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Shell sponsored the Shell Aria, a contest for young Australian operatic singers, held in conjunction with the Australian National Eisteddfod in Canberra from 1955. [16] Shell was the sponsor of Dick Johnson Racing from 1987 until 2004. Having remained as a minor sponsor, it again became title sponsor for the rebranded DJR Team Penske in 2017. [17]
In May 1995, Caltex and Ampol merged their petroleum, refining and marketing assets (i.e. Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd and Ampol Limited) to form Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd (APPL), owned equally by Pioneer International and Caltex Australia. [32] At the time, the merged company held a 28% market share in the petroleum industry.
Liberty Oil was founded in 1995 by David Goldberger and David Wieland, who had previously founded Solo in 1974, before selling it to Ampol in 1989. Goldberger and Wieland had been subject to a ten year non-compete clause however this was ruled void by the Trade Practices Commission when Ampol merged with Caltex.
E. & E. Shale Oil Retorting Company / E. & E. Hydrogenation Pty Ltd. Oil shale from Mt Temi was tested in Sydney, using an Australian Invention known as the 'E. and E. Process' (a retorting and hydrogenation process using superheated air and steam with shale or shale and coal mixture) [ 178 ] [ 179 ] ) and produced 80 gallons of crude oil per ton.
OTR, formerly On the Run, is an Australian chain of petrol stations and convenience stores based in South Australia.Unrelated to ExxonMobil's On the Run store branding, the OTR brand was first established in 1999 by the Shahin family (Peregrine Corporation), who were already owning and operating service stations in Adelaide since 1984.
Golden Fleece was an Australian brand of petroleum products and service stations operated by Harold Sleigh and Company, a business founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1893 by shipowner and merchant Harold Crofton Sleigh (1867–1933) and manufacturer and shipowner John McIlwraith (1828–1902).
Australia's first oil rig was erected there in 1866. [3] Between the 1920s and 1950s, the Shell Company of Australia and Vacuum Oil Company Australia Pty Ltd were selling petrol through single-brand service stations while Golden Fleece, Independent Oil Industry and Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd operated through multiple-brand stations. [4]
Viva Energy Australia is a listed Australian company that owns the Geelong Oil Refinery and is licensed to retail Shell-branded fuels across Australia under a licence agreement. It also owns and retails fuel through Coles Express , OTR , Reddy Express , Liberty Oil and Westside Petroleum-branded service stations.