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“Founded in 1998, Hellenic Petroleum is one of the leading energy groups in South East Europe, with activities spanning across the energy value chain and in 11 countries. Its shares are primarily listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: ELPE), and its market capitalisation amounts to about €2.2 billion” (Company Website).

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"Greece's largest company, Hellenic Petroleum operates four refineries: at Aspropyrgos, Elefsina, and Thessaloniki in Greece and Skopje in Macedonia. It also operates about 1,525 gas stations in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia. It has 1,200 gas stations in Greece (23% of the retail market). Its other businesses include petrochemical production, oil and gas exploration, and infrastructure development. Hellenic Petroleum is owned by Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holdings S.A. (35.89%) and the Greek government (35.5%)" (Company Profile, “Hellenic Petroleum S.A.,” Hoovers, 2010.)

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As of April 2010, Hellenic Petroleum imports 60 thousand barrels of crude oil per day from Iran. (Reuters, "Iran’s Crude Oil Buyers in Europe, Asia,” April 18 2010.)

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According to Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The Hellenic Petroleum Company has been cooperating with Iran for many years in the crude oil sector” ( Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Bilateral Relations Between Greece and Iran,” December 2008).

Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from the internet in July of 2007)