# Pilot Thomas Logistics

> Pilot Thomas Logistics is a business-to-business petroleum distributor and field-services operator that delivers fuels, lubricants, chemicals, storage equipment and technical support to operations where downtime is expensive. Its customers include mines, drilling and midstream sites, commercial fleets, construction crews, manufacturers, farms, fuel dealers and marine operators. The company combines a coast-to-coast delivery network, on-site tanks, mobile fueling, fleet cards, fluid analysis and digital ordering to turn a commodity purchase into a managed logistics program.

- **Founded:** 1946
- **Headquarters:** Grapevine, United States
- **Founders:** Cliff Thomas (Founder of Thomas Petroleum and founding chairman of Pilot Thomas Logistics)
- **Team size:** More than 1,000 employees stated by the company in 2022; LinkedIn currently places the organization in the 1,001-5,000 employee range.
- **Products:** Bulk fuels, Lubricants and SPX products, Industrial chemicals, Mobile fueling, On-site storage and dispensing
- **Notable:** Reported a 98% year-to-date on-time delivery rate during the supply-chain disruptions of 2021., Expanded to more than 70 terminal locations, over 1,500 fleet assets and service across 43 states by 2022., Received Chevron's Eagle Award as the top overall performing marketer in North America.

## Products & services

- **Bulk fuels** — Delivery of clear and dyed diesel, ultra-low sulfur diesel, gasoline, biofuels, propane, LNG, drilling basestocks and generator or pipeline fuel.
- **Lubricants and SPX products** — Engine, compressor, hydraulic, gear, transmission and circulating oils, including PTL's in-house SPX lubricant line and third-party brands.
- **Industrial chemicals** — Coolants, diesel exhaust fluid, greases, methanol, glycols and related operating fluids.
- **Mobile fueling** — Wet-hose fueling performed at a customer's yard or job site, including overnight service intended to reduce driver and equipment downtime.
- **On-site storage and dispensing** — Fuel and lubricant tanks, DEF storage, dispensing equipment, containment, remote tank monitoring and inventory management.
- **Fleet cards and cardlocks** — Controlled payment cards with time and spending rules, transaction tracking and access to a broad national acceptance network and commercial cardlocks.
- **AMP technical services** — Asset Maintenance & Performance services including oil and chemical sampling, independent laboratory analysis, filtration, coolant flushes, training and fluid-management support.
- **PTL Marine** — Midstream and dockside fueling, lubricants, supplies, liquid terminalling and related services on the Mississippi River, Gulf Coast and West Coast.
- **Customer Portal** — Digital ordering and account tools for PTL and marine customers, including repeat ordering and access to product information.
- **Dealer programs** — Fuel supply, site development, capital support, tank monitoring and flexible commercial programs for retail fuel dealers.

## Achievements

- Reported a 98% year-to-date on-time delivery rate during the supply-chain disruptions of 2021.
- Expanded to more than 70 terminal locations, over 1,500 fleet assets and service across 43 states by 2022.
- Received Chevron's Eagle Award as the top overall performing marketer in North America.
- Received the 2020 Supplier of the Year award in the Vegas Inc. Contractor of the Year Awards.
- Received an Excellence in Crisis award from the Southern Gas Association for an engineering innovation response.
- Brought multiple legacy marine brands together under PTL Marine in 2021.
- A Maxum Petroleum operation launched what it described as the first self-propelled bunkering tanker in the United States.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Brad Jenkins was announced as president and CEO of Pilot Thomas Logistics and PTL Marine.
- **2022-10** — Pilot Thomas announced a Petro-Canada Lubricants distribution partnership covering Arizona and Nevada.
- **2021** — The company unified its legacy marine businesses under the PTL Marine name.
- **2021** — PTL reported an on-time delivery rate above 98% despite widespread product and supply-chain constraints.
- **2021** — The customer portal expanded to let marine customers order bulk fuels, lubricants, chemicals and services online.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pilotthomas.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pilot-logistics-services/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PilotthomasPTL

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Last updated: 2026-08-13