The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell, as well as participate in, domestic and foreign companies, subsidiaries or branches, in particular in the oil, gas and hydrocarbon industry. In addition, the company may provide direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly invested, as well as direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly invested, whether through loans or other financing, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including through pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or through guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or unremunerated, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of companies in which it is directly or indirectly invested, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly invested. The company may also conclude cash pooling agreements with other group companies. Furthermore, the company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell domestic or foreign real estate and conduct any other business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose.