Clipper also distributes fuels to over 280 dealer locations in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, and Florida. Today, Clipper Petroleum operates 25 Clipper stores, 4 Subways, and 2 Bojangles restaurants in its marketing area. Clipper also has added many new-to-industry sites through its wholesale and retail network in the last 10 years In 2009, Clipper significantly increased its footprint in the metro Atlanta market with the purchase of 54 company-operated and dealer-operated stores from bp. Clipper has added many new-to-industry sites in the last 10 years. After the purchase of the ExxonMobil sites, some of those locations were retained as Circle M stores. Over the next few years, Clipper also became Distributors of Shell, CITGO, Chevron, Texaco, and 76 branded fuels.Ĭlipper Petroleum has had a similar growth focus on the convenience store side.
Shortly thereafter, Clipper purchased 16 locations from ExxonMobil, immediately expanding Clipper's presence into Metro Atlanta. In order to maintain the fuels growth they wanted to achieve, Clipper Petroleum became an ExxonMobil Distributor in 2000. Bower and his son were proponents of the major oil brand. Clipper Petroleum continued to grow the Amoco brand (now BP) at its own Circle M stores and at independently operated dealer stores. Stores have continued to be added over the years to give Circle M excellent market recognition in North Georgia. The first store built from the ground up was Circle M #4 in Cumming in 1981. And, in the 80's, the "art" in Mart was dropped to form the name of Circle M. In the late 70's, the store became Circle Mart. The original store was called Circle Amoco because of the street name, Green Street Circle. The first store was located in Gainesville off of Green St. The company started the Circle M Food Shop convenience stores in early 1977. Bower's son, Tom Bower III, joined the company. Clipper Petroleum was selling approximately 300,000 gallons of petroleum products per month. Braff had been employed with Amoco Oil Company and saw this as an opportunity to be in business for themselves. On May 1, 1974, Tom Bower and Robert Braff purchased Clipper Petroleum. Hudgins continued to operate the company from the site adjacent to the railroad tracks off of Myrtle Street in Gainesville. He retired in 1969, and turned the operation of the business over to his right hand man, Curtis Hudgins. Homeyer incorporated as Clipper Petroleum, Inc. He was so impressed by that famous airplane that upon returning to Georgia he renamed his small oil company, Clipper Petroleum.ĭuring the mid-1900's, Clipper served service stations, country stores, farms, and industries in North Georgia. Homeyer took an around the world trip in the famed Pan Am Clipper airplane. All of our port locations are open and eager to serve your needs with the most competitive prices and top-tier customer service.įor specific details regarding supply capabilities in all of Mexico’s major ports, please visit the individual port pages above or contact Clipper Oil today.Clipper Petroleum started operations in 1933 as an Amoco Oil Distributor in Gainesville, Georgia under the name W. Aside from fuels, we proudly supply major branded and unbranded lubricant oils at all major ports throughout Mexico.Ĭlipper Oil has established key supply hubs throughout the Pacific Ocean to serve the fuel and lubricant oil needs of our customers. In addition to world-class fishing, Mexico’s ports are home to luxurious mega yachts and some of the largest cruise liners in the world.Ĭlipper Oil recognizes that operators of fishing boats, ocean-going yachts, cruise ships, cargo ships, military/government/research vessels and power plants need a reliable supplier of marine fuels and lubricant oils, and that’s where we come in.Ĭlipper Oil’s product line of fuel products includes Marine Gas Oil (MGO), Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO 0.5%S max), Intermediate Fuel Oil (IFO), and more.
The high season for fishing is usually May to September. Some of the world's biggest yellowfin tuna consistently come from the southernmost area of the eastern Pacific off Baja California Sur. Major Pacific coastal port cities include Acapulco, Chiapas, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tijuana and more. Mexico has coasts along the Pacific Ocean, Sea of Cortez, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Fuel in Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia).Fuel in Federated States of Micronesia - FSM.
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