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Alaska headquarters of BP in Anchorage. In February 1969, before the SS Manhattan had even sailed from its East Coast starting point, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), an unincorporated joint group created by ARCO, British Petroleum, and Humble Oil in October 1968, [24] asked for permission from the United States Department of the Interior to begin geological and engineering studies of ...
The major owner of the company is Hilcorp with 46.93% of the shares dating from the acquisition of BP.The other group members are ConocoPhillips Transportation (shares formerly owned by ARCO and acquired by Phillips during its acquisition of ARCO Alaska as part of the settlement between BP and the FTC [4]) (28.29%), ExxonMobil (20.34%), Koch Alaska Pipeline Company (3.08%), and Unocal (1.36%).
Tesoro's corporate headquarters, completed in 2009, at San Antonio, Texas. Tesoro was founded in 1968 [6] by Dr. Robert Van Osdell West Jr (1921–2006), [7] and was primarily engaged in petroleum exploration and production. Tesoro began operating its first refinery, near Kenai, Alaska, in 1969. Tesoro became the first Fortune 500 company to be ...
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973 is a United States federal law signed by US President Richard Nixon on November 16, 1973, that authorized the building of an oil pipeline connecting the North Slope of Alaska to Port Valdez.
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the ...
The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port.Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands of people, often working in extreme temperatures and conditions, the invention of specialized construction techniques ...
The American General Center is a complex of several office buildings in Neartown Houston, Texas located along Allen Parkway. [1] [2] It is the global headquarters for Corebridge Financial, formerly American General. The America Tower is a 590 ft (180m) tall skyscraper. It was completed in 1983 and has 43 floors.
Palm Center entrance Alice McKean Young Neighborhood Library. The Palm Center Business and Technology Center, [1] commonly known as Palm Center, is a municipally-owned services complex in southeast Houston, Texas. [2] It is 6 miles (9.7 km) from NRG Stadium and is in proximity to the Third Ward area. [3]