March 4, 2020 archive

Marathon to invest heavily in retail arm Speedway

The nation’s largest petroleum refinery operator plans to invest heavily in its retail segment in 2020 before spinning off the Dayton-area subsidiary at the end of the year. That’s big news for the continued growth of Speedway LLC, the Enon-based retailing arm of Marathon Petroleum Corp. . Speedway, the second-largest convenience store chain in the …

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Upset in Texas Railroad Commission primary race

A member of the top energy regulator in Texas lost his place on November’s ballot to a Republican challenger, a major upset for an incumbent supported by some of the oil industry’s biggest names. Ryan Sitton, whose six-year term ends in January, conceded to Jim Wright as the party’s nominee for a spot on the …

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