Chevron Corporation(Redirected from ChevronTexaco)Chevron Corporation NYSE: CVX is one of the world's largest global energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron has facilities in 90 countries. Its headquarters are in San Ramon at 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road 94583. In 2001, the former Chevron corporation merged with Texaco to form ChevronTexaco. On May 9, 2005, ChevronTexaco announced it would drop the Texaco moniker and return to the Chevron name. Texaco will remain as a brand under the Chevron Corporation. OverviewChevron employs approximately 53,000 people worldwide and had approximately 12 billion barrels (1.9 km³) of oil-equivalent net proved reserves at December 31, 2003. Daily production in 2003 was 2.5 million net oil-equivalent barrels (400,000 m³) per day. In addition, the company had a global refining capacity at year-end 2003 of 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m³) of crude oil per day. The company has a worldwide marketing network in 84 countries with approximately 24,000 retail sites, including those of affiliate companies. The company also has interests in 13 power generating assets in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company marked its 125th anniversary in 2004, tracing its roots to an oil discovery at Pico Canyon, north of Los Angeles. This find led to the formation, in 1879, of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, the predecessor of Chevron Corporation. Another side of the genealogical chart points to the 1901 founding of The Texas Fuel Company, a modest enterprise that started out in three rooms of a corrugated iron building in Beaumont, Texas. This company would later become known as Texaco. A Chevron station branded as Standard in Fort Worth, Texas.Chevron is the owner of the Standard Oil trademark in a 16-state area of the western and southeastern United States. To maintain ownership of the mark, the company owns and operates one Standard-branded Chevron station in each state of its area. [1] The locations of these stations are: Alabama: 604 Bessemer Super Hwy, Birmingham Energy technologiesThe company also develops and commercializes advanced energy technologies, including fuel cells, photovoltaics, and advanced batteries, and is active in research and development efforts to utilize hydrogen as a fuel for transport and power. Additionally, the company is investing in the field of nanotechnology, evaluating a new class of molecular building blocks that potentially may be useful in many industries. Marketing BrandsA typical Chevron-branded gas station.Fuel
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CriticismsIn 1992, 777 women filed a class-action suit against Chevron for discrimination and tolerating sexual harassment at Chevron Information Technology Company in San Ramon. In 1995, they settled the harassment claim for $2.2 million. Chevron settled the rest of the charges for $7.42 million. "Mother's Day Massacre" : In 1993, the day before Mother's Day, Ortho, a joint division of Chevron and Monsanto, fired more than 60 sales people, 90% of them over 40 years old. 43 of the employees sued Chevron and Monsanto for age discrimination. They settled for $18.3 million. In 1998, activists were staging a demonstration on an oil platform in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Chevron brought the military in by helicopter. Soldiers shot the activists and subsequently two activists died from their wounds. The Nigerian government is reportedly 80% dependent upon oil production and is condemned by many for its reported treatment of environmentalists. Chevron had ten refinery accidents in ten years at their refinery in Richmond, Ca. The 10th accident occurred on 25 March 1999, when the refinery exploded. Hundreds of people living nearby complained of difficulty breathing and vomiting afterwards. Chevron's warning system was delayed for up to a half-hour after the blast. Communities for a Better Environment sued Chevron, Unocal (also an initiative funder), and other oil companies for polluting Latino and African-American communities in Los Angeles. Chevron has given campaign donations to California governor Pete Wilson, California attorney general Dan Lungren, California legislator Pete Knight, and San Francisco supervisor Amos Brown. This page about ChevronTexaco includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about ChevronTexaco News stories about ChevronTexaco External links for ChevronTexaco Videos for ChevronTexaco Wikis about ChevronTexaco Discussion Groups about ChevronTexaco Blogs about ChevronTexaco Images of ChevronTexaco |
