Empire Petroleum Partners, a motor fuels distributor, has entered into an exclusive financing relationship with Patriot Capital, a provider of equipment financing for fuel retailers.

“Patriot Capital’s experience and strategic insights into financing options will be of major benefit as we and our partners seek to meet our aggressive growth objectives,” said Ted Roccagli, director of partnerships and preferred vendor programs for Empire Petroleum Partners. “The partnership with Patriot Capital Corp. gives our dealers the ability to obtain rapid approvals and execute deals efficiently to enable their success.”

Atlanta-based Patriot Capital, a division of State Bank & Trust, specializes in providing equipment financing in the retail and commercial fueling verticals and other retail and manufacturing industries.

“We are excited to expand our relationship with Empire Petroleum,” said Chris Santy, president of Patriot Capital. “With EMV and marketing technology upgrades becoming a necessity for c-store operators, their vision is something we hope to help enable and support through our hassle-free equipment financing and leasing solutions. We are honored to be selected as their exclusive equipment-financing partner for products including dispensers, point of sale, ATGs and underground storage tanks.”

Empire Petroleum is a leading motor fuels distributor of top brands including Shell, Sunoco, BP, Chevron, Texaco, Valero, Gulf, Marathon, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Texaco, Chevron, Crown and 76.