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Frank Phillips was born on November 28, 1873, [1] in Scotia, Nebraska where his parents Lucinda and Lewis Franklin Phillips, the county's first magistrate, had a farm. [2] The family moved in 1874 to a small farm in rural southwest Iowa after a swarm of grasshoppers wrecked havoc on the farming region of Scotia. [3]
He presented Boots Adams with a portrait he had recently painted – depicting Adams seated at the head of a table, as chairman of the Phillips 66 board. The portrait was a prized heirloom of Adams' second wife, Dorothy Glynn, and remains in the family's care, having been passed on to the eldest daughter of Boots and Dorothy.
The first Phillips 66 logo, branded by the Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1930. The Phillips 66 shield logo, linking it to U.S. Route 66, was introduced in 1930. [11] After a series of changes to the color scheme including the popular dark green with orange and blue trim, [11] the company settled on black and orange color scheme that would last nearly thirty years.
Phillips 66 also has been the subject of controversy over its role in climate change, leading to calls for the removal of its iconic "76" sign at Dodger Stadium. Times staff writer Roger Vincent ...
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Phillips 66 faces up to five years' probation for each count and $2.4 million in fines. Company officials are expected to appear in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles for an ...
Along with sister brands, Phillips 66, and 76, "Conoco" (IPA: [ˈkɒnəkoʊ]), [39] is a major American brand of oil and gas station that has been owned by Phillips 66 since 2012 and was originally the brand used by its originator, Conoco Inc., from 1875 to its merger with Phillips Petroleum in 2002. Although the Conoco brand can be used in any ...
In 2015, ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66 agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that hundreds of their gas stations violated California anti-pollution laws since 2006. The civil complaint, filed in January 2013, alleged that the companies violated state laws on the operation and maintenance of underground gasoline storage tanks ...