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Demise of Cities Service and birth of Citgo Petroleum Corporation. In 1982, T. Boone Pickens, founder of Mesa Petroleum, offered to buy Cities Service Company. Citgo responded by offering to buy Mesa, which was the first use of what became known as the Pac-Man take-over defense; i.e., a counter-tender offer initiated by a takeover target ...
In 2015, the Los Angeles refinery was processing 21,512 barrels per day of Amazonian oil. Corporate affairs [ edit ] In 2012, after Phillips 66 split from ConocoPhillips , it moved its operations from the ConocoPhillips headquarters to the Pinnacle Westchase building, [30] a nine-story Class A office building located on 8.4 acres (3.4 ha) of ...
Richfield Oil Corporation was an American petroleum company based in California from 1905 to 1966. In 1966, it merged with Atlantic Refining Company to form the Atlantic Richfield Company (later renamed ARCO). [1] A Richfield service station located in Tucson, Arizona, July 1939.
ConocoPhillips (2002–2012) Tagline. We're on the driver's side [1] Website. 76.com. 76 (formerly Union 76) is a chain of gas stations located within the United States. The 76 brand is owned by Phillips 66. [2] Unocal, the original owner and creator of the 76 brand, merged with Chevron Corporation in 2005.
Sinclair Oil Corporation was an American petroleum corporation founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916. The Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation amalgamated the assets of 11 small petroleum companies. [3] Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976. [4] The corporate logo featured the silhouette of a ...
Occidental Petroleum was founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1920. In 1957, Armand Hammer became the company's president and CEO after acquiring a controlling stake for tax reasons. The 1960s marked a period of expansion as Occidental established operations in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad, and the United Kingdom.
Citgo became enmeshed in the case when the U.S. court found its parent PDV Holding - itself a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned energy giant PDVSA - liable for the South American nation's ...
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation predominantly specializing in oil and gas. The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo ), it is headquartered in San Ramon, California, and active in more than 180 countries.