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Greka company history timeline

1999

Grewal formed Greka Energy by combining these entities in 1999.

As of 1999, Greka had holdings in Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, and China, in addition to oil fields and other facilities in California, Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.

In 1999, Greka acquired the refinery along with Saba's other assets as part of its acquisition of Saba.

2000

In an October 2000 interview with The Wall Street Transcript, Randeep Grewal stated that the company's motto was "Working for Profits".

2002

Greka acquired it in 2002 with the purchase of Rincon Island Ltd.

2003

In 2003, Randeep Grewal acquired all outstanding shares of the company for $6.25 per share or $32 million.

2005

In November 2005, Saba Enterprises filed bankruptcy.

2008

Greka appointed former Greka CFO, Andrew deVegvar as president in January 2008.

Also in early January 2008, Greka through Rincon Partnership voluntarily shut down the causeway leading to the Rincon Island facility so that it could repair damage to the pilings caused by the El Nino storms.

On August 20, 2008, Greka settled a lawsuit brought from the trustees of the owners of the mineral rights to several leases on the Cat Canyon Field.

2009

At the beginning of 2009, there were 20 active oil wells within the approximately 1.5-acre (6,100 m) area enclosed by the berm.

2011

The entity which resulted from this merger was named "Greka Energy", a name which it retained until 2011.

2016

Rincon Island Limited Partnership, the subsidiary of the company that held the assets in Rincon Island, filed bankruptcy in 2016 to block California from forcing the company to perform extensive remediation on its wells amid environmental concerns.

2017

In December 2017, the bankruptcy trustee gave ownership of the property to the state via quitclaim deed.

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