Lion Oil

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Lion Oil
Industry Petroleum Products
Founded 1922
Headquarters El Dorado, Arkansas
Products Petrochemical
Website www.lionoil.com

Lion Oil Company was established in 1922. Thomas Harry (Colonel) Barton was instrumental in the development of the company.[1]

In 1955, Lion Oil was sold to the Monsanto Company along with what is now El Dorado Chemical Company. Lion Oil is the only oil refinery Monsanto has owned. Lion Oil was later sold by Monsanto to Tosco.

In 1985, Lion was struggling and on the verge of shutting down and was sold by Tosco to a partnership of Ergon Refining of Jackson, Mississippi, and a group of local investors.[2]

Lion Oil continues as a petroleum supplier with its headquarters located in El Dorado, Arkansas.

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Harry Barton (1881–1960)". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas. http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1586. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. ↑ [1]

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