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Amoco

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Not to be confused withAAMCOorAramco.

Amoco(/ˈæməkoʊ/AM-ə-koh) is abrandoffuel stationsoperating in the United States and owned by British conglomerateBPsince 1998. TheAmoco Corporationwas an Americanchemicalandoilcompany, founded byStandard Oil Companyin 1889 around arefineryinWhiting, Indiana,and was officially theStandard Oil Company of Indianauntil 1985. In 1911, it became an independent corporation as part of the break-up of the Standard Oil trust. Incorporated in Indiana, it was headquartered in Chicago.

Amoco Corporation
Amoco; Standard; and American
Formerly
  • Standard Oil Company of Indiana (1911–1985)[1]
  • Amoco Corporation (1985–1998)
Company typePublic
NYSE:AN (1985-1998)
IndustryFuel
PredecessorStandard Oil
Founded1889, as part of theStandard Oil Trust
FounderJohn D. Rockefeller
DefunctDecember 31, 1998(1998-12-31)
FateMerged with BP, becoming abrand,but resurfaced in 2017 selling BP fuel.
SuccessorBP Amoco
HeadquartersAmoco Building,
Chicago, Illinois
WebsiteArchived official websiteat theWayback Machine(archived February 12, 1998)

In 1925, Standard Oil of Indiana absorbed theAmerican Oil Company,[1]founded inBaltimorein 1910, and incorporated in 1922, byLouis Blausteinand his sonJacob.The combined corporation operated or licensed gas stations under both theStandardname and theAmericanorAmoconame (the latter fromAmericanoilcompany) and its logo using these names became a red, white and blue oval with a torch in the center. By the mid-twentieth century it was ranked the largest oil company in the United States. In 1985, it changed its corporate name to Amoco.[2]

The firm's innovations included two essential parts of the modern industry, thegasoline tanker truckand thedrive-through filling station.[3]Its "Amoco Super-Premium" lead-free gasoline was marketed decades before environmental concerns led to the eventual phase out ofleaded gasolinethroughout the United States. Amoco's headquarters were located in the Amoco Building (also called the Standard Oil Building, and nicknamed "Big Stan", now theAon Center) inChicago,Illinois.[4]

Amoco merged withBritish Petroleumin December 1998 to form BP Amoco, which was renamedBPin 2001.[5]The Amoco name was branded at the gas pump for the highest 93 octane blends. TheDeepwater Horizon oil spillof 2010 tarnished the BP brand in the US resulting in a rethinking of US branding. In October 2017, BP announced reintroduction of the Amoco branded stations to select US markets.[6]As of 2023, there were over 600 new Amoco stations in the eastern and midwestern United States.[7]

History

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Standard Oil of Indiana

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Standard Oil of Indiana was formed in 1889 byJohn D. Rockefelleras part of theStandard OilTrust.The company's operations centered around theWhiting Refinerysituated onLake Michigan,and first operational in 1890.[8][9]In 1910, with the increased usage of theautomobile,Indiana Standard decided to specialize in providing gasoline to consumers. In 1911, the year it became independent from the Standard Oil trust, the company sold 88% of thegasolineandkerosenesold in theMidwest.In 1912, it opened its firstgasservice stationinMinneapolis, Minnesota.[5]

When the Standard Oil Trust was broken up in 1911,[10]Indiana Standard was assigned marketing territory covering most of the Midwestern United States, includingIndiana,Michigan,Illinois,Wisconsin,Minnesota,North Dakota,South Dakota,Iowa,Kansas,andMissouri.It had the exclusive rights to use the Standard name in the region. Soon after, Indiana Standard scientistWilliam Burtonpioneered a new way to process crued oil, calledthermal cracking,which allowed the industry to produce more oil.[10]The company licensed the process to 14 companies between 1914-1919, including former parent company Standard Oil of New Jersey.[10]The company opened its Casper refinery in 1914.[11]

In 1918, Indiana Standard named Colonel Robert W. Stewart as its first chairman.[12]Under Stewart, it began investing in other oil companies outside its Standard marketing territory, beginning with the purchase of the Dixie Oil Company of Louisiana in 1919 and a one-third interest in Midwest Refining in 1920.[13]By June 1921, Standard Oil owned 85% of Midwest’s stock.[11]

By 1922, the company also had facilities in Sugar Creek, Missouri;Wood River,Illinois; and Greybull, and Laramie in Wyoming.[14]The Casper facility was the largest volume gasoline refinery in the world by this time, turning 1.35 million barrels of crude oil per month into 615,000 barrels of gasoline.[11]In the 1920s and 1930s, Indiana Standard opened up dozens more refining and oil-drilling facilities. Combined with a new oil-refining process, Indiana Standard created its exploration and production business, Stanolind, in 1931.[15]In the following years, a period of intense exploration and search for oil-rich fields ensued; the company drilled over 1,000 wells in 1937 alone.

