Shell fuel cards for Queensland businesses

Shell Card is a business fuel card issued by Viva Energy Australia. Instead of drivers paying with personal or corporate credit cards and handing in receipts, each driver or vehicle carries a card tied to your business account. Fuel and approved purchases are captured centrally, priced under your account terms, and billed on one statement.

For a fleet, the practical difference is not the plastic — it is the data and the control that come with it. Every transaction arrives with a site, a date, a product, a litre count and, where you enable the prompts, an odometer reading and driver ID. That turns fuel from a lump-sum expense into a line-by-line record you can actually manage.

Potential fuel discounts of 6–8 cents per litre may be available, depending on fuel type and the approved arrangement.

These are two different things, and it is worth being precise about them.

• Shell Card acceptance: more than 1,600 accepting locations across Australia, taking in Shell and Liberty branded sites plus participating truck stops on the major freight corridors. Your vehicles are not confined to Queensland.
• FuelPoint's territory: Queensland. We are a Queensland-based sales agent looking after Queensland businesses — we do not position ourselves as a national fuel card provider.

In practice that means metro and regional refuelling for light commercial and passenger vehicles, truck-friendly high-flow diesel for rigid and articulated vehicles, and the same card and account travelling with the vehicle across state borders.

The Shell Card online portal is where most of the day-to-day administration happens. Rather than waiting for a monthly paper trail, you can log in and see what is being spent, where, and by whom.

• Transaction detail: litres, product, site, date and time for every fill, exportable for your accounting system.
• Card administration: order, stop or replace cards as vehicles and drivers change — useful when a card goes missing and you want it shut off today, not next week.
• Consolidated invoicing: one statement across the fleet, with the underlying detail available if a line needs checking.
• Exception visibility: once you have a few months of history, unusual fills — wrong product, wrong time of day, volumes that do not match the tank — stand out quickly.

Most fuel leakage is not dramatic theft. It is small, repeated and unnoticed: a personal fill on a work card, a premium product where standard diesel was budgeted, a shop purchase that never should have been on the account.

Shell Card restrictions address that at the pump. Cards can be set to fuel only, or diesel only, with limits applied and prompts required before the transaction completes. Because the prompt data lands in the portal, the record supports the control rather than just describing it after the fact.

Shell Card GO extends the account to mobile payment at participating sites, so a driver can authorise a fill from the app rather than queuing at the counter. For fleets where drivers are paid by the hour or the run, the minutes saved at each stop add up across a week.

Businesses that use diesel in eligible activities may be able to claim fuel tax credits, and the strength of a claim usually comes down to the quality of the underlying records. Shell Card transaction data captures the litres, product, date and site for each fill in a consistent, exportable format, which is generally what a bookkeeper or BAS agent is looking for.

We are not tax advisers, and eligibility and rates depend on your activities — talk to your accountant. There is more detail in our fuel tax credits guide for Australian fleets.

The card is the same card. What differs is who sets it up and who answers when something needs sorting. FuelPoint is an independent authorised Shell Card sales agent for Viva Energy Australia, based in and serving Queensland, with more than 30 years in the Australian fuel card market behind the advice.

• A review of your current fuel spend and volumes before anything is signed.
• Help with the arrangement, account structure and card setup — a zero-hassle transition from whatever you are on now.
• A local Queensland contact for ongoing support, rather than a national queue.

FuelPoint works with Queensland businesses using at least 50,000 litres of fuel annually across diesel, petrol or a combination of both. Qualification is based on annual fuel consumption, not the number of vehicles you run.

If you are weighing up your options, read fuel cards for business, the detail for commercial fleets on fleet fuel cards, or the process on getting a Shell Card. You can also compare providers in our Shell Card vs BP Plus vs WEX Motorpass comparison.

What is the Shell Card?

The Shell Card is a business fuel card issued by Viva Energy Australia. It lets your drivers refuel at Shell and Liberty branded sites and other participating locations across Australia, with the transactions consolidated onto one business account instead of individual receipts or personal cards.

Where can I use a Shell fuel card in Australia?

Shell Card is accepted at more than 1,600 locations across Australia, including Shell and Liberty sites and truck-friendly stops on major freight routes. FuelPoint's own sales and support territory is Queensland, but the card travels with your vehicles interstate.

Is FuelPoint the same as Shell or Viva Energy?

No. FuelPoint is an independent authorised Shell Card sales agent for Viva Energy Australia. Viva Energy Australia issues and operates Shell Card. FuelPoint reviews your fuel use, helps establish the arrangement and provides local Queensland support.

Can I control what drivers buy on a Shell Card?

Yes. Cards can be restricted by product type — for example diesel only — and you can set limits and require odometer or driver ID prompts at the pump so each transaction is traceable back to a vehicle and a job.

Does the Shell Card work with fuel tax credit claims?

Shell Card transaction data records the litres, product, site and date for each fill, which is the detail your accountant or BAS agent needs when substantiating fuel tax credit claims. Speak to your own tax adviser about your eligibility and rates.

How do I get a Shell fuel card?

Start with a fuel spend review or an enquiry. FuelPoint reviews your annual fuel volume, fuel mix and operating requirements, explains the arrangement available to you, and then guides you through the appropriate application process with Viva Energy Australia.