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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Texaco page on 14 November 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001, at which time most of its station franchises were divested to the Shell Oil Company. It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop.
For many years, Texaco was the only company selling gasoline under the same brand name in all 50 US states, as well as Canada, making it the most truly national brand among its competitors. It was also one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Its current logo features a white star in a red circle (a reference to the lone star of Texas), leading to the long-running advertising jingles "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star" and "Star of the American Road." The company was headquartered in Harrison, New York, near White Plains, prior to the merger with Chevron.
Texaco gasoline comes with Techron, an additive developed by Chevron, as of 2005, replacing the previous CleanSystem3. The Texaco brand is strong in the U.S., Latin America and West Africa. It has a presence in Europe as well; for example, it is a well-known retail brand in the UK, with around 1,100 Texaco-branded service stations.
| September 1953 [Home Movies: Can 10712: Construction of New Texaco Station by Charles McGinnis, Part 3, August and September 1953] This film is available courtesy of the Prelinger Archives (public domain). Download Home Movies: Can 10712: Construction of New Texaco Station from The Internet Archive - 268MB - 11:51 | |
| This film is available courtesy of the Prelinger Archives (public domain).
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| 1954 | Exclusively Yours Radio Productions, Inc. for Texaco |  Topic Page - 15:00 |
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| 19 December 1997 | Shell Texaco to Divest Assests to Settle FTC Charges "This settlement is a victory for motorists," said William J. Baer, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. "It preserves competition and assures that consumers will not pay more for gasoline and other petroleum products, especially on the West Coast." | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Shell, Texaco |
| 4 September 1998 | Announced Actions for September 4, 1998 Shell Oil Company and Texaco Inc. have petitioned the FTC for approval to divest 29 Shell and Texaco service stations in San Diego County, California, to New West Petroleum Inc. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Shell, Texaco |
| 28 October 1998 | Announced Actions for October 28, 1998 Shell Oil Company and Texaco have been granted approval to divest 29 Shell and Texaco service stations in San Diego, California, to New West Petroleum and 27 gas stations and Texaco’s interest in a terminal in Oahu, Hawaii, to U.S. Restaurant Properties, Inc. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Shell, Texaco |
| 7 September 2001 | FTC Consent Agreement Allows the Merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc., Preserves Market Competition Under the terms of the proposed order, the combined Chevron/Texaco would be required to divest all of Texaco's interests in two joint ventures. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 18 December 2001 | Announced Actions for December 18, 2001 The Commission has received an application from Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on September 7, 2001 that conditionally allowed the merger of the two companies. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 4 January 2002 | Announced Actions for January 4, 2002 Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order concerning the merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco, Inc. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 8 February 2002 | Announced Actions for February 8, 2002 The Commission has approved an application from Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) to divest Texaco’s interests in Equilon Enterprises LLC and Motiva Enterprises LLC to Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining, Inc. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 12 March 2002 | Announced Actions for March 12, 2002 The Commission has received an application from ChevronTexaco Corp. (ChevronTexaco) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on September 7, 2001 that conditionally allowed the merger of the two companies. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 15 March 2002 | Announced Actions for March 15, 2002 The Commission has received an application from ChevronTexaco Corp. (ChevronTexaco) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on September 7, 2001 that conditionally allowed the merger of the two companies. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 14 May 2002 | Announced Actions for May 14, 2002 The Commission has approved an application from Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) to divest Texaco's interests in the Enterprise Fractionating Plant to Enterprise Products Operation, L.P., the present majority owner of the plant and its current operator. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 29 May 2002 | Announced Action for May 29, 2002 The Commission has approved an application from ChevronTexaco Corp. (ChevronTexaco) regarding the FTC's decision and order contained in the consent agreement accepted on September 7, 2001 that conditionally allowed the merger of the two companies. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 13 August 2002 | Announced Actions for August 13, 2002 The Commission has approved the final accounting by the divestiture trustee in the matter concerning the merger of Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topics: Chevron, Texaco |
| 31 May 2005 | Announced Actions for May 31, 2005 The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher. | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Texaco |
| 13 September 2005 | Announced Action for September 13, 2005 The Commission has authorized the staff of the Office of General Counsel to file a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in Texaco v. Dagher, Nos. 04-805, 04-814 (U.S. S. Ct.). | Press Release (text) Agency: FTC Topic: Texaco |
