The beginning of the Unipetrol group dates back to 1939, when the development of the STW chemical plant in Záluží u Litvínova was initiated.

In 1996, the Chemopetrol refineries in Litvínov and Kaučuk in Kralupy were separated into a company called Česká rafinérská.

Although the joint privatisation committee suggested the winner should be the British company RotchEnergy, which offered 444 mil.

Agrofert however never paid for the transaction and asked for the privatisation agreement to be terminated; therefore Špidla’s government decided on a new public tender in November 2002.

The government selected only the preliminary offers of the Polish company PKN Orlen (supported by Agrofert), the Hungarian MOL, and Shell for the shortlist.

[4] In April 2015, the transaction related to the purchase of a 32.445% share in Česká rafinérská from the company Eni International B. V. was successfully completed.

[5] In December 2015, Unipetrol RPA, represented on the retail market by the Benzina trademark, entered into an agreement with OMV on the takeover of 68 fuel stations in the Czech Republic.

On a long-term basis, Unipetrol together with its employees gives financial support to non-profit organisations and children’s homes through the collection called Splněná přání (Fulfilled Wishes).

In cooperation with the ecological organisation Alka Wildlife, Unipetrol takes care of the peregrine falcons which nest every year on chimneys in the production complexes in Litvínov, Kralupy nad Vltavou and Neratovice.

The high quality of the extracted floral honey was confirmed by tests run by an accredited laboratory of the Bee Research Institute.

The Unipetrol group includes two research and educational centres oriented towards refinery products (Litvínov) and petrochemical products (Brno) UniCRE - http://www.unicre.cz/ In 2014, the Unipetrol výzkumně vzdělávací centrum, a.s. (UniCRE – research and educational centre) was established at the chemical plant complex in Litvínov.

In addition to researchers, these modern facilities and their state-of-the-art equipment are used by students from the University Centre of UCT Prague.