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“APCO” was a common acronym used within the Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation since its founding in 1922. As early as 1926, Anderson-Prichard began attempts at trademarking the acronym, first through overtures to the American Pacific Company, and later through communications with the American Oil Company, whose trading name AMOCO was thought to be too similar.
The Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation (reporting mark: APCO), a regional oil refinery and gasoline distributor, began operation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1919, founded by J. Steve Anderson and Lev H. Prichard Sr. [1] The partnership was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on June 30, 1922.
November 17, 2009 – Elk City, Crane failure. [120] March 8, 2012 - Lightning caused an oil tank battery fire in southwest Oklahoma City. [121] April 18, 2013 - A Lightning strike caused a tank battery fire in NE Oklahoma City. [122] December 17, 2014 – Coal County, 2 dead, 3 injured [123] [124]
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From 1907 to 1930, Oklahoma and California traded the title of number one US oil producer back and forth. [1] Oklahoma oil production peaked in 1927, at 762,000 barrels/day, and by 2005 had declined to 168,000 barrels/day, but then started rising, and by 2014 had more than doubled to 350,000 barrels per day, the fifth highest state in the U.S. [2]
Called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, it is the world's largest emergency oil supply, and dates back to the 1970s, when it was created to ensure the U.S.'s future energy independence ...
The Oklahoma City Oil Field is one of the world's giant petroleum fields and is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States of America.The field was opened just south of the city limits on December 4, 1928, and first entered Oklahoma City limits on May 27, 1930.