وتهدف كثير من برامج الإصلاح في الآونة الأخيرة إلى فك شبكات التوزيع من نشاط التوريد، وإدخال حرية الاختيار للمستهلكين، وإعادة تنظيم شبكات التوزيع من حيث اللوائح التنظيمية.
Fuel is mainly retailed under three types of arrangements: the “dealer owned and operated” type, where sites are owned and operated by distributors or independent operators; the “dealer franchise or lessee” type, where the dealer leases the service station from an oil company and markets its fuel or sells fuel on a commission agency basis for the franchisor; and finally the “company or agent operated” type, where the station is managed directly by an oil company agent.