MARATHON OIL SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

Lincoln Oil Refining Co. Purchased by Ohio Oil in 1924 and served as the primary brand until about 1939,

Red Fox Oil Co. Purchased by Linco in 1928 and rebranded Linco at that time

Transcontinental Oil Co. Purchased by Ohio Oil in 1930 and kept separate from Linco until 1936. Marathon had replace Linco by WW2.

Tower Oil Co. Purchased and rebranded Marathon in 1958.

Aurora Gasoline Co. A Detroit refiner and marketer that introduced the “Speedway” brand in the early 1930's. The company’s premium product, “Speedway 79 Stratofuel” was introduced before WW2. From the war’s end until 1962 “Speedway 79" was the primary brand name. In 1959 Marathon purchased Aurora Gasoline Co. And the Speedway 79 logo was redesigned and gas pump globes were eliminated at this time. The Speedway brand was replaced by Marathon in 1962 only to reemerge in 1975 with Emro marketing Speedway and Starvin Marvin C-stores.

Old Dutch refining Co. Founded in 1930, Old Dutch was purchased by Aurora Gasoline Co. In the late 1950's.

Republic Oil Co. Dating from early 1923, Republic was a successor of Riverside Oil Co...originator of the “Marathon” trademark. By the 1950's the corporate name was Plymouth Oil Co. And Marathon purchased the operation in 1962.

Hi-Way Republic secondary brand.

Bonded An affiliate of Gaseteria-Bonded, Bonded of Ohio remained independent after Gaseteria-Bonded sold out to Esso’s Oklahoma division in 1957. Marathon purchased Bonded in 1975 and the name has remained in use at many locations today.

Consolidated. Purchased by Marathon in 1972 and rebranded Speedway in 1982.

Gastown of Delaware. Cleveland marketer purchased by Marathon in 1971.

Checker Oil Co. A collection of Chicago area brands, the Checker name replaced “Chief” and Road Chief” in 1968. Checker purchased the SunGlo operation in 1970 and converted those stations to the Checker brand. In 1976, Checker, then 50% owned by Exxon, purchased the Imperial refineries operations. Imperial remained a separate brand until 1983 merger with Marathon/Emro. Emro replaced most of the Imperial brand eith Ecol after 1984.

Imperial Refineries. Founded in 1915 as a refininer/marketer throughout the Midwest and South.