Motor Oil Hellas

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Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. (Greek: Μότορ Όιλ (Ελλάς) Διυλιστήρια Κορίνθου Α.Ε.) is a petroleum industry company based in Greece focusing on oil refining and trading. It is a leading force in its sector in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean.[5][6]

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Motor Oil (Hellas)
Corinth Refineries S.A.
Native name
ΜΟΤΟΡ ΟΪΛ ΕΛΛΑΣ Α.Ε.
Company typeAnonymi Etairia
Athex: MOH
IndustryPetroleum, Gas & energy industry
Founded1970; 55 years ago (1970)
FounderNikos Vardinogiannis
Vardis Vardinogiannis
Headquarters
Marousi, Athens
,
Greece
Area served
Southeast Europe, North Africa
Key people
Giannis Vardinogiannis (President)
Petros Tzannetakis (Chief executive officer)[1]
ProductsPetroleum refining and transportation in Greece and abroad, energy, other petrochemicals
ServicesFuel gas stations, oil tankers, airplanes
Revenue16.631 billion (2022)[2]
2.111 billion (2022)[2]
967.2 million (2022)[2]
Total assets7.197 billion (2022)[2]
Total equity2.138 billion (2022)[2]
OwnerPetroventure Holdings Limited (40.97%)[3]
Number of employees
1,300 (2019)[4]
SubsidiariesAvin Oil/Cyclon
Coral Gas/Shell Hellas
Ermes
Korinthos Power
Mediamax Holdings Limited
Websitemoh.gr
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History

Motor Oil Hellas was founded on May 7, 1970, by Vardis Vardinogiannis and Georgios Paraschos Aleksandridis. It is headquartered in Marousi, Greece.[1] Since 1972 Vardis J. Vardinoyannis has been chairman and managing director.[7] The company has over 2,000 employees.[1] Despite the Greek crisis in 2015, the company had thrived.[8]

In 2020 Motor Oil Hellas gave TechnipFMC a significant engineering, procurement, and construction management services contract. The new naphtha complex in Greece will have three new processing units and a capacity of 22,000 barrels per day (3,500 m3/d).[9] The construction work is scheduled to be complete in 2021.

Refinery, facilities and gas stations

Through its Korinthos refinery, Motor Oil controls 35% of the refining sector in Greece.[10] The company operates the second-largest refiner (Corinth Refinery) in Europe and the Cairo-based oil and gas exploration and production facilities in Egypt. It also owns the Avin, Shell and Cyclon chain of fuel stations in Greece, more than 2,000, along with a host of other gas and energy-related businesses.[11]

Subsidiaries and affiliates

Motor Oil Hellas has numerous subsidiaries, such as:

  • Avin Oil Industrial, Commercial and Maritime Company S.M.S.A.,[12]
  • Coral Oil and Chemicals Company S.A.,[13]
  • Coral Commercial and Industrial Gas Company S.A.,[14]
  • LPC S.M.S.A. Corporation for Processing and Trading of Lubricants and Petroleum Products,[15]
  • NRG Supply and Trading S.M.S.A.,[16]
  • OFC Aviation Fuel Services S.A.,
  • Korinthos Power S.A.,
  • Shell & MOH Aviation Fuels S.A.,
  • Athens Airport Fuel Pipeline Company.

Ownership

Motor Oil's majority shareholder is two holding companies (Petroventure and Motor Oil Limited with 40.97%),[3] that belongs to the prominent Greek family of Vardinogiannis, the rest of its shares are available to the public through a float on the Athens and the London Stock Exchange.

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