through 1992 new logo used since 1992 type public nyse cog industry oil & gas founded 1932 headquarters naperville illinois united states website www.clarkbrands.com former clark building with miller lite sign originally the headquarters for the clark oil and refining company . clark brands formerly clark oil began as clark s super gas and was a 20th century oil company headquartered in milwaukee wisconsin . founded by emory t. clark in 1932 as a single filling station on the corner of 60th st. and greenfield ave. in west allis clark super gas sold only premium gasoline . unlike most contemporary service stations clark stations did not offer mechanical maintenance and tire changing . in 1943 the company moved into refining oil . by the mid 1950s the company operated nearly 500 gas stations throughout the midwest with locations in california florida illinois indiana iowa michigan minnesota missouri ohio and wisconsin . from 1948 to 1950 clark super gas sponsored the milwaukee clarks a minor league ice hockey team in the international hockey league . clark station in prescott michigan formerly citgo at its height in the 1970s clark oil was the largest independent oil refiner and marketer in the midwest with 1 489 stations and two refineries one in blue island illinois and the other in hartford illinois . the average clark station sold twice the number of gallons as the national average and its emphasis on premium gasoline gave the company a high profit margin . emory clark sold his interest in the company in 1981 to apex oil a st. louis missouri based company . in 1985 apex decided to sell clark oil . by 1987 clark and apex were bankrupt . 1 in 1992 a division of toronto based horsham corp. bought clark oil and refining which included the two refineries and around 1 000 gas stations . the company s name was changed to clark refining and marketing . 1 horsham expanded the company buying a lima ohio refinery from bp and a port arthur texas refinery from chevron . horsham became trizechahn and then sold 80 % of clark to the blackstone group another investment firm and another portion to occidental petroleum . 1 in 1999 the company sold its retail unit and rebranded itself as premcor . in 2001 many clark stations in southeast michigan were closed permanently . in 2003 clark brands llc was formed and purchased the clark brand and other portions of the clark business with a primary goal to license the clark brand to independent operators . 2 clark gas stations are now operating throughout 28 states with over 700 branded locations some with convenience stores under the on the go name . 3 4 references edit a b c premcor . answers.com . retrieved 2012 08 12 . title unknown . archived from the original on february 24 2009 . title unknown . archived from the original on february 24 2009 . clark brands llc . clark brands llc . retrieved 2012 08 12 . unreliable source v t e convenience stores v t e major convenience stores in africa kenya national oil 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