About Corey Oil
John & Valerie Schweitzer purchased a small bulk plant with one truck in Columbus, WI with a $100,000 loan from the bank at a time when interest rates were at 21%. The bulk plant came with a contract to sell Mobil fuels and Mobil packaged lubricants. The Schweitzer household’s kitchen table became the Corey Oil office.
1980
1986
Traded the City of Columbus bulk plant facility for a closed down gas station in Columbus. Installed a bulk plant rack so the truck could pull product from the underground tanks.
Purchased the North Lake Post Office building which allowed Corey Oil to have its first office not in a home.
Built the first warehouse in North Lake, WI, which was 5,000 sq. ft.
1988
1994
Purchased land on Kilbourne Avenue in North Lake, WI as well as a bulk plant for fuel delivery in the Waukesha County area.
1995
1996
Built the unattended fueling station in North Lake, WI
1998
1999
Purchased Clyman oil fuel truck route in Clyman, WI
2000
2001
Purchased O’Rourke Distributing, a bulk Citgo lubricant marketer in Waukesha, WI
2003
2004
Purchased more property on HWY 83 & Kilbourne Road in North Lake, WI to build a new office and warehouse.
Built a 4,000 sq. ft. office & 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse in North Lake, WI
2005
2011
Signed a contract with Renegade Race Fuels to become the Master Distributor in Wisconsin.
2016
2017
Signed a contract with Castrol to distribute Castrol Passenger Car & Heavy-Duty lubricants.
2018
2019
Purchased Midway Oil truck route & bulk plant in Baraboo, WI
Moved operations to new headquarters in the renovated former Zien Packaging facility in Oconomowoc, WI.
Signed a contract with Castrol to distribute Castrol Industrial lubricants.
Purchased Perkins Sales from John Perkins and changed the company’s name to Corey Automotive Solutions.
2020
Present Day
Corey Oil continues to provide customers with quality lubricants and fuels, as well as other industrial fluids at competitive prices while providing the best customer service and experience possible.