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    Richfield Oil Corporation was an American petroleum company based in California from 1905 to 1966. In 1966, it merged with Atlantic Refining Company to...
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  • Atlantic Richfield Company, an independent oil and gas company formed from the merger of Atlantic Petroleum and the Richfield Oil Corporation. From 1966...
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  • Richfield Oil Corporation. Sinclair was instrumental in transferring capital and managerial assets into Richfield. Thirty years later, Richfield merged with...
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  • Rush Richfield, California Richfield, Idaho Richfield, Iowa Richfield, Kansas Richfield, Minnesota Richfield, Nebraska Richfield, New York Richfield (hamlet)...
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    Atlantic Petroleum (category Defunct oil companies of the United States)
    was also one of the companies that merged with Richfield Oil Corporation to form the "AtlanticRichfield Co.", later known as ARCO. After an unsuccessful...
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  • Project Oilsand (category Athabasca oil sands)
    was devised by geologist Manley L. Natland at Los Angeles–based Richfield Oil Corporation. The project was conceived of as part of Operation Plowshare,...
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  • day. The discovery of the Swanson River Oil Field on the Kenai Peninsula in 1957 by the Richfield Oil Corporation prompted the company to send geologists...
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    honor of Dr. John C. Ruddock who was medical director for the Richfield Oil Corporation. Six subspecies of Masticophis flagellum are recognized as being...
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    its 1966 merger with the Richfield Oil Company to form ARCO. Following an unsuccessful purchase of Sinclair Oil Corporation and negative publicity with...
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    conglomerate BP since 1998. The Amoco Corporation was an American chemical and oil company, founded by Standard Oil Company in 1889 around a refinery in...
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    major oil companies, gradually left the field in the decades following 1950. J. Paul Getty, Standard Oil of California, Richfield Oil Corporation, Shell...
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  • Hess Corporation Ashland Oil & Refining Atlantic Richfield Company Champlin Petroleum Company Cities Service Company Forest Oil Company Gulf Oil Corporation...
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  • Oil Corporation was a holding company for the stock of the Pacific Western Oil Company. In 1928, Pacific Western Oil was founded to acquire the oil producing...
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    Navy suspended its survey, Richfield Oil Corporation (later Atlantic Richfield and ARCO) drilled an enormously successful oil well near the Swanson River...
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  • Gasoline, Eastside Genuine Bock Beer, Caterpillar, Old Colony Paint, Richfield Oil Corporation, Calirox Fruit Cookies, and Mission Pak Company. A posthumous...
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    Peter Pan and The Rescue.: 148  The Richfield Oil Corporation acquired an exploration lease in 1954 but did not find oil.: 160  UC Santa Barbara established...
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    the 1930s Santa Rosa had a small municipal airfield owned by Richfield Oil Corporation next to the Redwood Highway about 6 miles southeast of the present...
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  • in drilling, including Superior Oil Company, Richfield Oil Corporation, Humble Oil, Unocal Corporation and Standard Oil. Throughout its history, it has...
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  • the Wesayso Corporation with his friend and coworker Roy Hess, where they work under the supervision of their boss, Bradley P. Richfield. The focus of...
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  • Founder and executive director of Atlantic Richfield Oil Company ARCO, Los Angeles Richfield Oil Corporation 1979 Nils Yngve Wessell (*) – President of...
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    oil and gas production. It is near the seaside communities of Mussel Shoals and La Conchita. The island is connected to the mainland by the Richfield...
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    during a heavy storm. From the 1930s through the 1960s, it was a Richfield Oil Corporation gas station, owned and operated by Ancil Morris and ceased operation...
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  • International Comfort Products Corporation brands trace their roots back many years. Arcoaire were made by ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company.) Both Comfortmaker...
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  • temples they resemble. The following year Fluor was awarded a contract by Richfield Oil to build a 10,000-gallon-per-day gasoline plant. Against his father's...
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    originally painted red and by January 1931 was painted in the Richfield Oil Corporation colors of blue and cream. "We named the ship the Kangaroo, because...
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    The Kerr-McGee Corporation, founded in 1929, was an American energy company involved in oil exploration, production of crude oil, natural gas, perchlorate...
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    tanker ships like: T1 tanker, T2 tanker and the largest T3 Tankers for fuel oil, aviation gasoline, and Diesel fuel. Merchant Navy operated special ships...
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    California or "California Standard." It is now part of Chevron Corporation. The Los Angeles City Oil Field was discovered in 1890, and made famous by Edward...
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    Valley National Park near Richfield, Ohio Columbus-area highway marker designating Interstate 71 and Ohio Route 1 (1965) "Standard Oil to Drop Sohio". New York...
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    Inc., a subsidiary of BP, which acquired its founding owner, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), in 2000. In the United States, the stores are usually...
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