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Chevron has given campaign donations to California governor Pete Wilson, California attorney general Dan Lungren, California legislator Pete Knight, and San Francisco supervisor Amos Brown. Major acquisitions include UK-based International Computers Ltd (ICL) and US-based Amdahl. Communities for a Better Environment sued Chevron, Unocal (also an initiative funder), and other oil companies for polluting Latino and African-American communities in Los Angeles. Its historical domestic rival is NEC. Chevron's warning system was delayed for up to a half-hour after the blast. Internationally, Fujitsu considers IBM to be its main competitior. Hundreds of people living nearby complained of difficulty breathing and vomiting afterwards. 1999), Europe's largest IT supplier owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. The 10th accident occurred on 25 March 1999, when the refinery exploded. The active partnership with Siemens AG has been revived in the form of Fujitsu Siemens Computers (est. Chevron had ten refinery accidents in ten years at their refinery in Richmond, Ca. Today Fujitsu, the communications spinoff of the electric spinoff of a mining company, employs some 200,000 people and has another 500 subsidiary companies itself. The Nigerian government is reportedly 80% dependent upon oil production and is condemned by many for its reported treatment of environmentalists. In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsū (富士通). Soldiers shot the activists and subsequently two activists died from their wounds. By 1954 Fujitsu had rolled out Japan's first computer, the FACOM 100, and 7 years later its transistorized big brother FACOM 222 joined the fray. Chevron brought the military in by helicopter. Despite its connections to the Furukawa zaibatsu, Fujitsu escaped the Allied occupation of Japan mostly unscathed. In 1998, activists were staging a demonstration on an oil platform in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. The company was established in 1935 under the name Fuji Tsūshinki Seizō (富士通信機製造, Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the Fuji Electric company, this in turn being a joint venture between the Furukawa mining company and German conglomerate Siemens. They settled for $18.3 million. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.00 trillion yen for the fiscal year which ended March 31, 2002. 43 of the employees sued Chevron and Monsanto for age discrimination. Fujitsu is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. "Mother's Day Massacre" : In 1993, the day before Mother's Day, Ortho, a joint division of Chevron and Monsanto, fired more than 60 sales people, 90% of them over 40 years old. Chevron settled the rest of the charges for $7.42 million. In 1995, they settled the harassment claim for $2.2 million. In 1992, 777 women filed a class-action suit against Chevron for discrimination and tolerating sexual harassment at Chevron Information Technology Company in San Ramon.
Alabama: 604 Bessemer Super Hwy, Birmingham This company would later become known as Texaco. Another side of the genealogical chart points to the 1901 founding of The Texas Fuel Company, a modest enterprise that started out in three rooms of a corrugated iron building in Beaumont, Texas. This find led to the formation, in 1879, of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, the predecessor of Chevron Corporation. The company marked its 125th anniversary in 2004, tracing its roots to an oil discovery at Pico Canyon, north of Los Angeles. The company also has interests in 13 power generating assets in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The company has a worldwide marketing network in 84 countries with approximately 24,000 retail sites, including those of affiliate companies. In addition, the company had a global refining capacity at year-end 2003 of 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m³) of crude oil per day. Daily production in 2003 was 2.5 million net oil-equivalent barrels (400,000 m³) per day. Chevron employs approximately 53,000 people worldwide and had approximately 12 billion barrels (1.9 km³) of oil-equivalent net proved reserves at December 31, 2003. . Texaco will remain as a brand under the Chevron Corporation. On May 9, 2005, ChevronTexaco announced it would drop the Texaco moniker and return to the Chevron name. In 2001, the former Chevron corporation merged with Texaco to form ChevronTexaco. Its headquarters are in San Ramon at 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road 94583. Chevron has facilities in 90 countries. Headquartered in San Ramon, California and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation. Chevron Corporation NYSE: CVX is one of the world's largest global energy companies. Carl Ware. Sugar. Ronald D. Shoemate. Charles R. Robertson. Peter J. Sam Nunn. Jenifer. Franklyn G. Carla Anderson Hills. Sam Ginn. Eaton. Robert J. Denham. Robert E. Armacost. Samual H. O'Reilly (Chairman). David J. Clean System 3 - Texaco. Techron - Chevron. Chevron Oils. DEX. Havoline. Caltex. Gulf. Texaco (only in the southeastern United states; others are operated by Shell until 2006). Standard Oil. Chevron. |