.

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