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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Oil and petroleum |
Founded | Irving filling station: April 1924 Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada Irving Oil Company: February 1929 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Founder | K. C. Irving |
Headquarters | Irving Oil Home Office Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Key people | James K. Irving Arthur Irving John E. Irving |
Products | Fuels, Lubricants, Petrochemicals |
Parent | Irving Group of Companies |
Website | www |
Irving Oil Ltd. is a Canadian privately-owned intergenerational gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company, a subsidiary of the parent company Irving Group of Companies,[1]—one of the largest "private conglomerates" in North America.[2] Irving Oil was one established in 1924 by Canadian oil baron and billionaire, Kenneth "K.C." Irving, whose family fortune when he died in 1992 was estimated by Forbes at USD$5 billion.[2] His son, Arthur, became chairman and president of Irving Oil.[1]
Irving Oil operates Canada's largest refinery, the Irving Oil Refinery, in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Ireland's only refinery, in Whitegate, County Cork, as well as a network of gasoline stations, fleet of oil tankers, real estate and other related assets. Irving Oil's Home Office is located in Uptown Saint John and was officially opened in 2019.