Pictures for September2011 |
Legacy Refineries |
Chevron Refinery El Paso Texas 1939 |
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Caltex Bisbrane Refinery |
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Chevron El Segundo Refinery-1912 El Segundo. El Segundo became the second refinery built by Standard Oil Company and went on line 15 August 1911. It is still in operation in Los Angeles County by Chevron |
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Chevron El Segundo Standard Oil of California Refinery 1928 |
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Gulf Wilshire Oil Company, October, 1937 |
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Union Refinery in Wilmington, California in 1939 |
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Union Oil of California Company Refinery in Wilmington, California in 1965 |
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Union Oil Wilmington, Pumpkin 1952 |
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Gulf Sunset Oil Co Refinery near Wilmington California |
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Gulf Swanigaen Chemical BA Canada |
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Chevron Richmond 1924 California. The Richmond Refinery, El Primo, near San Francisco received first oil on 7 July 1902. It is still in operation by Chevron. |
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Point Orient Wharf was established to export products to Asia. 1907 photo of the Point Orient wharf shows the refinery's can factory in the foreground, the box factory to its left, and three ships waiting to be loaded. | |
Texaco Port Arthur Texas Refinery 1929 |
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Gulf Refinery located at Girard Point on the Schuylkill River in South Philadelphia |
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Texaco Trinidad Leaseholds Refinery, Steam Plant 1947 Canada Regent Oil |
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Texaco Trinidad Leaseholds Refinery, Regent Oil Company 1950 |
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Pure Oil Refinery built on the Delaware River in 1904. Not sure who currently owns this refinery think that it might be Sunco. Union Oil of California bought Pure Oil Company in 1965. |
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Union Pure Refinery Lemont Illinois |
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Tidewater Oil Co Refinery Delaware was commissioned in 1956. Texaco bought Getty in 1984. Star Enterprise operated it in 1988, Motiva Enterprises operate it in 1998 until Premcor Refining bought it. A year later Valero bought it. |
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Bapco Refinery near Awali Bahrain. In 1936 a joint venture with Standard Oil California and Texaco built a refinery to process oil from the Awali Field. It is still in operation by Bahrain National Oil Company. |
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British American Moose Jaw Refinery Saskatchewan. 1946 BA purchased the assets of Union Oil Company of Canada. In 1966 BA sold its assets in the US to the Chartered Corporation of Dallas. Gulf Oil acquired most of these assets. Gulf had also acquired a majority interest in BA Canada and in 1968 BA and renamed as Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. |
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British American Oil Refinery Moose Jaw Saskatchewan |
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British American Oil Co. refinery at Moose Jaw 1940's |
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Gulf Oil Refinery at Port Arthur Texas was built in 1903 to process Spindletop oil. It is still in operation by Valero Energy Company. |
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Texaco Chevron Refinery at Pembrokeshire, Wales in the UK |
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Gulf Oil Refinery in Pittsburgh Pennslyvania in 1954 |
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