{{Short description|Petroleum company based in the Netherlands}} {{Multiple issues| {{Refimprove|article|date=March 2011}} {{update|date=May 2013}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Argos Energies Ltd. | logo = | caption = | trading_name = <!-- d/b/a/, doing business as - if different from legal name above --> | former type = | type = | traded_as = | industry = Oil and gas | fate = | predecessor = Van der Sluijs Groep<br/>Goudvoort<br/>Argos Oil<br/>FNR+ Holding<br/>North Sea Group | successor = | foundation = <!-- City, Country ({{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}) --> | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Rotterdam | location_country = Netherlands | area_served = | key_people = | products = Refined products | production = | services = Energy trading | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://argos.nl/}} | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} '''Argos Energies Ltd.''' is an independent oil company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The company also operates in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and France.

'''Argos Oil''' was founded in 1983 by Peter Goedvolk, who led it as CEO. It merged with North Sea Group on 25 October 2011, and in March 2012 '''Argos North Sea Group''' was founded. Since then, the new company has been the major sponsor of Argos-Shimano, a professional Dutch cycling team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/argos-shimano-cycling-team-presented-in-rotterdam|first=Daniel|last=Benson|title=Argos-Shimano cycling team presented in Rotterdam|date=30 March 2012|accessdate=30 March 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}</ref>

In 2015, Argos merged with VARO Energy, a company associated with Vitol.<ref name="varo020915"> {{cite press release | publisher = Varo Energy | title = Argos and VARO Energy complete merger and acquire full ownership of Rhytank AG | url= https://varoenergy.com/en/news/argos-and-varo-energy-complete-merger-and-acquire | date = 2 September 2015 | access-date = 21 August 2021}} </ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.argos.nl}}

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