Liberty Oil is an Australian petroleum distributor and retailer. It is owned and operated by Viva Energy who also own Shell, Reddy Express and OTR. The company is not to be confused with Liberty Energy.
History
Liberty Oil was founded in 1995 by David Goldberger and David Wieland, who had previously founded Solo in 1974, before selling it to Ampol in 1989. Goldberger and Wieland had been subject to a ten-year non-compete clause. However, this was ruled void by the Trade Practices Commission when Ampol merged with Caltex.[1]
In July 2001, Liberty leased 69 of its sites to Woolworths which were rebranded as