List of automotive fuel retailers explained
This is a list of notable automotive fuel retailers ("petrol" or "gasoline", "diesel", etc.) and their controlling oil companies.The format of this page is based on current ownership and where they largely operate:
- Parent company
- Children (acquired companies and notable brands)
A
- Access Fuels — Australia
- Admiral Oil Co. — Michigan
- Akwa Group — Morocco
- Aldrees — Saudi Arabia
- Alliance — Russia[1]
- Allied Petroleum — Pakistan[2]
- Allied Petroleum - New Zealand
- Aloha Petroleum — Hawaii
- Alon — United States
- Amerika — South Florida, U.S.
- Amic Energy — Poland and Ukraine
- Amoco — United States
- Ampol — Australia
- Ampride — United States
- ANCAP — Uruguay
- APCO — Australia
- Anonima Petroli Italiana — Italy
- APCO — Midwest, U.S.
- Applegreen - Republic of Ireland, UK and the U.S.
- Argos — Netherlands
- Asda — United Kingdom
- Askar Oil — Pakistan[3]
- Atlantsolía — Iceland[4]
- Attock Petroleum — Pakistan and Afghanistan[5]
- Auchan — France, Hungary, Poland and Portugal
- Avia International — Pan-European
- Axion Energy — Argentina[6]
- Azpetrol — Azerbaijan[7]
- Al-Osais Petroleum — Saudi Arabia
- ARCO Southwest - New York
B
- Bapco — Bahrain
- Bates Oil — Ireland
- Bemol — Moldova
- Best — Norway
- Bharat Petroleum — India
- BP (advertising tagline "Beyond Petroleum"; initials stood for British Petroleum, but with the merger of Amoco in 1998, BP is the actual corporate name)
- Amoco — United States, was used as a fuel grade until BP brought it back as a fuel brand in 2017
- Aral — Germany, Luxembourg
- Burmah — former gasoline brand used in the UK, Australia and Belgium
- Sohio — former gasoline brand, now used as a marine fuel brand in Ohio
- bft — Germany
- Buc-ee's — United States
- Budget Petrol — Australia
- BWOC — UK
- By-Macken — Sweden
C
- Canadian Tire Petroleum — Canada
- Cango Incorporated — small Canadian petroleum group, partners with Esso Imperial Oil
- Carrefour — France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland and Romania
- Casino — France
- Cepsa — Spain, Andorra, Morocco and Portugal
- Certified — independent brand based in Columbus, Ohio, United States, selling fuel under the Certified brand; also sells fuel at select stations under the Marathon and Sunoco brands
- Challenge — New Zealand
- Chevron — international
- Astron Energy — South Africa
- Chevron — United States, Canada, and Mexico[8]
- Caltex — Asia, Africa, New Zealand
- Texaco — Europe, United States and Latin America
- China National Petroleum Corporation — China
- CHS
- Cenex — United States, mainly midwestern, western and southwest regions
- Classic Tankstellen — Germany
- Circle K
- Ingo — Denmark and Sweden
- Citgo
- Clark; United States: now a licensed brand only[9]
- Coastal — Panama; also owns Delta; Coastal name being phased out in most US States
- Combustia — Switzerland
- Conad — Italy
- Conoco
- Coop — Italy
- Coop — Switzerland
- Copec — Chile
- Cosan — Brazil; acquired Esso's Brazilian distribution business and is slowly phasing in its own brand
- Cosmo Oil — Japan
- Costco Gasoline — next to many Costco stores
- CountryMark — Indiana
- CPC Corporation — Taiwan
- Crevier — Canada
- Crystal Flash Petroleum — United States (Indiana)[10]
- Cupet — Cuba
- Casey's — Texas
D
E
- E.Leclerc — France and Poland
- Eastern Petrolum — Philippines
- EG3 — Argentina; Isaura, Astra and Puma merged in 1996 to create the brand
- EG Group - UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Australia and the United States
- EG Australia — Australia; petrol supplied by Caltex Lubricants and fluids by Havoline
- Elton Oil — Senegal
- Emo — Ireland
- Eneos (Nippon Oil Corporation) — Japan and China
- Engen — South Africa
- Eni — Italy, Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Switzerland and Spain
- Eroski — Northern Spain
- EsclatOil — Catalonia, Spain
- EuroOil — Czech Republic
- ExxonMobil
- Esso — Worldwide, mainly Europe and Asia
- Esso/Imperial Oil — Canada
- Exxon — United States
- Mobil — United States, Canada, Colombia, Australia, Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria and New Zealand, formerly in Hong Kong, Japan and Malaysia
F
G
- Galp — Portugal
- Gas America — United States; Indiana and Ohio[11]
- Gasoline Alley Services (G.A.S) — New Zealand
- Gas Land Petroleum, Inc. Northeast US
- Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc.
