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The station continued to sell Standard Oil products for its first several years but by 1940 it had switched to Phillips 66 brands. At least nine other stations besides O'Donnell's dotted this part of Route 66 through Odell, the competition drove the addition of the bays by the 1940s. Between 1940 and 1952 the station underwent a number of ...
Standard Oil was an integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company established in 1870 and split into multiple companies in 1911. Various buildings bear the Standard Oil name and multiple individual stations with this branding are historically notable:
Mobil – 233 stations acquired by Brookfield Business Partners from Loblaw Companies in 2017 and changed to the Mobil banner under licence from Imperial Oil; OLCO Petroleum Group – 319 stations in Ontario and Quebec; Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and ...
Standard Oil Red Crown Service Station, Ogallala, Nebraska This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The station is a fusion of the "Domestic" and "Spanish" style gas stations that Standard Oil designed in the early 20th century. The Domestic elements were intended to represent a cottage , promoting a mom-and-pop atmosphere, while the Spanish style incorporated southwestern architecture.
After the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970s, energy stocks rallied as gas and oil prices skyrocketed. Energy's weight in the S&P 500 went from 7% in 1972 to 28% at the tail end of 1980.
The Standard Oil Gasoline Station on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco is the last remaining gas station branded with Standard Oil in California, United States. It maintains this branding to maintain Chevron 's claim to the trademark in California. [ 1 ]
The Standard Oil Company Filling Station at 638 College St. in Bowling Green, Kentucky was built in 1921 by Standard Oil of Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] It was operated as a filling station until 1956. The station was renovated and reopened as public restrooms for the adjacent Circus Square ...