Purchase of American Oil Company

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After working for Standard Oil, Blaustein eventually saved enough capital[16]to found his own oil company with his son in 1910. They called it the American Oil Company (AMOCO).[17]Blaustein incorporated his business in 1922.[18]

In 1923, the Blausteins sold a half interest in American Oil to thePan American Petroleum and Transport Companyin exchange for a guaranteed supply of oil. Before this deal, Amoco was forced to depend onStandard Oil of New Jersey,a competitor, for its supplies. Standard Oil of Indiana acquired Pan American in 1925, beginningJohn D. Rockefeller's association with the Amoco name.[18]

In the wake of the infamousTeapot Dome Scandal,it was discovered thatHarry Sinclair,Robert Stewart, and others, had been laundering money through a shell company called Continental Trading Company and using the funds to buyLiberty BondsduringWorld War I.Though Stewart was never charged with a crime,John D. Rockefeller, Jr.demanded his resignation. After a lengthy proxy fight between the two, Stewart was eventually ousted in March 1929.[12]

Pipelines and oil transport

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In 1921, Indiana Standard bought a half interest in the Sinclair Pipeline Company, a subsidiary ofSinclair Oil Corporation,[19]which owned a network of crude oil pipelines in the midwestern United States. The stake in thePan American Petroleum and Transport Companygave the company interest in the American Oil Company, which marketed half of PAT's oil in the United States. Indiana Standard raised its stake in PAT to 81 percent by 1929. The two companies officially merged in 1954.[20]

In 1930, Stanolind completed its acquisition of Sinclair Pipeline[21]and also acquired half of Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company.[19]All of the pipeline companies were consolidated into the newly formed Stanolind Pipeline Company.[21]The crude oil purchasing operations became Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company.[22]The pipeline company headquarters were located in the Philcade building inTulsa, Oklahoma.In 1950, all of the corporation's pipeline activities were merged into a single entity, which was named Service Pipeline Company.[21]By 1964, the company operated 14,500 miles of pipelines located in the central part of the country. It gathered crude oil from 34,300 wells and carried it to 59 refineries, delivering 900,000 to 950,000 barrels a day.[21]

Lead-free gasoline

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Amoco gas station in Pennsylvania, 1935

While most oil companies were switching to leadedgasolinesen masse during the mid-to-late 1920s, American Oil chose to continue marketing its premium-grade "Amoco-Gas" (later Amoco Super-Premium)[23]as a lead-free gasoline by using aromatics rather thantetraethylleadto increaseoctanelevels. This was decades before the environmental movement of the early 1970s that led to more stringent auto-emission controls, which ultimately mandated theuniversal phase out of leaded gasoline.[24]

The "Amoco" lead-free gasoline was sold at American's stations in the eastern and southern U.S. alongside American Regular gasoline, which was a leaded fuel. By 1970, lead-free Amoco was introduced in the Indiana Standard marketing area in 1970.[23][25]The Red Crown Regular and White Crown Premium (later Gold Crown Super Premium) gasolines marketed by parent company Standard Oil (Indiana) in its prime marketing area in the Midwest before 1961, also contained lead.[26]By 1978, Amoco had phased out premium lead gas.[23]

In November 1986, amid pressures from theEPAto cut down on the usage of lead in gasoline, Amoco became the first major oil company to say it would quit all retail sales of leaded gasoline. In its place, Amoco began selling a mid-grade 89 octane unleaded gasoline (the same number as its leaded regular gasoline), along with its unleaded regular and unleaded premium offerings.[27]

World War II

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World War IIfollowed this period of exploration; Indiana Standard participated in the war effort, discovering new means of refinement and even a way of producingTNTmore quickly and easily. In addition, Indiana Standard significantly contributed to the aviation and land gasoline needed for theAlliedarmies. Also, during the war Indiana Standard created itschemicaldivision, formed from the merger of the Pan American Chemicals Company and the Indoil Chemical Company.

