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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 ...
Oil and gas exploration in the county began in the 1950s, with the largest fields being the 1969 Fitzpatrick and Wipff, and the 1970 Burr. [26] The coal industry of Maverick County is located along a section of the Olmos Coal Formation immediately north of Eagle Pass.
FJ Management Inc., [1] formerly known as Flying J Inc., is a privately held American corporation which operates convenience stores (under the Maverik brand), oil and refining, banking, and insurance businesses. Along with Pilot Corporation and Berkshire Hathaway, [2] it was a joint-owner of Pilot Flying J, the largest truck stop chain in the ...
Chris Wright stands out as an oilman who might be more at home in Silicon Valley than the shale fields of North Dakota. A mountain climber and Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate who ...
The merger [which?] gave Diamond Shamrock 600 retail outlets, plus the Three Rivers oil refinery which was built by Sigmor during the 1970s. In 1987, The Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company severed ties with Diamond Shamrock Corporation, which was the parent company, and became independent with its headquarters in San Antonio.
Valero introduced its updated "Corner Store" retail concept on December 28, 2007, opening the company's first 5,500-square-foot (510 m 2) prototype in western San Antonio. The Corner Store retail division, originally part of Diamond Shamrock, was absorbed into Valero's business portfolio in 2001.
Eagle Ford stratigraphic column Outcrop of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Contact off Kiest Blvd, 1/2 mile east of Patriot Pky in Dallas County. The Eagle Ford Group (also called the Eagle Ford Shale) is a sedimentary rock formation deposited during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late Cretaceous over much of the modern-day state of Texas.
LUBBOCK — Former Central quarterback Maverick McIvor became the first Abilene Christian quarterback to throw for 500 yards against an NCAA D-I opponent on Saturday in a 52-51 loss to Texas Tech.