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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Oil and petroleum |
| Founded | Irving filling station: April 1924 Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada Irving Oil Company: February 1929 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Founder | K. C. Irving |
| Headquarters | Irving Oil Home Office Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Key people | James K. Irving Arthur Irving John E. Irving |
| Products | Fuels, Lubricants, Petrochemicals |
| Parent | Irving Group of Companies |
| Website | www |
Irving Oil Ltd. is a Canadian privately-owned intergenerational gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company, a subsidiary of the parent company Irving Group of Companies,[1]—one of the largest "private conglomerates" in North America.[2] Irving Oil was one established in 1924 by Canadian oil baron and billionaire, Kenneth "K.C." Irving, whose family fortune when he died in 1992 was estimated by Forbes at USD$5 billion.[2] His son, Arthur, became chairman and president of Irving Oil. Arthur Irving died in 2024[1]
Irving Oil operates Canada's largest refinery, the Irving Oil Refinery, in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Ireland's only refinery, in Whitegate, County Cork, as well as a network of gasoline stations, fleet of oil tankers, real estate and other related assets. Irving Oil's Home Office is located in Uptown Saint John and was officially opened in 2019.
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- ^ a b The staff (December 14, 1992). "Canadian Billionaire K.C. Irving Dies; Ran Oil, Newspaper Empire". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. Retrieved December 31, 2022.