CENTER — Moe and Cindy Jones and staff at Jones Oil celebrated 50 years in the oil and gas business last Thursday and were visited by Sinclair Oil’s communications division from Denver, to videotape the event.
“We are recognizing Moe and Cindy Jones, owners of Jones Oil Company for their years of service with Sinclair, as they have hit a milestone with 50 years of service with Sinclair Oil Corporation,” Advertising, Communications and Marketing Manager Stephanie Coleman said last Thursday. “Moe and Cindy will receive a 50-year service award recognizing them for the service and dedication to the Sinclair Brand.”
The videotape will be played to peers and wholesale distributors at an awards ceremony later this year. The Jones’ have been invited to Sun Valley Resort as guests of Sinclair for four days of world class entertainment, great speakers and fun-filled activities during their stay at the resort, Coleman said.
“Moe and Cindy join a group of very select list of customers and Sinclair acknowledges them during this conference held every other year in Sun Valley,” Coleman commented.
The videotape will chronicle the history of the business, related by Moe Jones Tuesday.
Jones parents founded the business in 1968 when Moe was a freshman in college and employed one hired man. Previously his father was a distributor for Rainbow bread and worked for Oriental Oil. Later Moe’s brother joined the business in 1970 after his father was injured in a work-related accident.
When their mother died, his brother ran the business. Moe worked at Safeway and divided time between that job and the business while his former wife kept the books. In 1992 Moe left Safeway to help run the business full-time.
In 1996 Moe bought out his brother’s share of the business and became the sole owner, “and here we are 50 years later,” Moe said.

About Sinclair Oil Corporation
Sinclair is a privately-held Wyoming company with executive offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and more than 1,200 employees across several states. Sinclair owns and operates two refineries in Wyoming along with a network of both crude oil and finished product pipelines and terminals in the Rocky Mountain and midcontinent regions.
The company markets fuel in 26 states, supplying high-quality fuels to more than 1,400 branded stations, featuring DINOCARE™ TOP TIER™ Gasoline. Sinclair Oil and Gas Company manages its exploration and production portfolios by only participating in major oil and gas development projects in the U.S. Sinclair also owns and operates The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, the Little America hotel chain, The Westgate Hotel in San Diego, Sun Valley Resort in Idaho, and Snowbasin Resort in Utah.