Petro Star Inc.

Petro Star Inc., a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (an Alaskan Native Corporation), delivers aviation turbine fuel, diesel, naval distillate, fuel oil, and automotive gasoline to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor, competing under full-and-open procurement and partial small business set-asides on a $220.6 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy running through September 30, 2026. Petro Star is minority-owned and self-certified as a small disadvantaged business; as an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned firm, it benefits from federal recognition of Native American ownership but does not hold formal SBA 8(a) or other statutory set-aside certifications across the portfolio.

Petro Star's federal footprint is radically concentrated in a single customer and contract vehicle. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy) accounts for approximately 93 percent of the vendor's combined potential value — $6.68 billion across 5,621 awards — making DLA Energy not merely the dominant customer but the functional entirety of the revenue base. The secondary customer tier is negligible: the Department of Commerce, the Coast Guard, and the Defense Logistics Agency (the parent organization of DLA Energy) collectively represent less than 7 percent of combined potential value. Within that $6.68 billion, Petro Star operates under multiple parent indefinite delivery contracts, with the top five vehicles (SPE60015D4012, SPE60520D4008, SP060014D0058, SPE60722D0051, and SP060011D4011) anchoring 3,908 of the 5,621 awards. The current $220.6 million IDC (SPE60224D0481), effective through September 30, 2026, covers bulk petroleum products — aviation turbine fuels in grades JP5, Jet A, and JA1; naval distillate (F76); diesel; and automotive gasoline — across the Rocky Mountain, West Coast, and offshore regions with estimated annual quantities ranging from 89 million to 626 million gallons, delivered via tanker, barge, truck, railcar, and pipeline. Individual delivery orders under that IDC range from under one hundred dollars to over $12 million; Petro Star also holds a second, smaller single-award IDIQ (SPE607-25-R-0204) valued at $8.8 million and running through March 31, 2029, for into-plane aviation turbine fuel delivery to commercial airports across eleven western states and territories, awarded April 1, 2026.

Petro Star's capability footprint is monolithic: 5,699 of 6,017 awards (95 percent) are classified under NAICS 324110 (Petroleum Refineries), and the product service code distribution reflects pure fuel logistics — 3,372 awards for liquid propellants and fuels (petroleum base), 2,565 for fuel oils. Place of performance is consistently Anchorage, Alaska, where Petro Star maintains its operational and logistics hub. Activity has contracted from 449 awards in 2025 to 199 through mid-2026, a sharp decline likely driven by the transition between fiscal-year IDCs and the compressed award sample in the current reporting window. The vendor does not appear in the source as a subcontractor; all 6,017 awards are prime contracts or IDVs.

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the parent, is itself a significant federal contractor with a diversified portfolio spanning defense, civilian, aerospace, and technology sectors. ASRC maintains subsidiary relationships across multiple capabilities, but Petro Star's specialization remains purely fuel logistics under DLA Energy auspices. The vendor's business posture is characterized by extreme customer lock-in: competition occurs within DLA Energy's fuel procurement framework, not across a diversified customer base. Recompete and transition risk are high — the current IDC expires September 30, 2026, and individual delivery orders have already begun completing as of July 2026. Without a recompete award or successor vehicle in place before the expiration date, the vendor faces a revenue cliff of the full $220.6 million vehicle value and the substantial portion of the $6.68 billion DLA Energy portfolio that flows through that contract.