10 Facts About Caltex

Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in 29 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and Southern Africa.

Caltex operated in Australia for another 54 years as Caltex Oil Pty Ltd, during which it opened its Kurnell refinery in 1956.

Caltex acquired full ownership of Australian Petroleum in 1997 and the merged company was renamed Caltex Petroleum Australia Limited in 1997.

In 2014, Caltex shut down the Kurnell refinery and converted the site to an import facility.

In December 2019, Caltex announced that Chevron had given notice to terminate the licence agreement for the use of the Caltex brand in Australia, effective from 30 June 2020.

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Caltex Australia was renamed Ampol Limited during the annual general meeting in May 2020.

The Caltex-branded retail network is independently owned and operated, with the operators setting their own retail fuel prices.

Caltex was established in the Philippines in 1917 when Texas Company began marketing its products in the Philippines through a local distributor, Wise and Co.

Caltex had a subsidiary in India in the early 1940s through the early 1980s, however as state owned corporation Indian Oil came in to market, strategically Caltex decided to reduce its operation in India.

Caltex has a lubricants manufacturing plant and laboratory in Durban.