Western Refining selects KSS fuels pricing management system

PriceNet, PriceNet Mobile, and KSS Visualizer enhance the pricing decision process

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mar. 6, 2008. KSS, the global leading supplier of pricing analytics, execution, and optimization systems to the petroleum industry, announces that Western Refining, Inc., the nation’s fourth largest publicly traded independent oil refiner, has selected PriceNet, PriceNet Mobile, and KSS Visualizer to help improve and simplify the fuel pricing process for their 150+ convenience stores across New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado.

PriceNet is an end-to-end pricing solution supporting the key tasks and stakeholders involved in retail fuels pricing, including price optimization to consistent, accurate, and timely implementation. KSS Visualizer is a Web-based data visualization tool intended to quickly draw attention to significant changes in key performance measures such as volume, running rates, margins, and more, at any level of the business from individual grade/store to overall network.

“We are delighted that Western Refining has chosen the KSS suite of products to support the consistent delivery of their pricing strategy,” said Bob Stein, chief executive officer of KSS. About Western Refining, Inc.

Western Refining, Inc. is an independent refining and marketing company headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Western has a refinery in El Paso, two refineries in the Four Corners region of Northern New Mexico and a refinery in Yorktown, Virginia. Western's asset portfolio also includes refined products terminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Flagstaff, Arizona, asphalt terminals in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso, retail service stations and convenience stores in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, a fleet of crude oil and finished product truck transports, and three wholesale petroleum products distributors - Phoenix Fuel Co., Inc. in Arizona, Empire Oil Company in California and Dial Oil Co. in New Mexico. More information about the Company is available at www.wnr.com.

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About KSS

KSS is the global leading provider of pricing analytics, price management, rules-based pricing and optimization technology and services to fuel retailers and wholesalers in the oil and gas, convenience store, grocery and big box retail industries. KSS clients include global, national and regional companies managing a total of over $140 billion in revenue through more than 20,000 fuel sites and rack terminals throughout the world. KSS US headquarters are located in Florham Park, NJ with European headquarters in Manchester, UK.

For further information please visit the website at www.kssg.com or contact:

Bob Stein, Chief Executive Officer – Tel: +1 (973) 549 1850
Mark Hawtin, Vice President Marketing – Tel: +44 (0)161 228 0040

For media inquiries, contact Roy Miller – Tel: +1 (903) 422 5117 or rmiller@rgmcomms.com

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