The company's purpose is to trade in its own name and on its own account in petroleum, refined petroleum products, gas, electricity and other raw materials. The company may provide any related service, including agency, transit and transport services, and make financing available. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, participate in or merge with other companies, finance, directly or indirectly, enterprises in which it participates. The company may acquire, hold, pledge and sell real estate in Switzerland or abroad. The company may provide loans and/or other forms of financing, on an onerous or non-onerous basis, to third parties or to companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as to its shareholders, direct or indirect, and to companies in which such shareholders hold direct or indirect participations. The company may also provide any type of guarantee or surety to secure its own obligations or the obligations of each of the aforementioned persons, even in the form of assignments or transfers by way of security, pledges, guarantees of any kind or indemnification commitments, on an onerous or non-onerous basis. The company may provide such financing, guarantees or sureties even if they are provided in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which the company has a direct or indirect interest, as well as its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such shareholders hold a direct or indirect participation. The company may conduct any business, assume any commitment and conclude any contract that is useful for achieving the company's purpose and promoting the development of its business activity, or that is directly or indirectly related to such purpose.