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Subsidiaries. Indian Oil Co. (1931–1943) Website. texaco.com. Texaco, Inc. ("The Texa s Co mpany") is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation. [5] Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron ". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until its refining operations merged ...
2. ExxonMobil. 244,363. 71,200. Multinational oil and gas company and largest of the Big Oil entities. The firm is headquartered in Spring, Texas north of Houston. Subsidiaries include Exxon, Mobil, and Esso . 9.
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 headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Tesoro is the word for treasure (or ...
Koch Industries, Inc. ( / koʊk / KOHK) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas, and is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, after Cargill. [6] Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and ...
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 ...
630,000 bbl/d (100,000 m 3 /d) No. of employees. 1,450. The Motiva refinery is an oil refinery located in Port Arthur, Texas. It is the third largest oil refinery in the United States. The first processing units of the Port Arthur Refinery were constructed in 1902 by the Texas Company, later Texaco. The roots of this refinery can be traced to ...
Valero Energy Corporation is an American-based downstream petroleum company mostly involved in manufacturing and marketing transportation fuels, other petrochemical products, and power. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. [2]
APA Corporation. The headquarters of the company in Post Oak Central, Houston, Texas. APA Corporation is the holding company for Apache Corporation, an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. [2] It is organized in Delaware and headquartered in Houston. The company is ranked 431st on the Fortune 500.