OKTA
OKTA was founded in 1982 and is a refinery in the Balkan area. OKTA is part of one of the biggest groups for the refining, distribution, and trade of crude oil, oil derivatives and petrochemicals – the Hellenic Petroleum group. Apart from its main activities, OKTA has developed its own retail network, which consists of 26 rebranded petrol stations.
Pipeline
A pipeline linking the port of Thessaloniki with the OKTA oil refinery outside Skopje began full operations in September. The pipeline, which took three years to build, will provide the Republic of Macedonia with a source of oil and, in the longer term, there are plans to export refined oil products to neighboring areas.
Products
Oil derivatives produced at OKTA include:
Environmental
OKTA is the only company in the Republic of Macedonia which has complete physical, chemical and biological waste water treatment.