Sinclair Oil
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Image:Sinclairlogo.jpg Sinclair Oil is an American petroleum company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1916 by Harry F. Sinclair, the company operates 2,600 gas stations in 22 states in the western U.S. and the Midwest. The company also operates three refineries, two in Wyoming, one in Casper and the other in Sinclair (near Rawlins) and one in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Other operations include 1,000 miles of pipeline. Its logo includes a large green dinosaur.
The company has long history being a fixture on American roads and briefly in other countries with its green dinosaur logo. In 1969, Sinclair Oil Co.was acquired by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) but Federal government anti-trust provisions required the new entity to divest itself of certain of the Sinclair assets. The old Sinclair's east coast operations were sold to BP and a new, independent Sinclair Oil Company was formed by a holding company in 1976. The new company acquired the right to the Sinclair brand and logo and Arco's retail operations in the region between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains.
Sinclair patented the gasoline additive SG-2000. The company also owns the "Little America Hotels & Resorts" group, which owns and operates Sun Valley, Idaho among other properties.
The animatronic family of the TV series Dinosaurs was given the surname "Sinclair" after the oil company. A number of other characters on the show also had names that were petroleum-related references.
See also
- Teapot Dome scandal
- Gas station
- Gasoline
- Petroleum
- List of automotive fuel brands
- OPEC
- List of oil-producing states
- Convenience store