page_title: Tidewater Petroleum
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tidewater Petroleum / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Fitzpatrick's Inc., De Soto -- Plymouth. Factory Street, Ansonia, Conn. Phone 4-3118. "We make service a science" Subjects: Automobile service stations Places: Connecticut &gt; New Haven (county) &gt; Ansonia Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_003964
context_page_description: Tidewater Oil Company was a major petroleum refining company during that period. Tidewater was sold many times during its existence. Brands included Tydol, Flying A, and Veedol.
  The Veedol brand was owned by British Petroleum until 2011, when Veedol was sold by BP to Tidewater India. Now it is part of Andrew Yule Indian group and manufactures automotive oil for the Indian market. Tidewater does not have its own refinery, so it is dependent on base oil suppliers like HPCL and BPCL, It manufactures a wide range of automotive lubricants.
context_section_description: Tide Water was founded in New York City in 1887. The company entered the gasoline market and by 1920 was selling gasoline, oil and other products on the East Coast of the United States under its Tydol brand. 
  In 1926, control of Tide Water Oil sold out to a new holding company, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, which also acquired a controlling interest in California’s Associated Oil Company. Soon thereafter, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey took control of the company.
  With the merger and creation of Tidewater Associated Oil Company, Flying A became the primary brand name for the company, though the Tydol and Associated names were also retained in their respective marketing areas. 
  During the 1950s, the Associated and Tydol brands gradually fell into disuse, and were dropped entirely in 1956. 
  BP acquired the Veedol brand when it bought Burmah-Castrol in 2000.  In February 2011, BP announced that it would to sell the Veedol brand, which was subsequently acquired by Tide Water India, part of the Andrew Yule group Indian company.
caption: Tydol gasoline station, circa 1945.
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