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6 unusual facts about Pennzoil


Brothers Strause

In the fall of 2008, the Brothers directed 50 Cent's music video "Get Up" as well as commercials for Pennzoil and Shell, in addition to supplying some visual effects for Avatar.

Build 'n Race

Zoo Games arranged a licensing deal with Pennzoil, but it fell through and as a result it lost the Pennzoil license.

Maxwell Land Grant

Pennzoil bought the Vermejo Park Ranch in 1973, and expanded its size.

Pennzoil

This hasn't happened, but the three company-owned Pennzoil gas stations in the New Castle, Pennsylvania area began co-branding themselves with 7-Eleven in 2003, with more emphasis placed on the 7-Eleven brand name than Pennzoil itself.

As of June 2009, only one Pennzoil/7-Eleven combination remains, as another converted to BP in 2006 while retaining 7-Eleven (a Pennzoil in Ambridge, Pennsylvania also converted to BP at the same time).

Pennzoil, represented by Joe Jamail and Baine Kerr, won $10.53 billion from Texaco, represented by Dick Miller.


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2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

The third annual Pennzoil Ultra Victory Challenge – judged by former driver Jimmy Spencer, TNA wrestler Jeff Hardy, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith along with Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti from the rock group Creed – was held prior to the All-Star Race.

Mark Diesen

After dropping out of chess, he worked as a reservoir engineer for Shell Oil, Pennzoil and Noble Energy.


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