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A spill occurred on January 5, 2008 at the Zaca-Davis tank battery in the Zaca Oil Field, along Zaca Station Road. Approximately 8,400 US gallons (32 m 3 ) of oil and produced water overflowed the containment area – escaping the large secondary containment through an open 12-inch (300 mm) drainage pipe – and contaminated about one mile (1.6 ...
The Brontosaurus logo is parodied in the Toy Story and Cars franchise films as being the "Dinoco" gas station chain, perhaps an allusion to gasoline and its origin as a fossil fuel, as well as a portmanteau between the "dinosaur" in Sinclair's logo and the suffixes of the "Amoco", "Conoco", and "Sunoco" franchises.
Dragon Petroleum operates a chain of petrol stations and garages across Wales. Its corporate logo is a stylised Welsh dragon , and in its most recent rebranding this logo has been superimposed upon green and white stripes, so as to resemble (but not precisely reproduce) the Welsh flag .
A list of gas station chains in Canada: Canadian Tire Petroleum (Canadian Tire Gas+) – over 300 stations across Canada; most located next to Canadian Tire retail stores or at service centres such as ONRoute; Chevron Corporation – under license by Parkland Corporation (British Columbia, Alberta) Domo Gasoline – 80 stations in western Canada
"Given Gov. Newsom's timeline to end the sale of gas vehicles by 2035, gas stations are a dying business," Koretz said. "Their toxic chemicals take years and millions of dollars to clean up."
Amoco (/ ˈ æ m ə k oʊ / AM-ə-koh) is a brand of fuel stations operating in the United States and owned by British conglomerate BP since 1998. The Amoco Corporation was an American chemical and oil company, founded by Standard Oil Company in 1889 around a refinery in Whiting, Indiana, and was officially the Standard Oil Company of Indiana until 1985.
The Helios House is a gas station in Los Angeles, California, United States, located on Olympic Boulevard. It is designed as a green station with special features and is considered to be the "station of the future." It is the first gas station in the world ever to be submitted for LEED certification. [1] [2] [3]
Founded by Emory T. Clark in 1932 as a single filling station on the corner of 60th St. and Greenfield Ave. in West Allis, Wisconsin, Clark Super Gas sold only premium gasoline. Unlike most contemporary service stations, Clark stations did not offer mechanical maintenance and tire changing. In 1943, the company moved into refining oil.