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Mining / Quarrying 06 - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 06 - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 06 - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 January 2018
Description
Hellenic Petroleum, one of the leading energy groups in South Eastern Europe, is recruiting 170 employees at its refineries in Elefsina and Aspropyrgos (Attiki). According to media sources, the Administrative Board of Hellenic Petroleum decided at a meeting held on Thursday, January 21st to proceed with 170 recruitments over the next three years. According to most recent announcements (January 27th) the profiles sought are those of maintenance technicians, field technicians as well as electricians and operators.
Hellenic Petroleum is owned by Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holdings S.A. (42.6%) and the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (35.5%) with the remaining held by institutional (15,3%) and private investors (6,6%).
Sources
21 January 2016: Kathimerini
21 January 2016: Naftemporiki
29 January 2016: Ta nea
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Hellenic Petroleum, Business expansion in Greece, factsheet number 86335, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86335.
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