22 December 2025 · Amchit, Lebanon
IPT spreads christmas joy to 700 children at Amchit 77 station
IPT Amchit 77 welcomed over 700 children from four NGOs for a festive Christmas celebration, reflecting IPT’s commitment to community, joy, and meaningful social impact.
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Recent announcements.
Insights and official releases from across the ISSA Global family of companies.
ISSA Launches Its Unified Family Identity, Bringing Together Operations, Investment, and Philanthropy Under One Name
ISSA has launched as the unified identity bringing together ISSA Group, ISSA Ventures, and the Michel Issa Foundation under one name, formalizing a family legacy rooted in Lebanon since 1970.
A real energy transformation becomes an academic case IPT’s evolution is now being studied in business schools Energy
A new teaching case explores how IPT evolved from a traditional fuel distributor into an integrated energy group, showing how governance, leadership, and long-term strategy can drive sustainable transformation in the energy sector.
IPT spreads christmas joy to 700 children at Amchit 77 station
IPT Amchit 77 welcomed over 700 children from four NGOs for a festive Christmas celebration, reflecting IPT’s commitment to community, joy, and meaningful social impact.
Our Presence
A global energy company.
Active across four countries — explore where the ISSA Group operates and the sites that anchor each market.
Select a country on the map to zoom in and explore our presence there.
From the Family
A family enterprise, in three chapters.
Our story began with a single station in Amchit and a conviction that businesses, well run, can serve more than themselves. Five decades on, that conviction still shapes how we operate, how we invest, and how we give back. We carry it forward not as a slogan, but as a way of working.
— The Issa Family
Read Our StoryThe ISSA Global Family of Companies
One family. Three missions.
ISSA Global is organised around three distinct entities, each with its own leadership, mandate, and rhythm — held together by shared values and a single family heritage.
ISSA Group
Built on energy.
An integrated platform of operating companies across the energy value chain — trading, distribution, storage, aviation services, and clean-energy infrastructure — active in Lebanon, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.
Explore ISSA Group
02ISSA Ventures
Patient capital.
The family's private investment arm. ISSA Ventures takes a long view across selective opportunities, working quietly alongside trusted operators and partners.
Learn About Ventures
03Michel Issa Foundation
Local development, lasting impact.
An independent NGO founded in 2012 to honour the legacy of Michel Issa, working across Lebanon to advance education, livelihoods, and environmental stewardship in the towns the family knows best.
Visit the Foundation
ISSA Global at a Glance
Five decades of building, in numbers.
From a single service station in Amchit to a multi-country group, the figures below describe where ISSA Global stands today.
55
Years since founding
4
Countries of operation
680
People across the group
1970
Year established
ISSA Group
An integrated energy platform.
ISSA Group brings together seven operating companies across trading, distribution, storage, aviation services, and clean energy — anchored in Lebanon and active across the wider region.
- Energy trading and supply
- Fuel distribution and retail networks
- Storage and logistics terminals
- Aviation fuel services
- Clean-energy and EV infrastructure
Sustainability
An honest commitment to the transition.
Through IPTEC — our applied research centre — and investments in EV charging, solar, and biofuels, ISSA Group is shaping the next chapter of its energy business with the same discipline that built the first.
Our Sustainability CommitmentMichel Issa Foundation
Where the family's gratitude takes form.
Across more than a hundred towns in Lebanon, MIF works in partnership with municipalities, universities, and local actors to advance education, livelihoods, and the environment.
40+
Projects
110+
Towns reached
11,000+
Direct beneficiaries
A Long Horizon
Moments that shaped ISSA.
1970
Michel Issa opens his first service station in Amchit.
1990
The Amchit terminal is built — a step into integrated infrastructure.
2011
Strategic partnership begins with TotalEnergies.
2012
The Michel Issa Foundation is established.
2021
Regional expansion begins, starting in the UAE.
2025
Operations now span four countries across the region.
A conversation begins here.
Whether you are a partner, a peer, or simply curious about how ISSA Global works, we welcome the chance to connect.