brand see gulf oil . gulf oil limited partnership type subsidiary of arclight capital partners industry petroleum predecessor gulf oil founded 1901 1993 headquarters framingham massachusetts united states number of locations 2 300 2015 area served united states east coast key people jerry ashcroft president and ceo products fuels lubricants greases marine lubricants website www.gulfoil.com gulf oil lp is a major american oil company formed when cumberland farms acquired the naming rights to the gulf oil brand from chevron in the united states in 1986 . by 2010 cumberland acquired all rights to the brand in the us making it the sole owner and marketer in the country . once based in chelsea then newton gulf oil lp shared its headquarters with cumberland farms in framingham massachusetts . in 2015 cumberland sold the company to arclight capital partners and moved the company to its own office in wellesley hills massachusetts . 1 history edit a gulf station cobranded with 7 eleven in ellwood city pennsylvania standalone gulf station in houston in 1986 convenience store operator cumberland farms purchased a license for north american rights to the gulf brand from chevron . chevron still owned the gulf brand but made little use of it by 2006 . cumberland farms then operated about 500 gas stations 20 refined petroleum terminals ; it was licensed to use gulf trademarks and names in 11 states . in 1993 cumberland farms entered a joint venture with catamount petroleum lp forming gulf oil limited partnership with cumberland owning a two thirds interest . 2 cumberland since acquired the company in full . then there were some independently owned franchises operating under the gulf brand in north america including american refining group which is licensed by chevron to blend and distribute gulf branded lubricants . 3 gulf oil has sponsored major sporting events in new york city boston manchester philadelphia and pittsburgh . citation needed in june 2008 gulf had 1800 stations in the northeastern us ; gulf oil lp agreed to supply the approximately 600 exxon stations in new england and new york in a deal with conocophillips . the deal included cumberland farms buying 200 exxon stations but intended to keep the name . 4 that month the boston globe reported that gulf oil lp which had purchased the delivery contracts for over 500 exxon stations in 2003 after the exxonmobil merger required divestment wanted to buy mobil branded company owned stations in the northeast . 5 exxonmobil sold 820 owned and operated stations plus about 1400 leased stations . 6 then gulf was the only large local brand in new england where it had 2000 stations supplying about 500 stations with other names for a market share of 10 percent . 5 the 2003 deal gave gulf oil exclusive rights to the exxon name in new york and new england until february 2010 when exxon would be dropped . however in 2008 gulf oil decided to stop using the exxon name in february 2009 asking independent stations to switch to gulf . the enterprise of brockton massachusetts reported in april 2008 that verc enterprises would change 14 exxon stations in massachusetts and new hampshire to gulf but not its five mobils . massachusetts turnpike authority announced in summer 2007 a switch of eleven former exxon stations on the massachusetts turnpike to gulf 7 and in 2009 the same change was extended to 158 cumberland farms owned stations the globe said . gulf supplied 300 other exxons of which 200 would likely change to gulf . 5 many of the former exxon stations feature a rectangular logo that fit into the existing sign standards used by exxon . gulf refers to the look as its sunrise imaging . furthering public exposure in 2009 the clothing store chain old navy began selling t shirts bearing the old gulf logo along with the former logos of standard oil and chevron . citation needed in december 2009 chevron usa announced it would no longer serve 1100 stations in 13 states . 8 on january 12 2010 after using the name since 1986 the gulf oil partnership acquired all right title and interest in the gulf brand name in the united states 9 and announced plans to expand the use of the gulf brand beyond eleven states from ohio to delaware and northeastward . chevron usa had the rights to the gulf name elsewhere but used chevron or texaco in those areas . the first areas where gulf would expand would be those chevron and texaco stations included in the 2009 announcement . later the pantry of cary north carolina would likely consider the gulf name according to gulf oil coo ron sabia though pantry officials did not comment on such a possibility . 8 on march 10 2010 gulf oil announced an agreement with somerset petroleum to change nine stations to gulf five of them chevron giving kentucky its first gulf stations since 1990 . 10 gulf oil formed a partnership with milo cockerham inc. to return the gulf name to virginia for the first time since 1986 . chevron stations in the southwestern part of the state will make the change in july 2010 . 11 as of may 2013 gulf oil lp has locations in arkansas connecticut delaware the district of columbia florida georgia indiana kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota missouri new hampshire new jersey new york north carolina ohio pennsylvania puerto rico rhode island south carolina tennessee texas vermont virginia and west virginia . 12 13 14 15 in december 2015 arclight capital partners purchased gulf oil lp from cumberland farms . gulf oil offers residential and commercial electric service for residents in new york and five new england states connecticut maine massachusetts rhode island and new hampshire . 16 references edit pr newswire arclight capital partners affiliate acquires gulf oil lp golp website details of golp operation american refining group lubes website cumberland farms and gulf oil limited partnership acquire the exxon branded distribution business assets from conocophillips . business 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