Oil company gushes over growth plans

TAMPA — With its late December acquisition of Delfin Group USA LLC, a lubricant blending and packaging facility in Charleston, S.C., Tampa-based Amalie Oil Co. now has two facilities in major U.S. ports with deep-water access.

The acquired property is a 42-acre facility on the Cooper River at the Port of North Charleston, according to a statement. It includes a deep-water pier, rail access and is located in close proximity to major federal interstates, the statement adds.

The new facility will help Tampa-based Amalie “service both the domestic and international markets,” Amalie Motor Oil President Harry Barkett says in the statement.