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==Background==
According to it's website, Vitol is a multi-billion dollar oil conglomerate comprising a group of energy companies with revenues of over $100bn which ship 200m tonnes of oil a year<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>.

==History==
Vitol was founded in 1966 with the focused aim of trading oil and oil products<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>

==Funding and finances==

==People==
* [[Ian Taylor]] - President and Chief Executive. In 2008, Taylor is reported to have been with Vitol for 20 years<ref>Rambert Dance Company [http://www.rambert.org.uk/about_rambert/board_members/ian_taylor Board Members Ian Taylor] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>. Taylor is reported to be a donor to Tory leader [[David Cameron]]. As his donation is in excess of £50,000, this entitles Taylor to meet Cameron in person through what is known as Cameron's [[Leaders Group]]<ref>''Dispatches'' 'Cameron's Money Men' Channel 4 Production. 29th September 2008</ref>.

==Affiliations==

===Subsidiaries===
* [[Vitol Broking Ltd]].
* [[Vitol Services Ltd]].
* [[Vitol Sugar S.A.]]
* [[Euromin]] S.A.
* [[Arawak Energy Limited]]
* [[Coastal Caverns Inc]].
* [[Seaport Canaveral]]
* [[Anchor Insurance]] S.A.
* [[Vitol Refning S.A.]]
* [[Vitol Asia Pte Ltd]]
* [[Vitol Singapore Pte Ltd]].
* [[Horizon Singapore Terminals (Pte) Ltd]].
* [[Galoc Production Company]] WWL
* [[CJSC Baltiyskaya Nefteprevalochnaya]]
* [[Euromin]] Peru S.A.
* [[Hyson (Nigeria) Ltd]].
* [[Vitol Terminals]] B.V.
* [[Anker Coal Company]] B.V.
* [[Petroned B.V.]]
* [[Anchor Insurance]] B.V.
* [[Anchor Insurance]] Rotterdam VOF
* [[EuroTank]] Amsterdam B.V.
* [[Vitol Dubai Ltd]].
* [[Oman Trading Intl]].
* [[Fujairah Refinery Company Ltd]].
* [[Vopak Horizon Fujairah Ltd]].
* [[Calson (Bermuda) Ltd]].
* [[Anchor Insurance Group]]
* [[Rembrandt Insurance Company Ltd]].
* [[Vitco S.A.]]
* [[Vitol Argentina S.A.]]
* [[Vitol Bahrain E.C.]]

==Guilty of Grand Larsony after secret kickbacks to the Iraqi Government==
In 2007, Vital S.A. pleaded guilty to first degree grand larsony after paying $13million in 'secret kickbacks' to the Iraqi government in exchange for oil under the United Nations' oil-for-food program. They were fined a total of $17.5million ($13 million in restitution to the Development Fund for Iraq)<ref>Bray, C. (2007) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/20/business/NA-FIN-US-Vitol-Oil-for-Food.php 'Swiss oil trading firm Vitol SA pleads guilty in oil-for-food case, will pay $17.5 million']. ''International Herald Tibune'. 20th November 2007. Accessed 11th December 2008</ref>

==Publications==
==Contact details, Resources, Notes==
===Contact===
*UK Address:
:Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
United Kingdom

*Phone:(44 20) 7973 4200
*Fax: (44 20) 7824 8239
*Website: vitol.com

Vitol also has offices in the U.S., Argentina, Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, China, United Arab Emirates, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Singapore and Switzerland. Details are available on their website [http://www.vitol.com/contact.php Contact page]

===External Resources===

===Notes===
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[[Category:Oil Industry]]

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 ==Lobbying firms==
-*[[MHP Communications]] circa 2014
+*[[MHP Communications]] from circa 2014 - present
 ==Publications==

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 *[[Charles Hendry]], Conservative MP and a former UK energy minister until September 2012, was appointed an advisor to Vitol Group on 1 February 2014. He is paid £60,000 per annum for 1.5 days consultancy a month.
-===Subsidiaries===
+==Subsidiaries==
 * [[Vitol Broking Ltd]].
 * [[Vitol Services]] Ltd - Charles Hendry is a consultant to this subsidiary <ref> ACOBA </ref>
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 Arkar was one of Serbia's richest men in 1996, having made his fortune through the currency black market, arms dealing and oil smuggling. He became known as 'the butcher of Vukovar' after he ordered 'the shooting in cold blood of 250 patients and staff his unit had taken from a hospital'. His band of paramilitaries, 'the Tigers', have been described as 'the most feared unit of the Serbian murder machine'.
 ==Publications==

