| 1964-1965 | Construction and putting into permanent operation of the Družba crude oil pipeline managed by the state-owned enterprise Benzina until 1991 |
| 1991 | Establishment of Transpetrol, a. s. Bratislava operating the Družba crude oil pipeline transport system in the former Czech and Slovak Federative Republic until the end of 1992 |
| 1992 | Establishment of the company Chemopetrol IKL, spol. s r.o. created by the owners of refineries, the Chemopetrol, s. p. Litvínov company and the Kaučuk, s. p. Kralupy nad Vltavou company for the purpose of erection of the crude oil pipeline Ingolstadt – Kralupy nad Vlavou – Litvínov (IKL) and construction of the Central Crude Oil Tank Farm Nelahozeves, |
| January 1, 1993 | Establishment of Petrotrans, a. s. incorporated by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Czech Republic (upon split of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic Transpetrol, a. s. was divided into two entities – Transpetrol, a. s. in the Slovak Republic and Petrotrans, a. s. in the Czech Republic); the company’s objective was to ensure the crude oil transport to refineries in the Czech Republic through the Družba crude oil pipeline |
| October 1, 1993 | Transformation of Chemopetrol IKL, spol. s r.o. to a corporation called MERO IKL, a. s. in accordance with the government concept of the refineries and petrochemical industry restructuring and with the aim to allow for participation of the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic in funding the IKL crude oil pipeline construction |
| November 1, 1993 | Transfer of assets of Petrotrans, a. s. to the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic becoming the sole shareholder of the company |
| January 1, 1994 | Establishment of MERO ČR, a. s. merging Petrotrans, a. s. and MERO IKL, a. s. |
| January 1, 2006 | Dissolution of the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic. Responsibilities of the Fund were transferred to the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic which thus became the sole shareholder of MERO ČR, a. s. |
| December 21, 2012 | Registration in the commercial registers of companies owning and operating the TAL crude oil pipeline (Societá Italiana per l´Oeleodotto Transalpino S.p.a, Transalpine Ölleitung in Österreich Ges.m.b.H and Deutsche Transalpine Oelleitung GmbH), means that MERO CR, a.s. has become a co-owner of the TAL crude oil pipeline. It acquired a 5% share from Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH. |
History of the Subsidiary Company MERO Germany GmbH
| April 24, 1991 | Establishment of Chemopetrol Pipeline, GmbH with home office in Munich by the Ministry of Trade and Commerce of the Czech Republic; the company was established in order to ensure the construction of the IKL crude oil pipeline in Germany |
| February 1993 | Ownership of Chemopetrol Pipeline, GmbH transferred to Chemopetrol IKL, spol. s.r.o. and after its transformation to MERO IKL, a. s. |
| January 1, 1994 | MERO ČR, a. s. became the sole shareholder of Chemopetrol Pipeline, GmbH |
| December 1996 | 1996 Change of the corporate name from Chemopetrol Pipeline, GmbH to MERO Pipeline, GmbH and change of the company’s home office from Munich to Bavarian town Vohburg an der Donau near Ingolstadt where the construction of a tank farm and an administrative building was completed |
| 2009 | Change of the corporate name from MERO Pipeline, GmbH to MERO Germany AG |
| March 2018 | Change of the corporate name from MERO Germany AG to MERO Germany GmbH |
