Giant Industries
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Giant Industries is an oil refinery
company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona
.
It owns three refineries, located at Bloomfield, NM
, Gallup, NM
, and Grafton, VA
. Giant also owns a crude oil pipeline in New Mexico, a fleet of oil truck transports, and service stations
in New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona.
Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining
in 2007.
Oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas...
company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...
.
It owns three refineries, located at Bloomfield, NM
Bloomfield, New Mexico
Bloomfield is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,420 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bloomfield is located at ....
, Gallup, NM
Gallup, New Mexico
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 20,209 people, 6,810 households, and 4,869 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,513.7 people per square mile...
, and Grafton, VA
Grafton, Virginia
Grafton is a community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula.- Landmarks :Grafton is home to local landmarks such as the Grafton High/Middle School complex, Pop's Drive In, and Snozone.- History :...
. Giant also owns a crude oil pipeline in New Mexico, a fleet of oil truck transports, and service stations
Filling station
A filling station, also known as a fueling station, garage, gasbar , gas station , petrol bunk , petrol pump , petrol garage, petrol kiosk , petrol station "'servo"' in Australia or service station, is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants...
in New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona.
Giant Industries was acquired by Western Refining
Western Refining
Western Refining Company, L.P. is an independent crude oil refiner and marketer headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Western Refining Company operates primarily in the Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Western Refining has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange...
in 2007.