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Moeve
Company typeSociedad Anónima Unipersonal
IndustryElectrical energy
Petroleum
FoundedSeptember 26, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-09-26) in Madrid, Spain
HeadquartersTorre Cepsa
Paseo de la Castellana 259, Cuatro Torres Business Area,
Madrid
,
Spain
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Musabbeh Ali Alkaabi, Chair
Maarten Wetselaar, CEO[1]
ProductsHydrogen
Petroleum
Natural gas
Motor fuels
Aviation fuels
ServicesService stations
RevenueIncrease €24.868 billion (2024)[2]: 3 
Increase €1.852 billion (2024)[2]: 3 
Increase €92 million (2024)[2]: 3 
Total assetsIncrease €12.20 billion (2024)[2]: 2 
Total equityIncrease €3.13 billion (2024)[2]: 2 
OwnersMubadala Investment Company (61.36%)
The Carlyle Group (38.41%)
Number of employees
Increase 11,000 (2024)[2]: 69 
Websitewww.moeveglobal.com

Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, (Compañía Española de Petróleos, Sociedad Anónima, "Spanish petroleum company, S.A.")[3] is a Spanish multinational integrated energy and petroleum company headquartered at Torre Cepsa in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid.

As of 2024, Moeve produced approximately 34,400 barrels per day (5,470 m3/d), reflecting its strategic shift after divesting upstream assets in Abu Dhabi in 2023.[4] The company operates three refineries with a combined refining capacity of approximately 21.5 million tonnes per year.[5]

As of 31 December 2024, the company’s share capital is primarily held by Cepsa Holding, LLC (61.36%), controlled by Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign wealth fund of the government of Abu Dhabi, and Matador Bidco S.À.R.L. (38.41%), controlled by The Carlyle Group.[6]

Moeve, which rebranded from Cepsa in October 2024, is undergoing a strategic shift toward low-carbon energy, focusing on green hydrogen, biofuels, and electric mobility, supported by an €8 billion investment plan.[7]

History

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Former logo as Cepsa.

Cepsa was founded in 1929 as a private company led by Francisco Recasens, with its first refinery located at Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Because of the Campsa state monopoly of fuel distribution, Cepsa sold its production to that company.[8] It expanded to lubricant production in 1950 and petrochemical products in 1955. In 1964 it opened a factory in Portugal, and in 1967 it added a second refinery at San Roque de Cádiz. After relaxations of the state monopoly, Cepsa bought a portion of Campsa petrol stations in 1992.

In 1988, Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) bought a 10% stake of Cepsa. Later Elf Aquitaine bought a 20% stake, and Cepsa became a publicly traded company in 1989. Cepsa bought a third refinery in Huelva in 1991, and entered the liquefied petroleum gas market in 1998. The company expanded to the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, Algeria, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. In 2011 IPIC bought the full company for 267 million euros.[9]

In November 2013, the firm agreed to buy Coastal Energy Co for around $2.21 billion.[10]

The American private equity firm The Carlyle Group completed the acquisition of a 38.1% stake in Cepsa from Mubadala on 8 April 2019.[11]

On October 30, 2024, Cepsa officially changed its name to Moeve, a measure destined to reflect its orientation towards sustainable strategies and low-emitting energy projects.[12]

In 2024 Moeve reported a net profit of €92 million, reversing a €233 million loss in 2023, driven by gains in its energy and chemicals divisions despite a 30% drop in refining margins.[7] The company is shifting its focus to low-carbon energy backed by an €8 billion investment plan that includes a €1.2 billion biofuels plant.[7] Moeve has divested 70% of its oil production assets since 2022 and aims to become a key player in the green hydrogen industry with a 2-gigawatt target by 2030.[7]

Refineries

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Cepsa operates 3 refineries in Spain, with 50% ownership of a fourth. Cepsa operates the largest refinery in Iberia, the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery, which has received significant international criticism for ongoing air pollution problems and increased cancer rates nearby.[13][14][15] Cepsa also operates the Refinería de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Rábida Refinery, and a 50% split refinery with ASESA.[16]

Sponsorship

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Cepsa has sponsored the Spanish football club Recreativo de Huelva between 1997 and 2007, Spain national football team since 2007 and since 2011 has been one of the major sponsors of the Toro Rosso Formula One racing team until 2015 but not directly supplying fuels and lubricants.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Jopson, Barney (23 Dec 2022). "Pipe or cable? Companies split on best way to transport European energy". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 Dec 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Moeve FY 2024 Results" (PDF). moeveglobal.com. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ Escolar, Arsenio (6 November 2024). "El petróleo ahora mancha incluso las marcas y la reputación". elDiario.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Moeve Integrated Management Report 2024" (PDF). moeveglobal.com. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Com[any profile" (PDF). moeve.es. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Consolidated Financial Statement 2024" (PDF). moeveglobal.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "Spanish oil company Moeve swings to profit". reuters.com. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  8. ^ Etchemendy, Sebastian (2011). Models of Economic Liberalization. New York: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511835223. ISBN 978-0-511-83522-3.
  9. ^ Cespa. "Cespa company information". Archived from the original on 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  10. ^ Sakthi Prasad (19 November 2013). "Spain's Cepsa to buy Coastal Energy in deal worth $2.2 billion". Reuters. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  11. ^ "The Carlyle Group completes acquisition of shareholding in Cepsa from Mubadala" (PDF). moeveglobal.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Cepsa pasa a llamarse Moeve para reflejar su apuesta por el 'verde'". Diario ABC (in European Spanish). 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  13. ^ WATSON, Graham. "Parliamentary question | Pollution from the Compañía Española De Petróleos (CEPSA) oil refinery | E-012286/2013 | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  14. ^ "Environmental Group to make formal protest against Cepsa Refinery". www.gbc.gi.
  15. ^ Smith, Charlie (24 November 2018). "Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar's border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?". Olive Press News Spain. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Activities" (PDF). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  17. ^ CEPSA renews its sponsorship of the Spanish National Football Team (PDF). 2012.
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