verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message getty petroleum marketing type private founded 1942 headquarters east meadow new york key people j. paul getty founder products gasoline oil and service mart website www.gettyoil.com getty oil is an american oil marketing company with its origins as part of the large integrated oil company founded by the father of j. paul getty . as of 2012 certain stations have been closed or sold to other brands . however some stations still exist across the nation today . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in cheshire connecticut a cheshire getty roadside gasoline station . starting in 1949 j. paul getty negotiated a series of lucrative oil leases with saudi arabia and kuwait . gordon getty and his family inherited a 40 % interest in the company when j. paul getty died in 1976 . 1 in 1984 after entering into a binding agreement to sell getty and its 2.3 billion barrel stockpile of proven oil reserves to pennzoil heir gordon getty struck a dramatic deal to sell the company to texaco . 2 on november 19 1985 in the case of texaco inc. v. pennzoil co. pennzoil won a us 10.53 billion verdict against texaco in the largest civil verdict in u.s. history as a result of the violation of the binding agreement . 3 while the reserves were sold only some of the refineries changed hands and getty continued to exist as a downstream entity . getty gas stations in the northeast were sold off as a condition of the buyout . the company became known as getty petroleum marketing inc. citation needed getty petroleum marketing was sold to lukoil and mobil in certain areas and then in 2011 to norwegian investors before filing for bankruptcy protection in 2013 . 4 the australian company westerhoudt ag run by olaf westerhoudt acquired the rights to the getty oil name in 2007 for an undisclosed amount . at one point getty oil owned a majority stake of espn before it was sold to the american broadcasting company in 1984 . see also edit chevrontexaco lukoil references edit where the getty family fortune came from whitefield debra . the deal how getty ended up with texaco la times january 19 1986 . accessed august 30 2016 . lewin tamar . pennzoil texaco fight raised key questions the new york times december 19 1987 . accessed august 30 3016 . getty petroleum creditors sue former owners for 6 million external links edit getty s official site westerhoudt s official site v t e convenience stores v t e major convenience stores in africa kenya national oil morocco mini brahim south africa sasol spar zimbabwe spar express v t e major convenience stores in asia east 759 store 7 eleven circle k circle k sunkus cu daily yamazaki familymart gs25 hi life lawson ministop ok mart parknshop express poplar spar storyway vango with me southeast 108 shop 7 eleven 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