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Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. [1] The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the Seven Sisters oil companies.
A refinery owned by Gulf Oil Corporation in Philadelphia, located [1] at Girard Point on the Schuylkill River in South Philadelphia, caught fire on Sunday, August 17, 1975. [2] [3] [4] This incident grew into an 11-alarm fire, not brought under control until 24 hours later, and resulted in the death of eight firefighters [5] of the Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD), injuries to 14 other ...
Gulf Oil LP is an American oil company formed when Chevron Corporation acquired the naming rights to the Gulf Oil brand in the United States for $13 billion in 1985. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] By 2010, convenience store chain Cumberland Farms acquired all rights to the brand from Chevron, making it the sole owner and marketer in the country. [ 2 ]
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Gulf Oil Corporation began operating in Canada in 1942, and two years later formed a Canadian subsidiary called the Canadian Gulf Oil Company. In 1956 Canadian Gulf Oil merged with the British American Oil Company (of which Gulf Oil was the controlling shareholder) and until 1969 operated under the British American name.
BAPCO was established in 1929 in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California for oil exploration activities in Bahrain. [1] [2] [3] It took over Bahrain's assets of Gulf Oil. [1] In 1930 it obtained the only oil concession in Bahrain. [4] BAPCO discovered first oil in 1931. [5] On 31 May 1932, the company discovered the Bahrain Field (Awali ...
1983 Foundation of Kuwait Petroleum International - Acquisition Gulf Oil in the Benelux, Sweden and Denmark 1984 Acquisition of Gulf Oil in Italy 1986 Acquisition of Hays Petroleum Services (which had previously been owned by the Kuwait Investment Office, and used the Pace Petroleum brand) and Ultramar in the UK - Introduction of the Q8 brand
Gulf Oil's crude oil was principally obtained from Nigeria and Kuwait through joint ventures with BP. [5] Crude was shipped to Bantry Bay in Ireland in 312,000 DWT (deadweight ton) ships. The Bantry Bay facility had a storage capacity of one million tonnes. It was commissioned just before the refinery opened at a cost of £13m. [3]