33 Facts About Texaco

1.

Texaco, Inc is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation.

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Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to Shell plc through its American division.

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Texaco began as the "Texas Fuel Company", founded in 1902 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S Cullinan, Thomas J Donoghue, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop.

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4.

Texaco was one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.

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5.

Texaco gasoline comes with Techron, an additive developed by Chevron, as of 2005, replacing the previous CleanSystem3.

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The Texaco brand is strong in the US, Latin America, and West Africa.

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Texaco was founded in Beaumont, Texas as the "Texas Fuel Company" in 1902, by Jim Hogg, Joseph S Cullinan, John Warne Gates, and Arnold Schlaet.

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In 1915, Texaco moved to new 13 story offices on 1111 Rusk St, Houston, Texas.

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In 1928, Texaco became the first US oil company to sell its gasoline nationwide under one single brand name in all 48 states.

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10.

The next year, Texaco introduced Fire Chief gasoline nationwide, a so-called "super-octane" motor fuel touted as meeting or exceeding government standards for gasoline for fire engines and other emergency vehicles.

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The next year, Texaco commissioned industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to develop a modern service station design.

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12.

In 1938, Texaco introduced Sky Chief gasoline, a premium fuel developed from the ground up as a high-octane gasoline rather than just an ethylized regular product.

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13.

In 1939, Texaco became one of the first oil companies to introduce a "Registered Rest Room" program to ensure that restroom facilities at all Texaco stations nationwide maintained a standard level of cleanliness to the motoring public.

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14.

In 1964, Texaco introduced the "Matawan" service station design at a station in Matawan, New Jersey.

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Two years later, Texaco replaced the long-running banjo sign with a new hexagon logo that had previously been test-marketed with the "Matawan" station design introduced two years earlier.

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16.

In 1970, in response to increasingly stringent federal emission standards that would ultimately lead to the mandating of unleaded gasoline in 1975, and later-model cars and trucks, Texaco introduced lead-free Texaco as the first regular-octane lead-free gasoline at stations in the Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California.

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17.

In 1989, Texaco introduced System3 gasolines in all three grades of fuel, featuring the latest detergent additive technology to improve performance by reducing deposits that clog fuel injection systems.

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18.

The Toronto-based Texaco Canada Incorporated subsidiary was sold to Imperial Oil with all Texaco Canada retail operations converted to Esso brand.

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19.

In 1995, Texaco merged its Danish and Norwegian downstream operations with those of Norsk Hydro under the new brand HydroTexaco.

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20.

In 1996, Texaco paid over $170 million to settle racial discrimination lawsuits filed by black employees at the company.

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21.

Around 2003, due to lack of demand, Texaco closed Refineria Panama, a refinery in Colon, Panama.

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22.

Texaco leased 14 floors of the Chrysler Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City in the 1930s.

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23.

Texaco's move to Westchester County in 1977 contributed to the closure of the Cloud Club in 1979.

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24.

In Stephen King's science fiction short story "The Jaunt", Texaco exists in the future and has shifted from selling oil to water.

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25.

Texaco is associated with the Havoline brand of motor oil and other automotive products.

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26.

Texaco has been involved in open wheel racing, sponsoring the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston along with sponsoring drivers like Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and his son Michael.

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27.

In Formula One, Texaco sponsored the Team Lotus in 1972 and 1973, and McLaren from 1974 to 1978.

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28.

Texaco returned to Grand Prix racing at a smaller scale in 1997, with their brands appearing on the Stewart SF01 car.

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29.

Texaco sponsored the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse factory team at the 1985 and 1986 European Touring Car Championship under their Bastos brand, and the Ford Sierra RS500 factory cars entered by Eggenberger Motorsport in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.

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30.

From 1984 to 1998, Texaco were the title sponsors of the main One Day International cricket tournament in England, the Texaco Trophy.

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31.

Texaco was long associated with the Metropolitan Opera as sole sponsor of its radio broadcasts for 63 years.

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Texaco was the sponsor of the weekly Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, which air to this day since its inception in 1931.

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33.

On October 10,2001, Texaco purchased GM's share in GM Ovonics, and Chevron completed its acquisition of Texaco six days later.

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