Post-war

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In the late 1940s, after World War II, Indiana Standard returned to focusing on domestic oil refinement and advancement. In 1947, Indiana Standard was the first company to drill off-shore, in theGulf of Mexico,and in 1948, Stanolind Oil inventedHydrafrac,a hydraulic well fracturing process that increased oil production worldwide. Initially the Hydrafrac process was licensed exclusively toHalliburton.

Amoco station in Richmond, 1954

By the early 1950s, Standard Oil of Indiana was ranked as the second-largest American oil company with annual gross sales of $1.5 billion.[28]It had 12 refineries in the United States, marketed its products in 41 states, owned 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of crude oil pipelines, 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of trunk lines, and 1,700 miles (2,700 km) of product pipelines.[29]

In October 1954, Standard Indiana opened itsMandan refineryin North Dakota under its American Oil Company subsidiary.[30]

Business expansion

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Indiana Standard began to diversify its assets. It again led the way with scientific and technological discoveries.[citation needed]Indiana Standard discoveredPTA,a chemical forpolyesterfiber production.[31]In 1968, following that discovery, Indiana Standard acquired the Avisun Corporation and Patchogue-Plymouth, forming the Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company.[citation needed]By 1992, the company was trying to sell off its yarn factories in Alabama and Georgia.[32]

The company's Amoco Foam Products subsidiary made polystyrene cups, plates, carrying trays and other products. The division was sold toTennecoin June 1996.[33]

Amoco

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In 1956, the Pan-Am stations in the southeastern U.S. were rebranded as Amoco stations. In 1961, Indiana Standard reorganized its marketing giving its American Oil Company unit responsibility for its retail operations nationwide under the Standard name inside the Indiana Standard marketing area (Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and under the American name outside that region. Both brands shared the same redesigned torch and oval logo for easy identification nationwide. The Utoco name used in Indiana Standard's southwestern region was replaced by the American name. The Amoco name continued to be used outside the U.S. and as a brand on certain American Oil products.

Soon after, the company began to expand. With an exploration office inCanada,Indiana Standard was now an international gas company. Indiana Standard created several new plants and claimed various new oil fields in this time period, as the company prospered in the post-war boom.

By 1971, all the divisions of Indiana Standard bore the Amoco name including American Oil which was renamed Amoco Oil with American stations renamed Amoco stations. By 1975, Amoco began phasing in the Amoco name in the old Indiana Standard sales territory. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) was officially renamed Amoco Corporation in 1985.[34]Facilities, like the one in Casper, were renamed using the new branding.[11]

Phillips Petroleum's assets in the General American Oil Company, acquired in 1983, were later taken over by Amoco.

Carlin's Amoco Stationwas built atRoanoke, Virginia,around 1947; it was listed on theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2012.[35][36]

Global expansion

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American station on Hylan Boulevard, NY City, 1973

Standard of Indiana established operations in Venezuela during the 1920s under dictatorJuan Vicente Gomez.However, by 1932, during the worst of the Great Depression, the company sold its interests toStandard Oil of New Jersey.[10]

In 1958, Indiana again went overseas by signing a deal with Iran to develop oil interests in the Middle Eastern country.[10]

In the following decades, Amoco expanded globally, creating plants,oil wells,or markets in over 30 countries, includingItaly,Australia(acquired by BP in 1984),Britain,Belgium,Brazil,Argentina,Mexico,South Korea,Taiwan,Norway,Venezuela,Russia,China,Trinidad and Tobago,andEgypt.[citation needed]In addition, the company also acquired a division ofTenneco Oil CompanyandDome Petroleum Limited,[citation needed]becoming one of the world's largest oil companies.

In April 1981, reorganized Amoco Production, Amoco Oil, Amoco Chemicals, and Amoco Minerals—its four main units into worldwide operating concerns—into worldwide operating concerns. The Amoco International Oil Company was also merged into Amoco Production, with its refining and marketing operations transferred to Amoco Oil and its marine transportation operations made part of Indiana Standard's supply and technology department.[37]

In July 1988, Amoco acquiredDome Petroleum,a Canadian company.[38]By 1989, Amoco was the fifth-largest gasoline seller in the United States with more than 14,000 stations in 30 states.[39]

Merger with BP

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By the end of the 1990s, worldwide oil prices had slumped to their lowest point in over a decade. Amoco, the fourth largest US oil producer at the time, reported a 50% fall in earnings in second quarter of 1998. Analysts believed Amoco was hurt by its lack of international refining. On August 11, 1998, Amoco announced it would merge withBritish Petroleum(BP) in the world's largest industrial merger.[40]

