Petromax Refining Company LLC

Petromax Refining Company LLC, an SBA HUBZone-certified small business based in Houston, Texas, supplies military-specification aviation turbine fuel (JP-5, JP-8, JAA, and Naval Distillate F76) exclusively to the Defense Logistics Agency Energy as a prime contractor, with 693 delivery orders and IDIQs totaling $8.54 billion in combined potential value since 2009. The vendor competes predominantly under full-and-open procurement with partial small business set-asides, and holds HUBZone certification across its entire federal footprint.

Petromax operates as a petroleum refiner and bulk fuel distributor under NAICS 324110 (Petroleum Refineries) and PSC code 8510 (Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base), serving a single federal customer: the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, a component of the Department of Defense. All 693 awards are prime contracts; the vendor carries no subcontract work in the source data. The company specializes exclusively in high-volume military jet fuel procurement and delivery, with no diversification into other commodity areas or customer agencies. Representative recent work includes a $248.7 million single-award HUBZone IDIQ awarded April 8, 2025 (performance through March 31, 2026), an $11.1 million delivery order from February 11, 2026, and multiple prior delivery orders in the $2.6 million to $34.96 million range throughout 2025. Delivery orders employ fixed-price pricing with economic price adjustment tied to published market indices (Platts Jet Kero, ULSD, Argus).

Petromax holds five active parent IDIQs with DLA Energy. The largest recent vehicle—contract SPE60223D0468, awarded February 8, 2023—carries a $644.5 million ceiling through September 2024 and supported 78 task orders totaling $541.1 million in combined potential value. Contract SPE60222D0466 (partial small business set-aside) provided $486 million in ceiling through a prior period and generated 81 delivery orders worth $802.7 million. The April 2025 award (SPE60220D0468 successor), valued at $248.7 million through March 31, 2026, represents the current primary vehicle and has already supported four delivery orders in 2026. All work is performed from Petromax's primary refining and distribution facility in Houston, Texas, with fuel distributed to over 250 Department of Defense locations nationwide and overseas via tanker, barge, truck, railcar, and pipeline.

Activity has fluctuated year to year—69 awards in 2022, 77 in 2023, 70 in 2024, declining to 43 in 2025, and only 4 recorded in 2026 (a truncated year in the source data). The vendor has obligated $3.94 billion (46% of combined potential value) across all awards. Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards and 100% of potential value flow from DLA Energy. The absence of subcontract work, secondary customer bases, or capability diversification means Petromax operates as a specialized, single-customer fuel supplier to the military, with recompete exposure concentrated in IDIQ expiration windows rather than distributed across multiple agencies or contract vehicles.

We provide military jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.