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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.
MT Haven, formerly Amoco Milford Haven, was a VLCC (very large crude carrier), leased to Troodos Shipping (a company run by Loucas Haji-Ioannou and his son Stelios Haji-Ioannou). In 1991, while loaded with 144,000 tonnes (1 million barrels) of crude oil , the ship exploded, caught fire and sank off the coast of Genoa , Italy , killing six ...
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 ...
In 1998, British Petroleum acquired Amoco and rebranded as BP Amoco. At the time, the merger was the largest in the oil industry and the largest acquisition of an American corporation by a foreign one, and BP Amoco would become, at the time, the third largest oil company in the world, trailing only Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell. In 2001, however ...
The refinery was established in 1933 by Pan American Refining Corporation. [1] Pan American merged with Standard Oil of Indiana in 1954 to form Amoco. [2] BP acquired the refinery as part of its merger with Amoco in 1999. [3]
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. On October 1, 1958, Hastings Oilfield split between Hastings West and East due to the Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system .
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