Shell to replace star at 13,000 Texaco stations

The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 | George Raine

[Willie Green]

Shell Oil Co. has begun the process of transforming 13,000 Texaco service stations in the United States, including 700 in California, into Shell stations, one of the more visible effects of the 2001 merger of Chevron and Texaco.

Prior to the merger, Texaco was a partner with Shell in a refining and marketing venture called Equilon, operating service stations in the West. The Federal Trade Commission ordered Texaco to sell its interest in Equilon as well as a second venture called Motiva, a partnership with Shell and Saudi Refining that operated stations in the East, as a condition for the merger that created ChevronTexaco.

[Willie Green]

Hmmmmm.... I wonder if the Dallas Cowboys will follow suit and put a clamshell on the side of their helmets.

[RetiredArmy]

The way they played Sunday against Houston, it might be a good idea.

[APBaer]

I can still remember Bob “Texaco” Hope pitching their Sky Chief gasoline:
“You can trust your car to the man who wears the star –
the big bright Texaco star.”

[marron]

"Equilon" and "Motiva" represented a huge stealth merger between Shell and Texaco.

Outside of the employees I doubt anyone was ever aware of it. Keep in mind, this happened more or less in parallel to the Clinton anti-trust prosecution of Microsoft.

This also happened about the same time as the mega-mergers of Exxon and Mobil, BP and Amoco, BP-Amoco and Arco, etc.

So while Clinton and Gore were publicly chastising the oil companies, they were turning a blind eye to some of the largest mergers in oil company history.

It has not gotten any better since their departure. Chevron has gobbled up Phillips, and Conoco, in addition to its slice of Texaco.

If you will remember your Econ 101, and what happens as competition is reduced...

[Willie Green]

With all the assistance that the Steelers gave New England on Monday,
I suppose I shouldn't have brought the subject up.

:-(

[discostu]

Everybody who ever bothered to read the back of their Texaco card knew. This card also accepted at Shell stations.

[Malcolm]

I'm still lamenting the loss of AMOCO, the best gas on the planet, taken over by the guys with the worst gas, BP. If someone takes over Chevron, I might as well get my gas at Cirle-K.....

[CdMGuy]

I live in Southern California. Both the Mobil stations at my office and my home were just converted to 76 stations. I suspect that the government required Exxon-Mobil to sell off a bunch of stations as part of the merger. Now I can't use my Mobil Speed Pass any longer. Plus, I think 76 which is no longer Union Oil, but calls itself United Oil Company is really the former Tosco (The oil shale company). They have a poor safety record in running refineries.

[Free the USA]

Index Bump

[who knows what evil?]

Shell...aren't they the ones greenies hold accountable for hanging eight of their extremist bretheren in Nigeria a number of years ago? If so; fill 'er up...with Shell!

[AdA$tra]

Perhaps this explains why every other commercial in my market is for Shell all of a sudden. Go Chiefs! 1-0

[Centurion2000]

Just a thought but the CEO could just nix this plan and claim 500 million in saved expenses. Did it ever occur to them to just change the logo ?

[gcruse]

Well, hell. They're also going to be taking away Phillips 66. Life is getting too complicated anymore.