Private company

OLEX

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OLEX is an Austrian gas station chain based in Berlin, founded in 1904, dissolved in 1974.¹ It is part of BP.¹

Die Aktiengesellschaft für österreichische und ungarische Mineralölprodukte (kurz OLEX) war ein erst² From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 1, 1904Founded¹

Industrypetroleum industry¹
HeadquartersBerlin¹
Founded inVienna¹

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Corporate structure

OLEX is part of a group headed by BP. 131 entities, 25 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

BP London, United Kingdom
- BP Europa SE 100% · Hamburg, Germany
  - BP LUXEMBOURG S..A. Subsidiary · Capellen, Luxembourg
- Castrol India 51% · Mumbai, India
- BP Australia Pty Ltd Melbourne, Australia
  - X Convenience Subsidiary · Mile End, Australia
- BP Canada Energy Group ULC Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- BP CORP NORTH AMERICA INC Houston, Texas, United States
  - BP Energy Co Houston, Texas, United States
    - IGI RESOURCES, INC. Subsidiary · Houston, Texas, United States
- BP GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - Air BP Iceland Ehf. Reykjavik, Iceland
  - AIR BP LIMITED Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - Air BP Sweden Aktiebolag Stockholm, Sweden
  - BP EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LIMITED Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP ENERGY EUROPE LIMITED Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  - BP FRANCE Paris, France
  - BP PORTUGAL - COMÉRCIO DE COMBUSTÍVEIS E LUBRIFICANTES SA Lisbon, Portugal
  - بى بيه ميدل ايست ش.ذ.م.م Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP Shipping Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP AUSTRALIA SWAPS MANAGEMENT LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - BP CHEMICALS LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP OIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP OIL UK LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BP SINGAPORE PTE. LIMITED Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
    - BP ENERGY ASIA PTE. LIMITED Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
  - BP TECHNOLOGY VENTURES LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BRITANNIC ENERGY TRADING LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  - BRITANNIC STRATEGIES LIMITED Subsidiary · Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    - BP CARBON TRADING LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
    - BP Commodity Supply B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    - BP ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
    - BP ENERGY SOLUTIONS B.V. Subsidiary · Rotterdam, Netherlands
    - BP ENERGY SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD DE VALORES SA Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
  - BRITANNIC TRADING LIMITED Subsidiary · Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
- BP Raffinaderij Rotterdam BV Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Castrol Holdings International Ltd Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom
- OLEX Berlin
  - Ebano Asphalt-AG Subsidiary · Germany
- Amoco Subsidiary · 100% · Chicago
- ARCO Subsidiary · 100% · Los Angeles
- BP Exploration (Alaska) Subsidiary · 100% · Houston, United States
- Castrol Subsidiary · 100% · Reading, United Kingdom
- Bahía de Bizkaia Power Station Subsidiary · 75%
- Aral AG Subsidiary · Bochum
  - Aral pulse Subsidiary
  - Fanto-Werke Subsidiary
- BP (Germany) Subsidiary · Bochum, Germany
- BP Norge Subsidiary · Stavanger, Norway
- bp pulse Subsidiary
- BP Southern Africa Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
- Standard Oil of Ohio Subsidiary · Cleveland
  - Boron Oil Company Subsidiary · United States
- Rosneft Stake · 19.75% · Москва, Russia
  - Rosneft Deutschland Berlin, Germany
  - Baikalfinansgrup Subsidiary · Tver
  - Bashneft Subsidiary · Ufa
    - Bashneft – Novoil Subsidiary · Ufa
    - Ufaneftekhim Subsidiary · Ufa
  - JUKOS-Moskwa Subsidiary · Moscow, Russia
  - Kuibyshevnefteorgsintez Subsidiary · Novokuybyshevsk, Russia
  - Lisichansk refinery Subsidiary · Lysychansk
  - Nakhodka tank farm Subsidiary
  - Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery Subsidiary · Novokuybyshevsk
  - Samaraneftechimprojekt Subsidiary · Samara, Russia
  - Samaraneftegaz Subsidiary · Samara, Russia
  - Saratov Oil Refinery Subsidiary · Saratov, Russia
  - Sysranski neftepererabatywajuschtschi sawod Subsidiary · Syzran
  - The Petersburg Fuel Company Subsidiary · Saint Petersburg
    - Petersburg Transport Company Subsidiary · Saint Petersburg, Russia
  - TNK-BP Subsidiary · Moscow
  - Yuganskneftegaz Subsidiary · Nefteyugansk
  - Ангарскнефтехимпроект Subsidiary · Angarsk, Russia
  - ВНИПИнефть Subsidiary · Moscow
  - Восточная нефтехимическая компания Subsidiary
  - Удмуртнефть Subsidiary · Izhevsk, Russia
  - Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "РН-Капитал" Subsidiary · 100% · Москва, Russia
- BP Capital Markets B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Middlesex, United Kingdom
- BP Gas Europe Subsidiary · 100% · Spain
- ALEJANDRIA POWER, S.L. Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
- and 41 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led OLEX, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

Erwin Bockelmann1957–now

197019801990200020102020

ChairErwin Bockelmann Oct 1957 to now¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

Ebano Asphalt-AG

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

Succeeded Europäische Petroleum-Union¹
Succeeded Runo-Everth Treibstoff- und Oel¹
Succeeded Eurotank¹
Succeeded by BP (Germany)¹

Timeline

1974Dissolved Dissolved¹
Jul 1, 1904Founded Founded in Vienna¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataOLEX on Wikidata
2
WikipediaOLEX on the German Wikipedia
3
Wikimedia CommonsOLEX logo by unbekannt, Logo