Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. is a fuel products distribution and lubricants company in Turkey. It is owned by the Dutch Vitol Group.<[4] Vitol completed its acquisition of Petrol Ofisi from OMV AG in June 2017.
Petrol Ofisi had 1,900 fuel stations in 2022 in Turkey.<[5]
History
It was established on February 18, 1941, as a state-owned enterprise 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