Yorkston Oil Co., Inc. is a locally owned, third generation company. At the present time, Yorkston Oil Co., Inc. owns and operates Exxon branded markets in Whatcom County, Washington, Commercial Fuel Network (CFN) sites in Whatcom and Skagit counties, distributes to Exxon branded dealers, and serves numerous independent and commercial accounts with Heating fuels, industrial / motor oils, marine fuels, and on and off road fuels.

The company was started in 1939 by Adrian W. Yorkston, as Hardwood Fuel Company selling mill ends from lumber mills to homeowners to heat their homes. As time evolved, furnace oil became the popular fuel to heat homes. That is when Hardwood Fuel Co. became a Signal Oil distributor and changed its name to Yorkston Oil Co. Adrian’s sons’ Barney Sr. and Tom became involved in the company and soon took ownership when Adrian retired.

Signal was bought out by Enco, and Enco then changed their name to Exxon. Tom retired in 1997 and Barney in 1999, leaving ownership to Barneys three sons. In 2001 Exxon and Mobil merged to become ExxonMobil Corp.

Today Yorkston Oil Co., Inc. is still an independently owned and operated company in Bellingham, Washington.