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Amoco (/ ˈ æ m ə k oʊ / AM-ə-koh) is a brand of fuel stations operating in the United States and owned by British conglomerate BP since 1998. The Amoco Corporation was an American chemical and oil company, founded by Standard Oil Company in 1889 around a refinery in Whiting, Indiana, and was officially the Standard Oil Company of Indiana until 1985.
"In May 2008, United States BP stations mostly discontinued use of the "Amoco Fuels" logo as BP introduced its new brand of fuel, "BP Gasoline with Invigorate". The only remaining usage of the Amoco name is the brand of BP's highest grade, 93-octane "Amoco Ultimate"." Gotta wonder if that will last, now.
In the Amoco process, which is widely adopted worldwide, terephthalic acid is produced by catalytic oxidation of p-xylene: [12] The process uses a cobalt–manganese–bromide catalyst. The bromide source can be sodium bromide, hydrogen bromide or tetrabromoethane. Bromine functions as a regenerative source of free radicals.
The Hastings Oilfield was discovered by J. W. Surface of Amoco, and was first drilled on December 23 or 29, 1934. Within two days of the discovery, Edgar F. Bullard, also of Amoco, purchased the deed to the land, for $1 per acre. The price soon rose to $5,000 per acre.
BP merged with Amoco in 1998, becoming BP Amoco p.l.c., and acquired ARCO, Burmah Castrol and Aral AG shortly thereafter. The company's name was shortened to BP p.l.c. in 2001. As of 2018 [update] , BP had operations in nearly 80 countries, produced around 3.7 million barrels per day (590,000 m 3 /d) of oil equivalent , and had total proven ...
Amazon Prime members get a new benefit: 10 cents off gas at about 7,000 participating Amoco, AM/PM and BP stations across the U.S. ... has more than 300 million items available with free Prime ...
In 1927, AMOCO gas fueled Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight which was the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris. Under Jacob and his father's leadership, AMOCO pioneered the concepts of the drive-in gas station , the first metered gasoline pump , and the original anti-knock gasoline which allowed the development of the high ...
March 16, 1978: The Amoco Cadiz, a VLCC owned by the company Amoco (now merged with BP) sank near the Northwest coasts of France, resulting in the spilling of 68,684,000 US Gallons of crude oil (1,635,000 barrels). This is the largest oil spill of its kind (spill from an oil tanker) in history.