Terpel, formerly known as Organización Terpel
S.A. ( en, Terpel Organization), is a Colombian
oil
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and
gas
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A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
company.
Company history
Terpel was founded in 1968 to help ease the shortage of
gasoline
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in
Santander
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Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
. The Terpel Bucaramanga Company was formed with 20 service stations, with plans to expand to a national scale in the future with the creation of six additional "Terpeles" in different regions of the country. In 2001, the principal shareholders of the Terpeles integrated the seven regional companies to create the Terpel Organization, which was consolidated in 2004.
Terpel started trading on the
Colombia Stock Exchange on 19 August 2014. Due to the high trade volume of the stock, the company was included in the
COLCAP, which is composed of the exchange's 20 most actively-traded companies, in August 2015.
In the last few years, Terpel has acquired several companies outside of Colombia, most recently 200 gas stations in
Chile
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.
References
External links
* {{official website
Oil and gas companies of Colombia
Multinational companies
Companies based in Bogotá
Companies listed on the Colombia Stock Exchange
Energy companies established in 1968
Colombian brands
Automotive fuel retailers
Colombian companies established in 1968