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In 1979, Shell purchased Belridge Oil Company for $3.65 billion, which at the time was called the "biggest cash takeover in American history" by US government sources. [4] In 1997, Shell and Texaco entered into two refining/marketing joint ventures. One combined their Midwestern and Western operations and was known as Equilon.
One Shell Plaza (OSP) is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at 910 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the pinnacle height of the building to 304.8 m (1,000 ft).
The Energy Corridor is a business district in Houston, Texas, located on the west side of the metropolitan area between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway.The district straddles a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Interstate 10 (the Katy Freeway) from Kirkwood Road westward to Barker Cypress Road and extends south along Eldridge Parkway to Briar Forest Drive.
In addition to the Fortune 500 companies above, many other companies in multiple fields are headquartered or have based their US headquarters in Houston. Al's Formal Wear; Allis-Chalmers Energy; Allpoint; American Bureau of Shipping; American National Insurance Company (Galveston) Aon Hewitt; Archimage; Avelo Airlines; Axiom Space; Baker Botts ...
851 reserved as a third area code for the region. 903: Texas (Tyler, Sherman, Longview, Marshall, Palestine, Jacksonville, Carthage, and Northeast Texas) November 4, 1990: prior to October 18, 1980, the area code served Tijuana, Mexico, and adjacent areas bordering the United States; split of 214; 2003: overlaid by 430; 904
The Magnolia Hotel Houston is a hotel located at 1100 Texas Avenue, in downtown Houston, Texas.It was the tallest building in Houston from 1926 to 1927. The building once served as headquarters for the Shell Oil Company, and later home to The Houston Post-Dispatch.
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The Allen Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of three buildings, One Allen Center (500 Dallas Street), [ 1 ] Two Allen Center (1200 Smith Street), [ 2 ] Three Allen Center (333 Clay Street). [ 3 ]