ARMO oil refiner

ARMO oil refiner is one of the two oil refiners in Albania.[1] It owns oil refineries at Ballsh and Fier, research center, 11 depots, a small network of fuel stations, and the Vlorë Terminal located in the south coast on Adriatic sea.[2] The CEO of Armo Energy is Rezart Taci.[3] Mr. Taci is also the head of Taçi Oil[4][5]

The Ballsh refinery is the largest refinery in Albania and has a designed capacity 1 million tonnes per year. Fier refinery has a capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per year and is designed mainly to produce bitumen.

In 2008, 85% of ARMO shares was sold to the U.S-Swiss consortium Refinery Associates of Texas and Anika Enterprises SA (other companies were involved in initial talks, but did not participate in the purchase) [6] for €128.7 million.[7][8][9] Other bids were made by Petrofac, Penta Investments and Vitol.[2]

As of the fall of 2012, ARMO Energy employs over 1,500 people and has a refining capacity of 1.5 million tons with a storage capacity of 220,000 cubic meters.[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.armorefinery.com/index.php?id=3&PHPSESSID=af0dad6b13af8d66776efcc729240f11
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 . Benet Koleka (2008-05-21). "Four firms bid for Albania's ARMO oil refiner". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.armorefinery.com/about-armo/message-from-ceo/
  4. ↑ http://www.taci-oil.com/about-taci/message-from-ceo/
  5. ↑ "Albanian Tycoon Shakes Up the Country's Booming Oil Market". OilPrice.com. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Anika Mercuria Oil Refinery Associated Oil Company Registration, Albania". 2008-07-02.
  7. ↑ "US, Swiss investors buy an Albanian oil refiner". New Europe. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  8. ↑ "U.S. investors win control of Albania's only oil refiner". Forbes. 2008-05-21. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  9. ↑ "Albania Oil Refinery Privatized". AlbanianEconomy.com. 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  10. ↑ http://www.armorefinery.com/about-armo/