In 1999, Gulf Oil Limited Partnership, a licensee of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (the owner of the Gulf^® trademark), appointed American Refining Group, Inc. (ARG) as Master Distributor of Gulf Lubricants for an eleven state area in the northeast.

Gulf Lubricants are aggressively marketed through ARG, in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the New England territory. The American Refining Group, Inc. refinery in Bradford, Pennsylvania is a fully integrated blending and packaging facility, providing the highest quality products refined from 100% Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil. The quality process can be traced from the well head directly to the finished packaged product. In fact, for over 120 years the ARG refinery has maintained its reputation of manufacturing the highest quality products refined from 100% Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil. Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil is free of asphalt constituents. Sulfur and nitrogen are present in only trace amounts. Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil has a natural high viscosity index which makes it an excellent choice for being refined into lubricating base stocks. Lubricants formulated from Pennsylvania Grade Base Stocks have been the choice of equipment manufacturers for over 100 years.

As a testimony to our commitment to quality, the Bradford Refinery, as well as our Blending and Packaging Operations were the first lubricant facility in the United States to be ISO 9002 certified. As of October 1, 2003 our certification has been updated to ISO 9001:2000 continuing to show customers our unending commitment to quality and improvement.