Irving Oil

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Irving Oil is a Canadian company with headquarters in Saint John, New Brunswick. Its business areas include: oil production and processing, natural gas production and processing, petroleum sales. It is part of the Canadian conglomerate JD Irving.

History

Kenneth Colin (KC ) Irving founded the company in 1924 at age 25. The first gas station was located in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. 1924 opened Iriving a Ford dealership in Saint John. The company expanded into the Atlantic provinces of Canada during the thirties. 1940 to 1949 was followed by further expansion in Quebec and Newfoundland, as well as in 1972 in Maine. Together with the Standard Oil of California 1960 the refinery Staint John built. 1970, the first deep-water port for Eröl was opened in the Western Hemisphere in Saint John County. In 1977 the company began with the sale of lead-free gasoline at its stations. The late nineties, the company became the first oil company in North America, a new Benzingemsich a low sulfur content. 2009, the deep-water port in Staint John has been extended to a terminal for natural gas.

The company is one of the few companies in Canada and the U.S., which supports the Kyoto Protocol.

Divisions

Oil production and processing

The company operates the largest oil refinery in Saint John Canada with 300,000 barrels of units per day.

Natural gas production and processing

Petroleum distribution

Distribution area are the Atlantic Provinces, Eastern Quebec and Northern New England with some 769 service stations and shops. Irving maintains a fleet of trucks, which were painted in a distinctive golden yellow since the 1970s. Since the 2000s, the cab and the trailer is painted white. With these tankers the company's own retail network in the region is supplied through a network of fuel depots. In addition, Irving Oil operates a fleet of ocean tankers. Major partner is TransCanada, through its pipelines, crude oil is transported.

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Canaport LNG terminal near Saint John County, NB

Companies based in Saint John