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In July 2005, Valero Energy announced that it would be phasing out the Diamond Shamrock brand and convert its remaining 2,900 locations to the Valero name. Prior to this, the conversion of Diamond Shamrock stores had already started with the east and west coasts of the United States.
Valero retails gasoline branded as Valero, Shamrock, Diamond Shamrock, [80] Beacon, and Total, the last under license from TotalEnergies. While this arm of the company was the most visible to the public, it was, according to CEO Bill Greehey, "a very small part of [Valero's] operations". [81]
The refinery in Lévis was renamed in honour of retired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock CEO Jean Gaulin in 2001. [1] On December 31, 2001, Valero Energy Corporation completed its acquisition of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. [5] On May 1, 2013, Ultramar was spun off from Valero into CST Brands.
In 1995, there were 660 Stop N Go stores, with all of them in Texas, including 396 Stop N Go stores in Houston, making it the largest convenience store chain in the city. At that time, 250 people worked in the company headquarters. In 1995, Diamond Shamrock bought Stop N Go for $260 million.
1100 Superior (formerly known as the Diamond Shamrock Building, the Diamond Building, and Oswald Centre) is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio's emerging Nine-Twelve District, which is also home to One Cleveland Center, Ohio Savings Plaza, The 925 Building, PNC Center, and the former Eaton Center.
In 1986, the Diamond Shamrock Corporation agreed to pay $150,000 for a canvas tarpaulin to cover 3 acres (12,000 m 2) of the contaminated area. [2] Remediation efforts at Diamond Alkali began in 2000 [ 4 ] and ecological investigation, dredging, and other cleanup activities are still underway.
One memorial attendee, whose grandfather died in the fire, said he carries the same servant's heart and was inspired to follow in his footsteps.
Many stores offer Sunoco, Chevron, Conoco, Exxon, Phillips 66, Shell, Texaco, Valero, and unbranded fuel; most locations previously sold fuel under the CITGO name, when the chain was Circle K. More than 300 locations also feature the proprietary Laredo Taco Company brand of Mexican fast food, or Country Cookin’ branded fast food.