New industry analysis shows unprecedented consolidation trends creating strategic windows for convenience store and fuel distribution businesses The oil and gas industry is experiencing a dramatic shift in 2025, with M&A activity reaching new heights and creating unique opportunities for mid-sized operators. Our latest comprehensive analysis reveals critical trends that every convenience store owner and…
When I was little, my grandmother taught me how to make a quality cup of coffee. She’d put the percolator on the stove, and I’d hear the familiar bubbling sound that meant she and my grandfather would have coffee soon. I loved the ritualistic aspect of sitting at the table with our cups and saucers…
By Steve Griffin, Partner Downstream Energy Group (DEG) and our newest company, Downstream Energy Properties (DEP), are legacy companies born from the ideals of original founders, Ruben and Ginny Griffin. A lot has changed in three generations, but the Griffin standard of “doing business the right way” has remained the cornerstone of every Griffin company….
By Sutton Wester, Senior Associate North of Chouteau on Theresa Avenue in St. Louis: the birthplace of the gas station. In 1905, Harry Grenner and Clem Laessig opened the first drive-in filling station for motorists, consisting of a gravity-fed tank with what looked like a rudimentary garden hose attached to its base.1 When a customer drove…
The Future of Downstream Energy in the US is marked with significant change and uncertainty. The future of downstream oil and gas in the United States is a topic of much debate and speculation. On one hand, the oil and gas industry has long been a major contributor to the U.S. economy, providing millions of…
