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Ultramar
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryOil refining and marketing
Founded1961
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Area served
Eastern Canada
Key people
Luka Pejanovic (CEO)
ParentUltramar plc (1961–1991)
Lasmo (1991–1992)
Valero Energy (2001–2013)
CST Brands (2013–2016)
Parkland Fuel (2016–present)
Websitewww.ultramar.ca

Ultramar is an Eastern Canadian gas and home fuel retailer, with its head office located in Montreal, Quebec. Ultramar operates gas stations and home fuel delivery in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada.

History

Jean-Gaulin Refinery in Lévis, Quebec
Ultramar fuel truck in the Toronto area.

Ultramar plc established operations in Canada in 1961. Retail stations were originally branded "Golden Eagle".[1] Its refinery in Lévis, Quebec was built ten years later.[1]

From 1979 to 1996, Ultramar grew by acquiring stations from several other companies, including Canadian fuel marketers Texaco Canada, Gulf Canada, Sergaz, Sunoco and Spur.[1]

In 1981, Ultramar acquired Hanford, California-based Beacon Oil Company. It retained the name.[2]

In 1990, it acquired the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia refinery with the purchase of other assets of Texaco Canada.[1]

In 1991, Lasmo, a British oil company, bought Ultramar plc and in 1992 Lasmo spun off the North American refining and marketing operations which became known as Ultramar Corporation.[3]

In 1994, Ultramar acquired Sergaz (founded in 1971 by André Ducharme) and Sunoco's Quebec gas stations. Some gas stations still operate under Sergaz but most were closed.

In 1996, Ultramar Corporation merged with Diamond Shamrock to form Ultramar Diamond Shamrock.[4]

In 1997, the Sunoco name was withdrawn from Quebec, and all stations converted to the Ultramar brand.

The refinery in Lévis was renamed in honour of retired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock CEO Jean Gaulin in 2001.[1]

On December 31, 2001, Valero Energy Corporation completed its acquisition of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock.[5]

On May 1, 2013, Ultramar was spun off from Valero into CST Brands. Following the 2016 purchase of CST by Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Ultramar brand and most of CST's Canadian assets were acquired by Parkland Fuel.[6][7][8]

Couche-Tard retained 36 Ultramar stations in Atlantic Canada. In June 2018, Couche-Tard and its partner Irving Oil announced that these stations would become Circle K locations with Irving as fuel supplier, and that 13 of them would be sold to Irving outright—with Couche-Tard operating them under a lease as with most other Irving locations.[9][10][11]

In October 2019, Ultramar became part of Parkland's new national loyalty program Journie.[12][13]

Operations

Ultramar was also active in industrial sales and wholesale supply.

Statistics

Ultramar had 983 service stations, 87 truck stop facilities and 169,000 home heating oil customers.[citation needed]

It directly employed 3,600 people and indirectly employed 10,000. The refinery in Lévis produced 265,000 barrels (or 41.5 million litres) per day.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ultramar: Our history Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Doyle, Alan (10 November 2002). "Some Beacon stations reclaimed in deal". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Diamond Shamrock R & M, Inc". Scripophily.
  4. ^ "Ultramar to Buy Gas Retailer for $1.96 Billion". Los Angeles Times. Bloomberg Business News. September 24, 1996. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Valero plans to buy Ultramar Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2001
  6. ^ "Parkland to buy CST's Canadian assets from Couche-Tard in $965-million deal". The Globe and Mail. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  7. ^ "Couche-Tard gets US$4.4-billion deal with CST Brands; Parkland Fuels gets a piece". Canadian Press. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  8. ^ Aug. 22, Greg Lindenberg on; 2016. "Parkland to Acquire Most of CST's Canadian Assets". CSP Daily News. Retrieved 2019-06-30. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "A dozen N.L. Ultramar stations being converted to Irving and Circle K as part of joint venture". The Telegram. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  10. ^ "Irving purchases St. Peters Road Ultramar, rebranding to begin soon". CBC News. July 5, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Intiar, Inda (2018-07-04). "Irving Oil Buys 13 Ultramar Gas Stations Across Atlantic Canada". Huddle. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  12. ^ Healing, Dan (2019-11-05). "The Lower Mainland's sole supplier of motor fuel will be shut down for 8 weeks". British Columbia. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  13. ^ "Parkland partners with CIBC for new rewards program". CCentral. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

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