Private | |
Industry | Oil and natural gas, Convenience stores |
Founded | 1902 |
Headquarters | Warren, Pennsylvania, United States |
Area served
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Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York |
Key people
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John Catsimatidis (CEO) James E. Murphy (CFO) Myron L. Turfitt (COO) |
Products | Petroleum and derived products |
Revenue |
$3,387,171,000 (2015) 25.6% from 2014 |
$191,468,000 (2015) 273.9% from 2014 |
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$138,027,000 (2015) 176.2% from 2014 |
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Number of employees
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4,587 |
Subsidiaries | Kwik Fill Country Fair, Inc. |
Website | www.urc.com |
The United Refining Company is an oil company in Warren, Pennsylvania. The company operates an oil refinery in Warren that can process 70,000 barrels of oil into gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum distillates per day. It distributes gasoline under the Kwik Fill and Keystone brands.
The United Refining Company was founded in 1902 by Harry Logan, Sr. His son, Harry Logan, Jr., succeeded his father as president and chairman of United Refining in 1957. In 1981, John Catsimatidis acquired United Refining as a subsidiary of his Red Apple Group.
The refinery was expanded from 60,000 barrels per day (9,500 m3/d) to 65,000 barrels per day (10,300 m3/d) in 1982. It was expanded again to have a processing capacity of 70,000 barrels per day (11,000 m3/d) in 2007. The employees of the Warren refinery are represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers.
United Refining acquired the rights to use the name Citgo in 2002 when it bought a local gas station and convenience store chain called Country Fair, Inc. in Erie, Pennsylvania which included a license agreement to use "Citgo's brands, trademarks and other forms of identification."
After Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's speech to the United Nations, there were calls to boycott the Citgo brand. In response, URC began phasing out that brandname, and has been emphasizing that its crude oil supply comes from North America. URC also continued rebranding its product under the Kwik Fill and other local names.
United Refining blends ethanol with its gasoline in accordance with the Energy Policy Act.