Nope, Gulf was aquired by Chevron in 1984. They may have divested some Gulf stations to BP as part of the merger. (Normally when 2 merged companies are in the same markets, the Feds make them sell some of the assets.)
-Ben At 12:43 PM 3/13/03 -0500, you wrote: >And a long long time ago, the acquired Gulf, which is how I remember >them being so old. > >We used to have Gulf stations around here, then one day, they all became >BP, now this was many years ago and I don't remember it much any more, >but I knew it happened. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:38 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Hydrogen >> >> BP owns (acquired) Amoco ( orig. American Oil Company), ARCO (orig. >> Atlantic Richfield Co.), and Castrol oil. >> >> -Ben >> >> >> At 10:00 AM 3/13/03 -0500, you wrote: >> >You may be right. I know BP merged with Amoco in the late 90's and >hadn't >> >really heard too much of them before. >> > >> >I was under the impression BP was the new brand created by the >merger, >> but I >> >could be wrong. >> > >> >M >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:45 AM >> >To: CF-Community >> >Subject: RE: Hydrogen >> > >> > >> >BP was around a lot longer than two years ago I thought. >> > >> >I remember BP stations around here 10 years ago. >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
