Argos Energies ltd is an independent oil company based in
Rotterdam
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,
Netherlands
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. Besides Netherlands the company is also operating in
Belgium
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,
Luxembourg
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,
Germany
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and
France
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.
Argos Oil was founded in 1983 by Peter Goedvolk, Argos oil CEO then. This company merged with North Sea Group on 25 October 2011, and in March 2012 Argos North Sea Group was founded. Since then the new company has been the major sponsor of
Argos-Shimano
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, a professional Dutch cycling team.
In 2015, Argos merged with
VARO Energy, a company associated with
Vitol
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.
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Argos Oil
Oil companies of the Netherlands
Automotive fuel retailers
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