Texaco

Texaco ("The Texas Company") is the name of an American oil retail brand. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company until it merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001. It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindleto... More

Industry:

Date founded:

  • 1901

Place founded:

Also known as:

  • Texaco Inc
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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1982
  • for Their Commitment to Both Radio and Television Presentations of Great Opera.
  • 1989
  • Metropolitan Opera Saturday Afternoon Broadcasts.
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Peabody Award Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 10
  • 1990
  • 8
  • 1960
  • 8
  • 1970
  • 5
  • 1980
  • 28
  • 2000
  • 14
  • 1955
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Fortune 500 of 1980

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Organization

Address

Texaco Headquarters

6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd
San Ramon California 94583

Texaco Headquarters

2000 WESTCHESTER AVE
White Plains New York 10650

Texaco Headquarters

2000 Westchester Avenue
White Plains New York 10650

Involved in merger:

Organizations merging Date
  • 2001
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Theater Character

Portrayed By (In Plays):

Actor Play
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