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The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.The district straddles a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive.
BP America Production Company, a New Mexico-based subsidiary, engages in oil and gas exploration and development. [207] BP Energy Company, a Houston-based subsidiary, is a provider of natural gas, power, and risk management services to the industrial and utility sectors and a retail electric provider in Texas. [208] BP's upstream activities in ...
Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and Gulf Oil in the 1980s; Pioneer Petroleum – 130 stations in Ontario; 7-Eleven brand gasoline; Shell Canada – Canadian unit of Shell with 1800 stations across Canada
In 2019, Thorntons was acquired by a joint venture between Arclight Capital Partners and BP. [4] In July 2021, BP agreed terms to acquire ArcLight Capital Partners' shareholding. [5] The transaction was completed on August 31, 2021. [6] BP retained the Thorntons brand, making it a sister chain to BP-owned ampm; the two chains do not overlap. [7]
Its global headquarters is located in Houston's River Oaks District, and it maintains an additional U.S. headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania. [4] [5] Its predecessor company, the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, was founded in 1886 as part of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. [6]
Tyler Loudon is facing up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine after secretly buying up shares in truck stop service TravelCentres of America.
The ampm brand is owned by BP America, Inc., [1] a subsidiary of BP, which acquired its founding owner, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), in 2000. In the United States, the stores are usually attached to an ARCO or BP-branded gas station. The first location opened in Southern California in 1978. [1]
BP America is headquartered in the Houston Energy Corridor and is the area's largest employer, with 5,500 employees on its Westlake campus as of 2009. BP's Katy operations include engineering and business support for much of BP's onshore operations in the contiguous United States, as well as its operations in the Gulf of Mexico.