SA White Oil Company

Since 1926, we’ve been the experts in fuel supply for the greater Atlanta area, helping our customers succeed by providing unparalleled service, tailored to their individual needs. Our third-generation, family-owned business has always valued our customers’ positive experience with us as the cornerstone of everything we do. Our strategy is to operate with integrity, offering expert advice and always being there to help, getting you the service and products you need when you need them.  We offer a wide variety of products to meet all of your fuel and lubrication needs and provide services such as fuel and oil analysis, long-term fuel storage analysis and emergency fueling agreements. No matter what the requirements, we can design a customized a program for you.  S.A. White’s long history of experience has helped us build relationships that allow us to achieve excellent service across the board. We work closely with over 20 fuel suppliers, ensuring product is always available when you need it. And because we’re locally owned and operated, we are flexible and responsive in meeting your needs. Call us today and see what you’ve been missing in your fuel buying experience.

Our History

Our founder, Mr. S.A. White, founded our business in 1926 with a big dream and endless dedication to hard work. He started with a grocery store and a few Sinclair gas pumps, his wife “Willie” doing the books, and he eventually opened a fuel distribution center on a modest thoroughfare known as Atlanta Road.  Though much has changed in almost a century, our commitment to customer service has not. Our company is still locally owned, operated by the third-generation of the S.A. White family and focused on adapting to what our customers need, without ever sacrificing our level of attention to them.  In 1955, S.A.’s daughter, Suse Ann, and son-in-law, Wally Gresh, picked up the reins of the business, which thrived under their leadership. Mr. Gresh was instrumental in transforming the company from a commissioned agent business to a distributor business, taking ownership of and leading the company’s accounts. Operating as the first distributor for Fina in Georgia, Mr. Gresh began to deliver the fuel straight to customers. But challenged by FINA’s territorial limitations for S.A. White customers, he brought the company into the installation business and an era of rapid growth.

Wally, a Coast Guard veteran, knew this new version of the business had the potential to be extremely successful, but it needed greater capital investment. He bought his first tractor-trailers on credit, implemented a self-service station at the site of an abandoned gas station, and added a small convenience store that sold the necessities of the time, such as bread, milk and cigarettes. Soon his small station of seven employees began to out-perform the FINA station with its staff of 45!  At that time, Mr. Gresh was the only salesperson, and he did the work of an entire team, traveling over 80,000 miles a year locally. To his knowledge, he had the first mobile phone in Cobb County, a ship-to-shore phone that took up almost the entire trunk of his Buick Electra!  Wally’s gamble and hard work paid off. The service station business expanded quickly, and S.A. White as a company began providing heating fuel for homes. As he likes to put it, “Good timing and good luck made us grow.” But steadfast in the philosophy that bigger is not necessarily better, he kept customer service in mind with every step.  In the 1980s, Mr. Gresh strategically sold off the five convenience stores to specialize in providing fuel for commercial customers onsite and at the Atlanta Road location, a focus the company has kept every since. He was responsible for bringing Conoco into the Georgia market.  Kim Gresh, current President of S.A. White and Owner and President of its sister company, Mobilized Fuels, is the third generation to run the company, a fact of which her grandfather would be proud. She is the first female member of the Georgia Oilman’s Association and is the first woman to serve on the ConocoPhillips National Marketer Council. Ms. Gresh has paved the way for women in the industry, not just in Georgia but nationwide.  During her tenure, Kim added many world-renowned brands to the company’s fuel offerings, including Texaco, Marathon, Chevron and Valero. In 2002, she founded Mobilized Fuels with Travis Ellis. Ms. Gresh is extremely active in and honored by the community and was named Marietta Daily Journal’s 2012 Cobb Citizen of the Year, Cobb Chamber’s Marietta Citizen of the Year, Rotarian of the Year, the YWCA’s Woman of the Year, the Siegel Institute’s Phenomenal Woman of the Year, and the Marietta Schools Foundation’s Alumnus of the Year. She has also chaired the Board of Trustees for the WellStar Foundation and liveSAFE Resources, as well as being involved in many other community commitments.In a trend of consolidation among fuel providers in recent decades, S.A. White stands firm as an independent. Ms. Gresh stands firm in other ways too, making sure customers never get a recording inviting them to leave a message—there is always a live voice at the end of the line to handle fuel requests and other needs immediately. Because what’s important to you is important to us.  Today, the little road where S.A. White started has evolved into four lanes, the company delivers 80 million gallons of fuel a year, and Cobb County and the Atlanta area have exploded into a bustling metropolis, the centerpiece of a thriving region. We’ve grown our business and our family with this area, being a part of its development for the last century. And with all there is to look forward to, we love being a part of its future too.

Fuel Services

• Bulk fuel delivery (truck to tank and truck to truck)
• Bulk fueling facility for tractor trailers, service trucks or portable tanks at our convenient Marietta location
• Drums of diesel, gasoline and kerosene available for pick up or delivery
• Fuel sampling
• Oil analysis
• Tank monitoring
• Emergency fueling agreements

Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) 

 S.A. White proudly offers Air1®, the leading brand of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in the U.S. It is available for bulk delivery to your dedicated storage facility or in 2.5-gallon bottles, 55-gallon drums, and 330-gallon IBC totes, which can be delivered onsite or picked up at our convenient Marietta location.  DEF is an easy to use, efficient solution to reducing emissions and meeting EPA Clean Air Act regulations. Air1 DEF is certified by the American Petroleum Institute to ensure DEF quality standards are maintained in accordance with ISO 22241 specifications. Buying Air1 DEF is a guarantee of the correct specification required for your Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology.  S.A. White also offers a wide variety of DEF equipment solutions including pumps and storage tanks to fit any size fleet. We can also work with you in forecasting your future DEF needs in order to minimize your initial costs.