ARMO oil refiner is one of the two oil refiners in Albania[1]. It owns oil refineries at Ballsh and Fier, research center, 11 depots, a small network of fuel stations, and the Vlorë Terminal located in the south coast on Adriatic sea.[2] The Ballsh refinery is the largest refinery in Albania and has a designed capacity 1 million tonnes per year. Fier refinery has a capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per year and is designed mainly to produce bitumen.

In 2008, 85% of shares was sold to the U.S-Swiss consortium Refinery Associates of Texas, Anika Enterprises SA and Mercuria Energy Group for €128.7 million.[3][4][5] Other bids were made by Petrofac, Penta Investments and Vitol.[2]

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