Petrol Ofisi

OMV Petrol Ofisi A.Ş.
Anonim şirket
Traded as BİST: PTOFS
Industry Oil and gas
Founded 1941
Founder Government of Turkey
Headquarters Maslak, Istanbul
Area served
 Turkey & Georgia
Key people
 Gerhard Roiss (Chairman)
Gülsüm Azeri (CEO)[1]
Products Petroleum, natural gas, lubricants
Services Service stations
Revenue Increase 19.548 billion (2011)[1]
Increase 287 million (2011)[1]
Increase 201 million (2011)[1]
Total assets Increase 4.642 billion (2011)[1]
Total equity Increase 577 million (2011)[1]
Number of employees
 1,020[1]
Parent OMV (%96,98)[1]
Subsidiaries
Website poas.com.tr

OMV Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. is Turkey's leading fuel products distribution and lubricants company. It is owned by Austria's OMV.

Petrol Ofisi today has 3000 fuel stations,[2] 10 fuel terminals, 2 LPG terminals, 31 air-supply units, 1 lubricant oil plant, 1,200 employees and widespread marketing network. Its product range covers unleaded gasoline, Diesel fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), lubricants and various industrial oils.

PO sponsors sports like car racing (GP2), rallying, offshore speedboat racing, karting and mountaineering of Mt. Everest for Turkish sportspeople. From 2006 to 2008, PO has also been the title sponsor of the Formula One "Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix".

History

It was established on February 18, 1941 as a state owned company to import, stock, refine and distribute petroleum products. It became a joint stock company in 1983.

On July 24, 2000, the company was privatized, and initially 51% of the shares were purchased by Doğan Holding. On March 13, 2006, the Austrian petroleum company OMV bought 34% of the stake for US$1.054 billion. After this stock exchange, the share of Doğan Group decreased from 86.7% to 52.7%. On October 22, 2010 OMV announced that it will buy 54.17% shares from the Doğan Holding for the sum of EUR 1 Billion, setting its total stake in the company to 95.75%.[3] The transaction remained subject to approval by relevant authorities until December 22, 2010 when it was completed.[4]

See also

Enerco Energy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "ANNUAL REPORT 2011" (PDF). OMV Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Hurriyet Daily News, 24 October 2010, Doğan sells Petrol Ofisi stake to Austria's OMV
  3. ↑ Press release from omv.com, October 22, 2010
  4. ↑ Press release from petrom.com, December 22, 2010

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