- Giant Eagle
- Giant Industries, Inc — southwestern United States
- Conoco (joint alliance to market the Conoco gasoline brand) — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah
- Giant — Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico
- Mustang — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah
- Glusco — Ukraine
- GS Caltex — South Korea and China
- Gulf Oil — Northeastern US (by Cumberland Farms); Puerto Rico; Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey, Jordan
- Gull Industries — Pacific Northwest US
- Gull — Washington, Oregon
- Gull Petroleum — Western Australia
- Gull Petroleum — Western Australia, New Zealand (North Island)
- Peak Petroleum — Western Australia
H
I
J
- JOMO — Japan
- Jurki — Slovakia
K
- Kocolene Marketing — United States: Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky
- Fast Max convenience stores
- Kroger — sells under various brands throughout the United States in connection with their grocery and convenience stores such as Kroger, King Soopers, Turkey Hill and Loaf 'n Jug
- Kygnus Oil — Japan
- Kum & Go — Michigan
L
M
- Martin and Bayley
- Mariposa Oil- Texas
- Maverik Inc — Western US
- Maxol — Ireland
- McClure Oil Corporation — United States: Indiana[14]
- Meijer — Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky
- Metro Petroleum — Australia
- Migrol — Switzerland
- Minera — Southwest Germany
- Mitsubishi Energy Business Group — Japan[15]
- MOL — Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
- INA — Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
- Slovnaft — Slovakia
- Morrisons — United Kingdom
- Motor Oil Hellas — Greece
- Motul — France
- Murphy Oil
- Murco — United Kingdom
- MurphyUSA — United States, primarily at Wal-Mart locations
- Spur - United States
- Minnoco — Minnsota
N
- N1 — Iceland
- Naftal — Algeria
- National Petroleum — Republic of China (Taiwan)
- National Petroleum[16] - Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
- Neste — Finland
- Nippon Oil — Japan
- NIS — Serbia
- Nordoel (Lother Gruppe) — Northern Germany
- North Atlantic Refining — Newfoundland, Canada
- NAFT — Saudi Arabia
- NPD - New Zealand
O
- Octa+ — Belgium
- OIL! — Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark
- Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) — Pakistan
- OiLibya — UAE, Africa
- OK
- OKQ8 — Sweden, joint venture with Q8
- OK Benzin — Denmark
- OKKO — Ukraine
- Olco — Ontario and Quebec, Canada
- Olerex — Estonia
- Olís — Iceland
- OMV — Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia
- Avanti — Austria, discount brand
- Petrom — Romania, Moldova
- Opet — Turkey
- Orkan Bensín — Iceland[17]
- Oro Negro — Texas
P
- Pacific Pride — United States
- Pakistan Burma Shell (PBS) — Pakistan
- Pakistan Oilfields — Pakistan
- Pakistan Refinery — Pakistan
- Pakistan Standard Oil — Pakistan
- Pakistan State Oil — Pakistan
- Parallel — Ukraine
- Parkland Corporation — Canada
- Paz — Israel
- Pemex — Mexico
- Pertamina — Indonesia
- Petcom [now a subsidiary of Phoenix Fuels<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Petcom-sold-for-J-2-3-billion|title=Petcom sold for J$2.3 billion|last=Limited|first=Jamaica Observer|website=Jamaica Observer|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref>] — Jamaica
- Petro-Canada — Canada
- Petrobras — Brazil
- PetroChina — People's Republic of China
- Petrofina — Belgian company merged with Total in 1999
- Petrol Ofisi — Turkey
- Petrol AD — Bulgaria
- Petrol Group — Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia
- Petróleos de Nicaragua — Nicaragua
- Petroleos de Venezuela
- Petróleos Mexicanos — Mexico
- Petrolina — Cyprus
- PetrolPlaza — Malta
- Petrom (subsidiary of Holsatek Group) — Morocco
- Petron — Philippines
- Petronas — Malaysia
- Petronic — Nicaragua
- Petroperú — Peru
- Phillips 66
- Phoenix — Philippines
- Pilot Corporation — United States
- PKN Orlen — Poland
- Polly — United States
- Preem — Sweden
- Primax — Peru
- Prista Oil — Bulgaria
- Prio Energy — Portugal
- PTT Station — Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
- Puma Energy — Singapore, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Switzerland, South Africa, Puerto Rico
- Petromin — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Q
- Q1 — Germany
- Q8 — Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark and Spain
- Qstar — Sweden
- QuickChek — New Jersey, New York
- QuikStop — Western United States[18]
- QuikTrip — Midwestern and Southern United States, Arizona
R
- RaceTrac Petroleum — southeastern United States
- Red Barn (Gas Barn) — United States, Indiana, was part of Tire Barn,[19] sold to Gas America
- Refinor — Argentina (only available in the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero and Córdoba)
- Reitangruppen
- Uno-X — Denmark and Norway
- YX Energi — Denmark and Norway, formerly known as Hydro Texaco
- Reliance Industries — India
- Repsol — Spain, Portugal and Andorra
- Rickers — United States — Indiana[20]
- Rocket X Fuel — midwest United States (now defunct), notable for red Xs on fencing surrounding the station
- Rompetrol — Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and Georgia
- Royal Farms — Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
- Runes Bensin — Sweden
- Rutter's — Pennsylvania
S
- S Group
- Sainsbury's — United Kingdom
- Sasol — South Africa
- Saudi Aramco — Saudi Arabia
- Seaoil — Philippines
- SEO — Finland
- 7-Eleven
- Sheetz — Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina
- Shell
- Shell — United States, BeNeLux
- Shell Australia — Australia
- Sinclair — Western and Central U.S.
- Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) — Singapore
- Sinopec — China
- SK Energy — South Korea
- SK Gas — South Korea
- SOCAR
- A1 - Austria
- SOCAR - Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine
- SOL PETROLEUM[21] — Barbados
- Solo Oil
- Sonol — Israel
- Speedway — United States
- Speedy Q — Michigan
- Spirit Petroleum — Pennsylvania
- Sprint — Germany
- St1 — Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden
- Stork — Japan
- SuperTest — Indiana
- Swifty — United States, primarily Indiana
- SASCO — Saudi Arabia
- Sunoco — Maine
T
- Tamoil — Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland
- Tanka — Sweden, owned by Renault and Volvo dealers
- Terpel — Colombia
- Tesco — United Kingdom, Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
- Tesoro — United States (acquired by Marathon Petroleum Company)
- ARCO
- Thrifty — California; formerly purchased by ARCO before BP takeover
- United Oil — California
- Shell (under license)
- Tesoro
- USA Gasoline
- Thorntons — Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida
- Tidewater Oil — under the name Tydol and Flying A, bought by Getty
- Tifon — Croatia
- Tirex — Moldova
- TinQ — Netherlands
- TOP — Ireland
- Topaz Energy — Ireland
- Shell (under license)
- Statoil (under license)
- Total — France, plus select countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia
- APCO — United States
- Elf
- Vickers — United States
- Tas'helat — Saudi Arabia
- Tom Thumb
- TPPD — Turkey
- Texaco — Florida
U
V
- Valero — U.S.
- Beacon — U.S.
- Diamond Shamrock — U.S.
- Shamrock — U.S.
- Total — U.S.
- UK Fuels Brand — filling stations still in existence, though company now focuses on fuel cards
- Vento — Moldova
- Vibe Petroleum — Australia
- Vooma — South Africa
W
- Wawa — Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and New Jersey
- Wilsons Gas Stops — Atlantic Canada
- WOG — Ukraine
- WSCO Petroleum — Pacific Northwest US
- Astro — Washington, Oregon
- WDTV — Colorado
- WDTVS Fuel Xpress (sister of WDTv)
- Wafi Energy — Saudi Arabia
Y
- YPF — Argentina, Uruguay and Chile
Z
- Z Energy — New Zealand
- Zenex — South Africa
- Zephyr — United States (Midwest)
- Ziz — Morocco
External links
- The Gas Signs website shows images of many brands of gasoline on service stations, mainly in the US.
- The Petrol Maps website provides a comprehensive list of European brands known to have issued road maps, as well as a summary of some of the larger names not thought to have sold maps.
Notes and references
- http://www.allianceoilco.com/en Alliance Oil Company (НК Альянс)
- Web site: Allied Products – Allied Petroleum.
- Web site: Askar Oil Service Private Limited.
- Web site: Atlantsolía.is. Atlantsolía.is.
- Web site: Home.
- Web site: AXION energy. AXION energy.
- Web site: "Azpetrol Ltd" MMC. www.azpetrol.az.
- Web site: Chevron Brand Coming to Mexico in Late 2017.
- Web site: Home - Clark Brands.
- http://www.crystal-flash.com/ Crystal Flash
- http://gasamerica.com/ Gas America
- Web site: La Gas - El servicio más fácil, amable y rápido de México. lagas.com.mx.
- Web site: Private brand gas gasoline retail stations for independent distributors from Liberty Petroleum. www.libertypetroleum.com.
- Web site: McClure Oil.
- Web site: Our Business. Mitsubishi Corporation.
- Web site: Company Profile - NP. www.np.co.tt. en-US. 2018-07-10.
- Web site: Orkan. www.orkan.is.
- Web site: Home. EG America.
- http://www.tirebarnusa.com/ Tire Barn
- Web site: Home | GetGo Cafe + Market. getgocafe.com.
- Web site: The Sol Group. Welcome to The Sol Group.