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The Motiva refinery is an oil refinery located in Port Arthur, Texas. It is the third largest oil refinery in the United States. The first processing units of the Port Arthur Refinery were constructed in 1902 by the Texas Company, later Texaco. The roots of this refinery can be traced to the Spindletop oil boom near Beaumont, Texas. It came ...
In January 2024, Sunoco announced the sale of 204 convenience stores in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and West Texas to 7-Eleven for $1.0 billion. [72] On March 13, 2024, Sunoco LP announced its acquisition of Zenith Energy Netherlands Amsterdam B.V., which included liquid fuels terminals in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Bantry Bay, Ireland. [73]
Texas quickly became one of the leading oil-producing states in the U.S., along with Oklahoma and California; soon the nation overtook the Russian Empire as the top producer of petroleum. By 1940 Texas had come to dominate U.S. production. Some historians even define the beginning of the world's Oil Age as the beginning of this era in Texas. [1]
January 2013: Announced Agreement to Purchase a Biodiesel Facility in Cleburne, Texas from EQM Technologies & Energy, Inc. [19] [20] February 2014: Announced Agreement to Purchase a Biodiesel Facility in Crossett, Arkansas [21] [22] November 2016: Completed Sale of MAPCO Retail Related Assets for $535 million [23] [24] [25]
The ASTM recognizes two grades of kerosene: 1-K (less than 0.04% sulfur by weight) and 2-K (0.3% sulfur by weight). [16] Grade 1-K kerosene burns cleaner with fewer deposits, fewer toxins, and less frequent maintenance than 2-K, and is the preferred grade for indoor heaters and stoves. [17] In the United Kingdom, two grades of heating oil are ...
Gulf Oil reached the peak of its development around 1970. In that year, the company processed 1.3 million barrels (210,000 m 3) of crude daily, held assets worth $6.5 billion ($51 billion today), employed 58,000 employees worldwide, and was owned by 163,000 shareholders. [22]
On December 1, 1993, Tesco Corporation was formed through the amalgamation of Shelter Oil and Gas Ltd., Coexco Petroleum Inc., Forewest Industries Ltd. and Tesco Corporation. The company also became a public company. [1] In 1994, Tesco's portable land top drive won a Special Meritorious Award for Engineering at the Offshore Technology ...
A cutaway view of the intake of the original Fordson tractor (including the intake manifold, vaporizer, carburetor, and fuel lines).. A petrol-paraffin engine differs from a single-fuel petrol engine in that two independent fuel tanks containing petrol and paraffin (respectively) are required, but both fuels may be supplied through the same carburetor or fuel injection system.