Quarles History

Douglas Quarles Jr. (left) and Garnet Seay, manager of Quarles station on U.S. 1 in Fredericksburg
What began as a one-truck oil company in 1940 is now a regional provider of fleet fuel, propane and heating oil, fleet card solutions, and commercial fuel services.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Quarles, Sr. purchased Home Oil Company In 1940, which thereafter became the Quarles Oil Company. Over more than seven decades of operation, Quarles has grown into Quarles Petroleum, Inc.
Quarles currently has six division offices throughout the state of Virginia, as well as 125 fleet fueling stations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.