Sunoco Refining & Supply, the business unit of Sunoco, manufactures refined products and commodity petrochemicals. Started in 1886, Sunoco is one of the leading manufacturers and marketers of petroleum and petrochemical products in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pa., the company operates three domestic refineries with 675,000 barrels per day of crude oil processing capacity. The company markets gasoline under the Sunoco brand through more than 4,700 retail outlets, primarily in 23 states in the U.S. The firm also manufactures annually five million tons of high-quality metallurgical-grade coke for use in the steel industry. In 2004, the company became the official fuel provider of NASCAR. The firm s acquisitions include Coastal and Speedway service stations from ConocoPhillips, Eagle Point refinery in Westville, N.J. and a 400 million pounds-per-year polypropylene facility from Equistar.