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 * [[Alan Duncan]] the former Tory vice-chairman, was a paid consultant to Vitol in the early 1990s. He is reported to continue to be a close friend of Ian Taylor, who he worked alongside at Shell. It is claimed that Duncan, who is a millionaire, 'made part of his fortune by brokering a deal between Vitol and Pakistan during the Gulf war. Duncan's company, [[Harcourt Consultants]], continued to do work for Vitol in Pakistan until four years ago' (approx 1997)<ref>Barnett, A. & Bright, M. (2001) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jul/01/balkans.warcrimes2 Oil chief paid $1m to warlord'] ''The Guardian''. 1st July 2001. Accessed 16th december 2008</ref>.
-*[[Charles Hendrey]], Conservative MP and a former UK energy minister until September 2012, was appointed an advisor to Vitol Group on 1 February 2014. He is paid £60,000 per annum for 1.5 days consultancy a month.
+*[[Charles Hendry]], Conservative MP and a former UK energy minister until September 2012, was appointed an advisor to Vitol Group on 1 February 2014. He is paid £60,000 per annum for 1.5 days consultancy a month.
 ===Subsidiaries===

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 * [[Vitol Bahrain E.C.]]
-==Guilty of Grand Larsony after secret kickbacks to the Iraqi Government==
+==Oil-for-food case: guilty of grand larceny after secret kickbacks to the Iraqi Government==
-In 2007, Vital S.A. pleaded guilty to first degree grand larsony after paying $13million in 'secret kickbacks' to the Iraqi government in exchange for oil under the United Nations' oil-for-food program. They were fined a total of $17.5million ($13 million in restitution to the Development Fund for Iraq)<ref>Bray, C. (2007) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/20/business/NA-FIN-US-Vitol-Oil-for-Food.php 'Swiss oil trading firm Vitol SA pleads guilty in oil-for-food case, will pay $17.5 million']. ''International Herald Tibune'. 20th November 2007. Accessed 11th December 2008</ref>
+In 2007 Vital S.A. pleaded guilty to first degree grand larceny after paying $13million in 'secret kickbacks' to the Iraqi government in exchange for oil under the United Nations' oil-for-food program. They were fined a total of $17.5million ($13 million in restitution to the Development Fund for Iraq)<ref>Bray, C. (2007) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/20/business/NA-FIN-US-Vitol-Oil-for-Food.php 'Swiss oil trading firm Vitol SA pleads guilty in oil-for-food case, will pay $17.5 million']. ''International Herald Tibune'. 20th November 2007. Accessed 11th December 2008</ref>
 ==Serbian war criminal Arkan and a $1 million deal==

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 ===Subsidiaries===
 * [[Vitol Broking Ltd]].
-* [[Vitol Services Ltd]].
+* [[Vitol Services]] Ltd - Charles Hendry is a consultant to this subsidiary <ref> ACOBA </ref>
 * [[Vitol Sugar S.A.]]
 * [[Euromin]] S.A.

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 ==Background==
-According to its website, Vitol is a multi-billion dollar oil conglomerate comprising a group of energy companies with revenues of over $100bn which ship 200m tonnes of oil a year<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>.
+Vitol is a multi-billion dollar oil conglomerate comprising a group of energy companies with revenues of over $100bn which ship 200m tonnes of oil a year<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>.
 ==History==
-Vitol was founded in 1966 with the focused aim of trading oil and oil products<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>
+Vitol was founded in 1966 with the focused aim of trading oil and oil products.<ref>Vitol [http://www.vitol.com/about.php About Us] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>
 ==People==
 * [[Ian Taylor]] - President and Chief Executive. In 2008, Taylor is reported to have been with Vitol for 20 years<ref>Rambert Dance Company [http://www.rambert.org.uk/about_rambert/board_members/ian_taylor Board Members Ian Taylor] Accessed 16th December 2008</ref>. He is a donor to Tory leader [[David Cameron]]. As his donation is in excess of £50,000, this entitles Taylor to meet Cameron in person through what is known as Cameron's [[Leaders Group]].<ref>''Dispatches'' 'Cameron's Money Men' Channel 4 Production. 29th September 2008</ref> See also the Powerbase page on [[Downing Street Dinner Guest List]] published by the government in March 2012.
 * [[Alan Duncan]] the former Tory vice-chairman, was a paid consultant to Vitol in the early 1990s. He is reported to continue to be a close friend of Ian Taylor, who he worked alongside at Shell. It is claimed that Duncan, who is a millionaire, 'made part of his fortune by brokering a deal between Vitol and Pakistan during the Gulf war. Duncan's company, [[Harcourt Consultants]], continued to do work for Vitol in Pakistan until four years ago' (approx 1997)<ref>Barnett, A. & Bright, M. (2001) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jul/01/balkans.warcrimes2 Oil chief paid $1m to warlord'] ''The Guardian''. 1st July 2001. Accessed 16th december 2008</ref>.
-==Affiliations==
+*[[Charles Hendrey]], Conservative MP and a former UK energy minister until September 2012, was appointed an advisor to Vitol Group on 1 February 2014. He is paid £60,000 per annum for 1.5 days consultancy a month.
 ===Subsidiaries===