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17 unusual facts about Gulf Oil


Big Valley, Alberta

At its peak, the Fenn-Big Valley Field produced 5,352 cubic metres (35,000 barrels) of oil a day for Gulf and similar amounts for Shell and Esso.

Broadford, Skye

Services include the Co-op supermarket combined with a 24 hour Gulf Oil garage, a few restaurants (including the Claymore, Broadford Hotel, Dunollie Hotel and Hebridean Hotel), the Skye Serpentarium and a youth hostel.

Carl Fallberg

He wrote the Sears Winnie the Pooh Coloring Book in 1975, contributed to The Wonderful World of Disney (1969–70) Gulf Oil giveaway magazine and provided the text for two of Whitman's Big Little Books: Donald Duck and the Luck of the Ducks and Donald Duck and the Fabulous Diamond Fountain.

Christopher Mellon

Christopher K. Mellon born 1957, son of Karl N. Mellon, the great-grandson of Gulf Oil co-founder William Larimer Mellon.

Earl C. Tingey

During his legal career, Tingey worked as legal counsel for Bunker Ramo Corporation, New Jersey Zinc, Gulf Oil, and Kennecott Corporation.

Erediauwa

For a short period he was the regional representative of Gulf Oil.

Geodat

Petroconsultants SA assessed client interest at a meeting in Geneva on 20–21 August 1981 with attendees from Amoco, BP, Cities Service, Deminex, Elf Acquitaine, Exxon, Gulf and Shell.

George C. Platt Bridge

The bridge passes over an oil refinery (originally owned by Gulf Oil, now by Sun Oil).

Grumman F3F

A civilian aerobatic two-seat variant, the G-22A "Gulfhawk II," was constructed in 1938 and flown by Major Alfred "Al" Williams (Ret.), head of Gulf Oil's aviation department.

Hugo Banzer

These measures, coupled with Ovando's earlier nationalization of Gulf Oil properties, angered his opponents even more, chief among whom was Banzer and his US supporters.

James B. Lockhart III

He has served as Senior Vice President, Finance, at National Reinsurance(1996) which was acquired by General Reinsurance; Managing Director in Smith Barney's Investment Banking Group for financial institutions and Co-Head of its Private Equity Group (1993–1995); Vice President and Treasurer of Alexander & Alexander(1981–1989); and Assistant Treasurer of Gulf Oil in Europe and the U.S. (1974–1981).

Marincello

The executives of Gulf Oil started to doubt Thomas Frouge and the Gulf Oil Land Development Division, which was funding the project.

OAK Racing

The team competes in the famous orange and blue racing livery of Gulf Oil in both championships through its partnership with CAR OIL, Gulf Lubricants’ exclusive distributor for France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Operation Cabinda

The area contained oil storage installations run by the Angolans and Gulf Oil, and because of this, several large military bases were also in the vicinity.

Ruth Munce

Around 1925, she married Gordon Munce, who was an oil executive for Gulf.

Tim Sugden

Team(s) = Gulf Team Davidoff, Dewalt

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1976

Other reasons, including his support for Richard Nixon and accusations that he had illegally obtained contributions from Gulf Oil were alleged to have contributed to the decision.


Igor Ansoff

He has consulted with hundreds of multinational corporations including, Philips, General Electric, Gulf, IBM, Sterling and Westinghouse.

Mellon Financial

Alcoa, Gulf Oil (now Chevron-Texaco), Westinghouse (now CBS Corporation and Siemens) and Rockwell, all were directly founded and managed by the bank.

S P Hinduja

With the acquisition of Ashok Leyland (from British Leyland) and Gulf Oil (from Chevron) in the 1980s and the establishment of banks in Switzerland and India in the 1990s, Hinduja became one of India's well-known successful business tycoons alongside leading names in business such as Tata, Birla, and Ambani.