Refinery

Ballsh Refinery

ARMO ·Albania, AL ·v1.1

A 20,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Albania, AL, operated by ARMO. Status: closed.

Record

Rated capacity
20,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Status
Closed
Operator
ARMO
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/armo-albania
Coordinates
40.6000, 19.7300

Notes

News from September 2023 indicates the refinery was sold for scrap to cover ARMO's debts, and January 2023 report mentions conversion to solar plant, contradicting the April 2025 resumption claim in database. The September 2023 scrap sale is definitive evidence of closure that predates the alleged 2025 restart. Database record appears to contain unverified or false information about April 2025 operations.

What coverage reports

2,520 days since one was reported

The oil refinery in Ballsh is closed, a thousand workers are protesting
2019-09-27 · 1 publisher filed it

0 reported in 12 months
2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

17 records11 Nov 2016 to 25 Mar 2026General 11 · Operations 2 · Expansion 2 · Conflict 1
  1. General Low
    780 employees of the Ballsh oil refinery protest in front of the municipality: 5 months without salary, the government should intervene
    Balkanweb.com · matched ballsh
  2. General Low
    CVMR Set to Revolutionize Albania’s Industrial Landscape with Country’s First Environmentally-Neutral Nickel Refinery
    InvestorNews · matched albania
  3. General Low
    Ballsh oil refinery workers in protest over belated wages
    Tirana Times · matched ballsh
  4. General Low
    Oil refinery in Ballsh in Albania to be turned into 100 MW solar power plant
    Balkan Green Energy News · matched albania, ballsh
  5. General Low
    The ruin of a city: The government "turned a blind eye" to the sale of the Ballsh refinery for scrap
    Citizens.al · matched ballsh
  6. General Low
    Ballsh Oilmen Protest against Refinery’s Dismantling despite Bad Weather
    Albania Daily News · matched ballsh
  7. General Low
    Azerbaijan Promises to Help Resolving Ballsh Refinery Problem
    Albanian Daily News · matched ballsh
  8. Operations Low
    The oil refinery in Ballsh is closed, a thousand workers are protesting
    KOHA.net · matched ballsh
  9. General Low
    Albania seeks investors for shuttered Ballsh, Fier refineries
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched albania, ballsh
  10. General Critical
    Albania’s Ballsh refinery shuts down over lack of oil supply deal
    SeeNews · matched albania, ballsh
  11. Expansion Medium
    Gunvor investment in Albania's Tosk Energji to help restart Ballsh oil refinery
    SeeNews · matched albania, ballsh
  12. Operations Low
    Ballsh refinery closed, ARMO now owned by a private bank
    top-channel.tv + 1 other outlet · matched ballsh
  13. Expansion Low
    Fier Refinery sold, while ARMO keeps the Ballsh Refinery and its debts
    top-channel.tv + 1 other outlet · matched ballsh
  14. General Low
    Ballsh Refinery, Bankers responds to IRTC: Financial obligations have not been fulfilled
    Balkanweb.com · matched ballsh
  15. General Low
    Problems at Ballsh refinery, IRTC company: No oil supply
    Balkanweb.com · matched ballsh
  16. Conflict High
    Without receiving November salaries, Ballsh Refinery employees go on strike
    Balkanweb.com · matched ballsh
  17. Incident Critical
    Worker Dies in Oil Refinery Blast in Albania
    Balkan Insight · matched albania

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.