Meerndijk has been repainted

BP is disappearing from the streets of Utrecht: the last petrol stations are being converted to OK

De laatste tankstations in de stad Utrecht die de uitstraling van BP hebben, staan op de nominatie om te worden omgekleurd naar OK, zoals BP Meerndijk (foto). Foto: BP Nederland, 2026

BP is about to disappear from the streets of Utrecht. Four petrol stations in the city, which currently still feature the green and yellow branding, are set to be rebranded as OK in the near future. Of the four, the BP petrol station on Meerndijk will be the first to undergo refurbishment on Monday 17 August.

Catom is rapidly refurbishing BP petrol stations across the Netherlands and rebranding them under its own OK brand. Following Catom’s acquisition of the Dutch mobility, convenience and charging operations of the British oil and gas giant BP on 9 July 2025, a total of around two hundred BP petrol stations will be converted to OK. This number could rise further, as independent dealers are free to opt for OK when renovating their sites.

Since the start in February, Catom has already refurbished more than fifty BP petrol stations in the Netherlands, mainly in the south and centre of the country.

The city of Utrecht currently still has four petrol stations bearing the BP brand. BP Express Albert Schweitzerdreef, BP Cartesiusweg, BP Lunettenbaan and BP Meerndijk were already incorporated into Catom’s network following the takeover of BP in the Netherlands, but have not yet been refurbished. With the forthcoming refurbishment of the BP on Meerndijk (Westzijde), this is now set to change. With the exception of the BP Express on Albert Schweitzerdreef, all sites are staffed; the station on Cartesiusweg has a Wild Bean Café, whilst those on Lunettenbaan and Meerndijk feature an Albert Heijn to go.

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BP Meerndijk (West side), situated at the slip road onto and off the A12 motorway, will undergo refurbishment from Monday 17 August. Until two years ago, this manned station had a traditional BP Shop, but this has recently been converted into a small Albert Heijn to go outlet. The refurbishment of the station to the ‘OK’ standard is due to be completed by Friday 28 August. In the period following this, Utrecht’s last three BP petrol stations are also set to be converted to the ‘OK’ standard.

Utrecht is not the only major city in the Netherlands where petrol stations bearing the BP brand are slowly but surely disappearing from the streetscape; in Amsterdam, two stations were rebranded in July and a further three are set to switch toOK in August.

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This article was automatically translated from the original Dutch text into British English.

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: Mobility Energy

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