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The Shell Martinez Refinery in Martinez, California, the first Shell refinery in the United States, supplied Shell and Texaco stations in the West and Midwest [12] until its sale to PBF Energy in 2020. [13] Shell fuel previously included the RU2000 and SU2000 lines (later there was a SU2000E) but they have been superseded by the V-Power line. [14]
The Emeryville Research Center of Shell Development Company in Emeryville, California was a major research facility of Shell Oil Company in the United States from 1928 until 1972, when Shell Development relocated to Houston, Texas. [1]
University Park is a 1.17 square miles (3.0 km 2) neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. [1] The area includes the University of Southern California (USC), and the residential neighborhoods located immediately north of the campus: North University Park, Chester Place and St. James Park.
In 1860, 0.5 million barrels of oil were produced throughout the country. By 1895, the state of California, alone, produced 1.2 million barrels of oil. [17] With the new oil supplies from California—along with increased oil production in Texas and Pennsylvania—the price decreased from $9.60 per barrel in 1860 to $0.25 per barrel in 1895. [18]
Established in 1892, it's long been welcoming visitors to tour its corn murals and artwork for free. ... Bodie State Historic Park is a California gold-mining ghost town. The town once boasted ...
Shell is the operator and major shareholder of The Shell Canada Quest Energy project, based within the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, located near Fort McMurray, Alberta. [199] It holds a 60% share, alongside Chevron Canada Limited , which holds 20%, and Marathon Canadian Oil Sands Holding Limited, which holds the final 20%. [ 200 ]
The partnership was equally owned but operated by Shell. It was later replaced by Shell-D'Arcy Petroleum Development Company and Shell-BP Petroleum Development Company (now Shell Petroleum Development Company). [38] In 1934, APOC and Gulf Oil founded the Kuwait Oil Company as an equally owned partnership. The oil concession rights were awarded ...
The Economics of the Pacific Coast Petroleum Industry (3 vol. University of California Press, 1944–47) Beaton, Kendall. Enterprise In Oil: A History Of Shell In The United States (1957) pp 59–112, 269-96; considerable detail on service stations; Blackford, Mansel G. The politics of business in California, 1890-1920 (Ohio State University ...