| 词条 | Lion Oil |
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| name = Lion Oil | logo = LionOilLogo.jpg | type = | slogan = | foundation = 1922 | location = Brentwood, Tennessee | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = Petroleum Products | products = Petrochemical | homepage = www.lionoil.com }}Lion Oil Company was established in 1922. Thomas Harry (Colonel) Barton was instrumental in the development of the company.[1] In 1955, Lion Oil was sold to the Monsanto Company along with what is now El Dorado Chemical Company. Lion Oil is the only oil refinery Monsanto has owned.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} Lion Oil was later sold by Monsanto to Tosco.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} In 1985, Lion was struggling and on the verge of shutting down and was sold by Tosco to a partnership of Ergon Refining of Jackson, Mississippi, and a group of local investors. This is how it acquired the oil refinery in El Dorado, Arkansas.[2] In March 2011, Delek US Holdings, Inc. of Brentwood, Tennessee acquired Ergon’s 53.7% majority equity interest; total equity ownership by Delek increased to 88.3%; on April 29, 2011 Delek US became the new operator of Lion Oil.[3] In October 2011, Delek US Holdings, Inc. acquired the remaining 11.7% interest to increase its equity interest in Lion Oil to 100%.[4] Lion Oil continues as a petroleum supplier with its headquarters in Brentwood. References1. ^{{Cite web |publisher= The Encyclopedia of Arkansas |title= Thomas Harry Barton (1881–1960) |url= http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1586 |accessdate=2009-02-12}} 2. ^About Lion Oil undated, Quote "El Dorado Refinery (acquired in 1985)" 3. ^majority equity interest announcement Delek US Holding, March 2011 4. ^remaining equity interest Delek US, April 2011 External links
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