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| Company type | Sociedade Anónima |
|---|---|
| Euronext Lisbon: GALP | |
| ISIN | PTGAL0AM0009 |
| Industry | Petroleum industry |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded | April 22, 1999 (1999-4-22) |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, |
Key people | Paula Amorim(Chairman), Filipe Silva (CEO) |
| Products | Oil and gasexploration andproduction,natural gas transportation and distribution,oil refining,electricity generation |
| Services | Fuel stations Natural gas heating |
| Revenue | €15.204 billion(2017)[1] |
| €1.063 million(2017)[1] | |
| €602 million(2017)[1] | |
| Total assets | €12.358 billion(end 2017)[1] |
| Total equity | €6.080 billion(end 2017)[1] |
| Owner | Amorim Energia (35.8%) |
Number of employees | 6,389(2021)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Galp Energia E&P BV Petróleos de Portugal - Petrogal, S.A. Galp Gas & Power SGPS, S.A. Galp Energia, S.A. |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2][3] | |
Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. is aPortuguese multinationalenergy corporation, headquartered inLisbon,Portugal.[4] Galp consists of more than 100 companies engaged in every aspect of theoil andnatural gas supply,hydrocarbon exploration andproduction;refining, trading, logistics and retailing; co-generation andrenewable energy. Galp was founded in 1999 through the merger of Petrogal, Gás de Portugal and Transgás. As of 2020, it is the largest oil and gas group in Portugal, where it distributes gas and sells petrol.[5]
Galp can trace its origins back to 1848 and the installation of Lisbon's first gas street lamps, but the current incarnation was formed through the merger of Petrogal, Gás de Portugal and Transgás, on April 22, 1999. The main historical business components include SACOR, CIDLA, SONAP and PETROSUL.[6]
SACOR was one of the first Portuguese oil companies. In 1954, SACOR's activities extended toPortugal's overseas territories; 80% of thegasoline,kerosene, andgasoil transported into thePortuguese overseas province of Angola had to be refined oncontinental Portugal's territory.
The Portuguese discovered oil in their overseas province of Angola in the 1950s. SACOR set up the Sociedade de Lubrificantes e Combustíveis (ANGOL) in 1953 as its branch in Angola. By the 1960s, it was also participating in the exploration for hydrocarbons. In 1957, SACOR participated in the establishment of another oil company, MOÇACOR, in thePortuguese overseas province of Mozambique.
After theCarnation Revolution 25 in April 1974, Portugal gave independence to its overseas provinces, with the ownership of the local SACOR branches being ceded to the new countries. SACOR was nationalized in 1975 by thenew Portuguese regime. In April 1976, Petróleos de Portugal (PETROGAL) was formed by the merger of SACOR with three other nationalized oil companies (CIDLA, SONAP and PETROSUL). In the same year, the brand GALP is created as thetrademark for the PETROGAL products, with the initial version of its famous "G"logo being launched in 1978.
In 1999, Galp Energia is created as theholding company for the Portuguese State-owned oil and gas business, controlling PETROGAL and Gás de Portugal (GDP). In the same year, the process of privatization of Galp Energia is initiated.
In March 2004, Galp proposed selling a 51 percent stake in Gás de Portugal toEDP;Eni agreed to buy the remaining 49 percent. In December 2004, theEuropean Commission blocked the transaction.[7] Galp Energia'sinitial public offering on theLisbon Stock Exchange took place in the second half of 2007.[8]
In 2007, Galp bought Eni’s operations for marketing oil products in Portugal and Spain.[9] In 2011, talks between Eni andPetrobras for the latter to buy Eni's 33.3 percent stake in Galp collapsed over the price of the stake.[10][11] From 2012 to 2014, Eni continuously reduced its stake in Galp.[12][13] In 2016, Galp and Petrobras broadened an existing cooperation accord to include offshore oil research and development projects and exploration and production partnerships.[14]
In 2020, Galp partnered with Spanish engineering firmACS to create Titan Solar, a renewable energy joint venture, and bought solar power projects from ACS for 2.2 billion euros ($2.38 billion).[15][16] By 2022, it bought the 24.99 percent it did not already own for 140 million euros ($142.5 million).[17]
In 2021, Galp joined forces with battery developerNorthvolt on Aurora, a joint venture to develop Europe’s largest lithium processing plant with a total investment of up to 700 million euros.[18]
Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. is organized into four business units, which include, Upstream, Refining & Midstream, Commercial, and Renewables & New Businesses.[19] The company carries out these operations through four subsidiaries, including:
In 2007, the European Commission fined Galp 8.7 million euros ($12.33 million) for playing a role in acartel and coordinatingbitumen prices in Spain, along with three other companies.[20]
In 2016, Spanish antitrust bodyCNMC fined the Spanish arm of Galp 400,000 euros ($448,280) for abusing consumer rights after having received a number of complaints since mid-2012 of company representatives changing users’ power supplier to Galp without the consumers’ consent.[21]
In 2025, Galp's chief executive Filipe Silva resigned following a company investigation into an anonymous complaint about an alleged personal relationship between Silva and a female company manager reporting to him.[22]
