30 Facts About Murphy USA

1. Murphy USA is passionate about giving back to the communities where our customers—and team members—live and work.

2. Murphy USA is passionate about giving back to the communities where our customers—and team members—live and work.

3. Murphy USA is passionate about giving back to the communities where our customers—and team members—live and work.

4. Murphy USA is passionate about giving back to the communities where our customers—and team members—live and work.

5. Murphy USA is one of the largest independent retailers of gasoline products and convenience store merchandise with over 1,400 locations in 26 states across the Southern and Midwestern United States.

6. Murphy USA operates more than 1,400 retail stations in 26 states under our brands, Murphy USA and Murphy Express.

7. Murphy USA was a fan of country music, in particular Bob Wills and Chet Atkins, but was not a singer or musician himself.

8. Murphy USA previously requested that his stone remain plain and inconspicuous, like that of an ordinary soldier.

9. Murphy USA was one of several military personnel who received orders on 8 June 1945 to report to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, for temporary duty and reassignment.

10. Murphy USA rejoined his men, disregarding his own injury, and led them back to repel the Germans.

11. Murphy USA captured two before being shot in the hip by a sniper; he returned fire and shot the sniper between the eyes.

12. Murphy USA died in a plane crash in Virginia in 1971, which was shortly before his 46th birthday.

13. Murphy USA left school in fifth grade to pick cotton and find other work to help support his family; his skill with a hunting rifle helped feed his family.

14. Murphy USA was born into a large family of sharecroppers in Hunt County, Texas.

15. Murphy USA is passionate about giving back to the communities where our customers—and team members—live and work.

16. Murphy USA acquires its Montney natural gas acreage in northeast British Columbia through the acquisition of Bear Ridge Resources.

17. Murphy USA sets out on a new retail gasoline venture by partnering with Walmart to build Murphy USA stations in the parking lots of their supercenter stores and opens its first station in Chattanooga, TN.

18. Murphy USA shifts its focus in the Gulf of Mexico from the continental shelf into deepwater exploration.

19. Murphy USA begins to sell off all of its company-owned Spur gasoline stations.

20. Murphy USA expands its global exploration reach and participates in discoveries at Sassan in Iran; Magid in Libya; Amethyst in the North Sea; and culminating with Ninian in the North Sea.

21. Murphy USA is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MUR with 3.8 million shares outstanding and 5,700 stockholders.

22. Murphy USA expands its downstream business into the United Kingdom with the introduction of Murco brand retail stations.

23. Murphy USA goes public and is listed on the American Stock Exchange, helping to fund the strategic vision to become an integrated global oil company.

24. Murphy USA enters the exploration and production business in western Canada in a joint venture with Ashland Oil.

25. Murphy USA sells all but one bank and with the capital from the sale, invests in timberlands and a sawmill just south of El Dorado.

26. Murphy USA expands the enterprise, building up to 13 country banks.

27. Murphy USA Express sites are typically large-format facilities that offer a larger array of products and more fueling lanes than the original format.

28. Murphy USA operates more than 1,400 retail fueling stations in 26 US states.

29. In 2016 Murphy USA announced that Core-Mark would be the sole distributor for their chain.

30. Murphy USA is an American corporation operating a chain of retail gas stations that are primarily located in proximity to Walmart stores.