SAN ANTONIO -- With a new chief executive firmly in place as it prepares to restart its damaged Anacortes, Wash., refinery, more changes are in the works for San Antonio refiner-marketer Tesoro Corp. It announced late Friday—as reported in a Morgan Keegan/CSP Daily News Flash—that it has agreed to acquire the existing Shell-branded wholesale supply contracts in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Utah and most of Idaho. The acquired contracts represent approximately 300 Shell-branded stations.
"Shell has one of the most recognized retail gasoline brands in the world and we are pleased to expand our usage of the brand," said Everett Lewis, executive vice president and chief operating officer.
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TONAWANDA, N.Y. -- Prime Lube Inc., one of the largest distributors of lubricants and anti-freeze in the Mid-Atlantic, announced today that it has added NOCO Distribution LLC to its list of distributors for its BlueSky Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF). NOCO is now distributing BlueSky throughout all of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as roughly half of Ontario, including the Toronto and Ottawa metropolitan areas.
HOUSTON & ORLANDO, Fla. -- CITGO Petroleum Corp. has unveiled its contemporary new retail street image design to its marketers across the country. The central element of the new modern look features a predominately red triform design on the retail canopy, pump and Quick Lube building. The design was developed in conjunction with CITGO marketers across the network.