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In 1981, Occidental acquired IBP, Inc., one of largest producers of beef and pork products in the United States. [24] [51] In 1988, the company acquired Cain Chemical for $2 billion. [52] [53] In 2005, the company acquired Vintage Petroleum for $3.8 billion. [54] [55] In 2008, it acquired a 10% stake in Plains All American Pipeline. [56]
The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas. The find was unprecedented in its size (worldwide) and ushered in an age of rapid regional development ...
Amoco. Anadarko Petroleum. Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation. APCO Oil Corporation. Arbusto Energy. ARCO. Arend Petroleum Company. Associated Oil Company. Astral Oil Works.
In 1919, Jersey Standard acquired a 50% share in Humble Oil & Refining Co., a Texas oil producer. [5] In 1920, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. [12] In the following years it acquired or established Tropical Oil Company of Colombia (1920), Standard Oil Company of Venezuela (1921), and Creole Petroleum Company of Venezuela (1928). [7]
It purchased the small petroleum companies Panhandle Oil Co. in 1956 and the American Liberty Co. of Dallas in 1957, in order to begin actual operations In June 2000, Fina Oil & Chemical Co. was renamed Atofina Petrochemicals Inc. and the headquarters moved to Houston Texas. [1] In 1963, the company acquired Cogsden Petroleum Corp.
Magnolia Petroleum Company. The Magnolia Petroleum Company was an early twentieth-century petroleum company in Texas. The company was established in 1911, being later acquired by the Standard Oil of New York, which operated it as a wholly-owned subsidiary until its demise in 1959. [ 1][ 2]
Triton Energy Limited ( NYSE : OIL) (formerly known as Triton Energy Corporation prior to March 25, 1996) [1] was one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States. Triton was founded in Dallas, Texas by E.R. Wiley in 1962, and had total proved reserves of almost 300 million barrels of ...
Kyle also held several international management positions with Vintage Petroleum from 1996-2005 and has lived and worked in Argentina and other South American countries during much of the last 20 ...