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J. Howard Pew was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1882 and raised as a devout Presbyterian. In 1886 Pew's father, Joseph Newton Pew, Sr. (1848–1912) started an oil business in Pennsylvania, expanding to Texas when oil was discovered near Beaumont in 1901. This company became known as the Sun Oil Company.

Energy Transfer Partners. Energy Transfer LP is an American company engaged in natural gas and propane pipeline transport. It is organized under Delaware state laws and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 1995 by Ray Davis and Kelcy Warren, who remains Chairman and CEO. [2] [3] It owns a 36.4% interest in Dakota Access, LLC, the ...

Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. [1] The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the Mellon family fortune; both ...

John Drosdick. John Girard Drosdick (born August 9, 1943) is an American businessman who served 8 years as president, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunoco Inc. [1] As of 2006, he was the fifteenth-highest-paid chief executive officer in the United States. [2] In 2008, he was replaced by Lynn Laverty Elsenhans.