Sinclair Gas Station

Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum corporation founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916. It is presently a subsidiary of HF Sinclair. The Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation amalgamated the assets of 11 small petroleum companies. Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976. The corporate logo featured the silhouette of a large green Brontosaurus dinosaur. Sinclair adopted the dinosaur as its mascot in 1930, using it as a symbol to emphasise the vast age of petroleum. Although this led to a widespread public misconception that oil came from dinosaurs, Sinclair's own literature stated that their lubricants were derived from Pennsylvani…