Bankers Petroleum

Bankers Petroleum Ltd. is an ex-Canadian and now Chinese oil company operating in Albania.[1]

Bankers Petroleum Ltd.
TypePrivate
IndustryOil and gas industry
Headquarters
Calgary
,
Canada
Key people
Xingyun Sun President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Liu Jihong VP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Guangqing Zhang VP for Technical Affairs and Deputy General Director
Luntao Chen VP, Exploration and Development

Management
ProductsOil (fuels, lubricants)
Natural gas (LNG)
Petrochemicals
Websitewww.bankerspetroleum.com

History of Purchase

In March 2016, Geo-Jade Petroleum made an all-cash offer of 2.20 CAD per share to purchase the company in a deal worth 575 million CAD (an equivalent of US$425 million).[2] Geo-Jade Petroleum is a Chinese company that owns Bankers Petroleum Ltd. ever since.

Importance in the Albanian Market

After investments of more than US$2.5 billion at its Patos-Marinza oilfield, Bankers now produces 95% of Albania's crude oil.[3]

Tax Evasion

In June 2019, Bankers Petroleum was fined 120 million EUR for tax evasion. The fine came as result of a two-year investigation carried out by the General Customs Directory. From 2014 to 2018, Bankers Petroleum has evaded 30 million EUR in excise for raw materials, which is used for the production of crude oil. This is about the half-prepared fuel, called “solar”, and which is used to process crude oil.[4]

Criminal Investigations

In October 2019 Albania's competition authority launched an in-depth abuse of dominance investigation into Bankers Petroleum. The company told the international news organization Reuters that had “Bankers has never violated free market and competition rules and moreover has abused with any ‘dominant’ position.”[5] According to Reuters, Bankers was reacting to a six-month investigation launched by the Competition Authority into its business from Jan. 1, 2016 to October 2019 to see whether it had abused its dominant position complaints to the regulator from a local refiner. TOSK ENERGJI SH.A. argued that Bankers had either refused to supply it or imposed conditions on its supplies, causing financial costs, particularly related to having to shut down and restart the refinery at Ballsh.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2011-04-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "China's Geo-Jade to Purchase Bankers Petroleum For C$575 Million". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. "China's Bankers denies abusing dominant oil position in Albania". Reuters. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  4. "Bankers Petroleum, 120 million EUR fine for tax evasion". top-channel.tv. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. "China's Bankers denies abusing dominant oil position in Albania". Reuters. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.


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