The company's purpose is to trade and sell minerals, fossil fuels, in particular crude oil and petroleum products, on its own account and on behalf of third parties, both domestically and abroad. Furthermore, it aims to trade in art and all transactions involving financial instruments or contracts related to such products or raw materials, including all associated activities and services, both domestically and abroad, in particular technical and administrative consulting services, as well as the implementation of industrial, commercial, financial, and sales-promoting activities that are relevant to the company's purpose or aim to promote its realization. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire similar or related companies, or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also acquire, manage, encumber, and sell real estate, intellectual property rights, and licenses of all kinds.