Ligon Oil Company
609 E Main St , Norman, Arkansas, United States

At Ligon Oil Company we strive for top quality products with competitive prices. We not only provide petroleum needs to convenient stores, we also cater to our local farmers, loggers, contractors, marinas, and truck stops. We believe at Ligon Oil Company that no customer is neither to big nor to small to cater.

Our Mission

Our mission at Ligon Oil Company is to provide delivery and sales of quality petroleum products. Also to have a well maintained fleet promoting safety for the employees, our company, as well as the customers and motorists.

History

Ligon Oil Co. Inc., in Norman, AR, formerly a Gulf Oil bulk plant, was first built around 1929 by Gulf Corporation. It was operated as a consignment bulk plant by various operators from 1929-1980.  The Norman bulk plant was purchased from Gulf and incorporated by H.J. and Jene Ligon around 1980; it was thus named Ligon Oil Company. The Ligon family originally operated the plant for Gulf from 1964 to 1980 and after purchase, operated it as a family business for 4 years.  On September 29th, 1984 the Waggoner Family (Gene, Jackie, and Ronnie Waggoner) bought the company with high hopes and dreams of becoming a successful business. They started out with 2 employees, 1 bob truck, 1 tanker, and an oil warehouse/office building. Today Ligon Oil has dramatically increased to a thriving business, which now owns 7 convenience stores, 3 operating bulk plants, 5 bob-trucks, 7 semi-trucks, an oil canning facility, a bulk fuel storage plant, and employs around 50 dedicated people. The volume of fuel sales in 1984 was approximately 125,000 gallons per month; perseverance and dedication have enhanced volume many times.  Diamond Lakes Oil Co. in Malvern, AR was acquired in 1990. This location has the same operations as the Norman bulk plant, with the availability of 24 hr. fueling. A name change went into effect a few years later and is now entitled Ligon Oil Co.  The Mt. Ida bulk plant was purchased in 1994 from HPL Oil Company along with 2 of its convenience stores, simply for use as a storage facility instead of an operating plant, because it is located relatively close to the Norman location. Also a corporate office building was constructed at the Norman bulk plant in the same year; it was finalized and put to use on July 19th.  The Mena bulk plant was purchased in 2009 from Frost Oil Company. It has the same operations as the Norman and Malvern locations, however it also offers racing fuel to meet the stock car racer’s needs.  An acquisition of the wholesale operations of Romine Oil Company in De Queen, AR was made in November 2017. This growth increased Ligon Oil’s sales by 50% and allowed Ligon Oil to branch out into Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. This acquisition included the bulk plant in De Queen along with all its wholesale accounts.  The year 2018 produced substantial growth as Ligon Oil reopened its Lubes Division and canning facility. This division offers sales and delivery of motor oils, industrial oils, gear oils, greases, DEF Fluid, and specialty items both in packaged and bulk quantities. These products are stocked at each bulk plant as needed.  Ligon Oil’s success as a growing business is a result of heeding our customer’s suggestions on how to best meet their needs.  After years of great leadership, we remember Gene and Jackie Waggoner, as their legacy lives on in our company. Ligon Oil still thrives today, under the direction of its owner and President Ronnie Waggoner along with his dedicated, administrative staff.

Transportation

Ligon Oil has a well experienced fleet which promotes safety and efficiency. We provide transport and bob tail deliveries which can deliver products, including gasoline and diesel, from 200 gallons to 8,500 gallons per trip. Our transport fleet is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.  In the current economy, the average business cannot suffer downtime or disorganization. Let Ligon Oil be the supplier and transporter for all your petroleum needs and you will not be inflicted with this type of despondency.   1 2 3 A transport truck is most commonly used to haul full loads of fuel to a location where it can be unloaded, then returned to a terminal for another load. They have partitions which gives us the ability to provide more than one type of fuel in a delivery, and depending on the product, can transport up to 8,500 gallons of fuel. A bobtail truck is a unique vehicle that can carry up to 2500 gallons of fuel, can unload into a tank, pump into machinery, and is very handy compared to a transport truck, making it convenient for delivery to farms, temporary jobsites, generators, small businesses, and other environments.