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In April of 1976, the Phillips Petroleum Company was forced to dispose of its marketing and refining operations on the west coast. Phillips transferred those facilities to the Lion Oil Company. A subsidary of the Tosco Corporation, Tosco elected to exit the distribution business and the former Phillips '66' distributors were left without any marketing identification.

Accordingly, after a period of uncertainity, a group of these distributors agreed to hire legal counsel, invest $1,000 each and develop their own marketing logo Alliance'. These investments were later converted into common stock at the time of incorporation, September 20, 1976.

The original officers were:

In the 33 years since its founding, Alliance Petroleum has continued to represent the interest of its over 100 members with rebate contracts with refiners; lube oil manufacturers; equipment suppliers; and other companies furnishing small company management tools.