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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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