Corporate Office:
601 McHenry Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 577-6000 Office
(800) 545-9212 Toll-Free
Company History
In 1940 Ira Guinn started a Richfield Oil distributorship in Modesto, California at the corner of 9th St and Kansas Ave. Stan and Carol Boyett purchased this distributorship in 1962.
Stan started his career in the oil business in 1934 with Shell Oil, in San Francisco. Carol started her career in San Francisco, that same year but with Standard Oil of California. When they were married in 1935 they vowed to keep their marriage a secret at work because married women were not allowed to keep their jobs at Chevron during the depression.
After World War II, Stan returned to sell petroleum equipment for Shields, Harper and Company and sold lubricants for Swan Finch Co. In 1948 Stan and Carol became partners with Walt Barbour to form Barbour's Premium Stations. The stations were well known in the Modesto, Manteca and Atwater area. They had everything anyone could ask for and more including competitive prices, Cadillac Give-Aways every other Thursday and the hottest selling trends like, Hula Hoops and Bamboo Rakes.
Stan and Carol's son Carl joined the company in 1970. Carl had won an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and after volunteering for the Army had served in Vietnam. Carl also received his Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Carl currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Boyett Petroleum and as President of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America in Washington DC. Carl also is a past president of Modesto Sunrise Rotary and the Modesto Symphony Orchestra. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Gallo Arts Center. 
During the 1970s Boyett Petroleum experimented with self-serve gasoline marketing, cardlocks, and mini-marts. In the 1980s Boyett Petroleum had expanded to operating ten retail stations from San Jose to Reno and Modesto to Santa Rosa.
In 1984 Carl married Carole who became an invaluable part of the Boyett Petroleum office staff. Carole had previously worked for the Tooley Oil Company in Sacramento.
The year of 1985 brought about the retirement of Stan and Carol Boyett. They were honored with a retirement party which became the celebration of over 100 combined years in the oil business.
In 1993 Dale Boyett joined the company after graduating with a degree in Business Management from St. Mary's College in Moraga. Dale has assumed day to day responsibility for operating the company and has served as President since 2004. Dale married Kirstie Macpherson in 2002. Kirstie graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Technology and a minor in Packaging. She joined Boyett Petroleum in 2004 and currently serves as Director of Strategic Planning. Dale and Kirstie both are active in the community and both have served as President of the Central Valley Professional Exchange and Dale serves on the California Independent Oil Marketers Government Relations Committee. In September 2005, their son Cole Stanton Boyett was born and in February 2007, Reese Marie Boyett, the first female Boyett born since 1900, joined the family.
In 1998, Ken Berns joined the management team at Boyett Petroleum. Ken joined our staff as Sales and Marketing Manager. Ken had worked in the Cable Television and Communication Business managing the statewide business for Post Newsweek Cable. Ken is currently serving as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and serves on the Boyett Petroleum Board of Directors.
In 2001 Scott Castle joined Boyett Petroleum as the Assistant Controller. Scott graduated from California State University, Stanislaus with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Scott had spent a number of years in the transportation industry and currently serves as the Vice President of Retail Operations and serves on the Boyett Petroleum Board of Directors.
John Kruse joined the company in 2005, John has a Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Accounting from University of Missouri and served as the Senior Vice President of Finance of MFA Oil in Columbia, Missouri. John is Boyett Petroleum's CFO and serves on the Board of Directors.
