Ola, is the brand name used by the affiliates owned by Libya Oil Holdings and previously known as

Tamoil Tamoil is the trading name of the Oilinvest Group, a fuel energy provider within the European downstream oil and gas sector. The Oilinvest Group refines crude oil and markets refined oil products primarily under the Tamoil and the HEM brands in ...

Africa. Ola has over 3000 branches in 17 countries across Africa, including Egypt, Senegal,

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger,

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Uganda, Nigeria, Mauritius,

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, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Services and products

* Fuels * Lubricants * LPG * Industrial & wholesale * Supply & trading * Retail * Aviation * Marine * Lubricants

Expansion & oil exploration

In 2008, OiLibya entered the Ethiopian market acquiring 100% of Shell's Ethiopia and Djibouti petroleum retail business. The amount of money spent by Oilibya to close the deal was unrevealed. Oilibya has bought many other retail petroleum dealers in Africa, including taking over ExxonMobil's business in Kenya. Bahru said at the time the sale was consistent with Shell's global strategy to focus on oil exploration and get out of retail business.Reuters-OiLibya buys Shell's Ethiopia, Djibouti operations
retrieved July 15, 2008.

Subsidiaries and affiliates of OiLibya

OiLibya has 18 subsidiaries ;Main consolidated subsidiaries * Burkina Faso * Cameroon *

* Egypt *

* Ethiopia * Gabon * Kenya * Mali * Morocco * Niger *

* Senegal *

* Tunisia * Uganda

2011 Libyan civil war

In February 2011, some African countries began to express concerns as to how the

2011 Libyan civil war The First Libyan Civil War was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government. It erupted with the Liby ...

might affect OiLibya and its outlets across the region. Of particular concern were the huge debts racked up by Libya's key enterprises.The East African/All Africa Global Media-EAC, Comesa Businesses On Knife-Edge As Gaddafi's Regime Shakes
, retrieved February 28, 2011.The East African-EAC, Comesa Businesses On Knife-Edge As Gaddafi's Regime Shakes
retrieved February 28, 2011.

References

Oil and gas companies of Libya Libyan brands Government-owned companies of Libya

Services and products

Expansion & oil exploration

Subsidiaries and affiliates of OiLibya

2011 Libyan civil war

See also

References