Activity in the field of energy; trade and processing of solid and liquid fuels, minerals, metals and raw materials; acquisition of participations in other companies, acquisition, sale and administration of license and patent rights. More broadly, the company also aims to trade in crude oil, petroleum products, agricultural products, fertilizers, energy, consumer goods, industrial goods, raw materials and, more generally, all activities authorized by law in connection with these fields of activity. The company is also empowered to carry out all securities transactions having a direct or indirect connection with its main purposes, as well as to carry out all operations, in particular financial ones, and to conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or relating thereto directly or indirectly. The company may open branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire any company pursuing an analogous or complementary purpose.