Founded in 1999 by Mike Burns, Jeff Doiron, Dave Ozipko and Brian Nesbitt, Fuel Industries employed over 150 people and had offices in Los Angeles and Seattle.
Fuel Industries revenues doubled in 2006 from the previous year, and has continued to grow into a custom production shop and creative studio.
In 2012, Fuel won best in Branded Entertainment at the Digi Awards for its work with McDonald's Europe on its virtual world Happy Studio.
In 2006, CEO Mike Burns was a recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal's Forty under 40 award - recognizing him as one of silicon valley north's most noteworthy up and coming entrepreneurs.
On May 28, 2013, the Alamogordo City Commission (in the state of New Mexico) granted Fuel Industries six months of access to a landfill rumored to contain Atari video games.