Though billed as a merger of equals, BP held control of the new entity. Shareholder control was split 60/40 in favor of BP shareholders. The new company was also based on London, where BP was based, with BP chief executive SirJohn Brownerunning the company. BP chairman Peter Sutherland and Amoco chairman Larry Fuller served as co-chairs. The consolidated company would also cut 6,000 jobs worldwide.[40]

The new company made efforts to further consolidate by announcing the acquisition ofAtlantic Richfield Company (ARCO)for $26.8 billion in April 1999.[41]However, it wasn't until BP Amoco agreed to divest ARCO's Alaska holdings that the FTC approved the deal a year later. The company then cut 2,000 jobs.[42]

In August 1999, BP Amoco sold its western Canadian oil properties for $1.1 billion.[43]In September 2001, BP Amoco sold its refineries in Salt Lake City and Mandan, North Dakota toTesoro Petroleum.[44]

Originally, the plan was for all US BP service stations to be converted to Amoco while all overseas Amoco service stations were to be converted to BP.[clarification needed]But by 2004, BP announced that all Amoco service stations would either be closed or renamed to BP service stations, including the remaining stations still bearing the "Standard" name.[citation needed]BP also chose to rename its gasolines with the Amoco name, changing its midgrade and premium offerings to the Silver and Ultimate brandings that Amoco used. By 2008, the "Amoco Fuels" name had been mostly discontinued in favor of "BP Gasoline with Invigorate." The Amoco name, however, lives on as BP continues to sell Silver and Ultimate under the BP name.

In addition, a few BP stations continued operation under the Amoco name. Most were either converted to BP, demolished and replaced with BP-style stations, abandoned, or switched to competitor brands. On April 1, 2010, in Mississippi,Chevronpurchased someBPgas stations, which had been Amoco, to convert them to theTexacobrand.[45]

In the aftermath of theDeepwater Horizon oil spillin the Gulf of Mexico, there were reports in the press thatBPwas reconsidering rebranding itself as Amoco in the US.[46]Some independently owned BP stations, including former Amoco stations, switched to a different brand due to the public relations fallout as a result of the oil spill.[47]

Leadership

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President

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William P. Cowan, 1911–1918
Lauren J. Drake, 1918
William M. Burton, 1919–1927
Edward G. Seubert, 1927–1945
Alonzo W. Peake, 1945–1955
Frank O. Prior, 1955–1958
John E. Swearingen, 1958–1965
Dr Robert C. Gunness, 1965–1974
George V. Myers, 1974–1978
Richard M. Morrow, 1978–1983
H. Laurence Fuller, 1983–1995
William G. Lowrie, 1996–1998

Chairman of the Board

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Colonel Robert W. Stewart, 1918–1929[12]
Robert E. Wilson, 1945–1958
Frank O. Prior, 1958–1960
John E. Swearingen, 1965–1983
Richard M. Morrow, 1983–1991
H. Laurence Fuller, 1991–1998

Corporate image

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Logos

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The first "torch & oval" logo used 1947–1960, here on a highway map

The first Indiana Standard logo was unveiled in 1926, after a competition. The logo featured a circle, representing strength, stability, and dependability, with the words "Standard Oil Company (Indiana)" in red. The inner circle represents the cycle of service to customers. The wordServicewas written in the inside of the circles. In addition, the logo also had a torch with a flame, symbolizing progress. This logo appeared on gas station buildings. The roadside sign was a blue rectangle saying "STANDARD SERVICE" in white block letters.

Concurrently, American Oil introduced in 1932, a logo which was the first to bear the name "Amoco". It featured an ellipse divided into three sections horizontally; the top and bottom were red, and the middle had a black background with white lettering. This logo was used in the northeastern U.S.

A new logo was developed by Indiana Standard and introduced in 1946. It combined the Standard torch with the Amoco oval. The oval colors were, from top to bottom, red, white, and blue. The new logo was called the "Torch and Oval (T&O)". In parts of the country where the company could not use the name "Standard", the logo read "Utoco" or "Pan-Am". When the "Pan-Am" name was replaced by "Amoco", it marked the first time the torch and oval was used with the Amoco name. The red and black logo continued to be used in the northeast and maps distributed by Amoco in the late 1950s through 1960 showed both logos.[48]

1961–1970 Standard logo. Logo bore the "AMERICAN" name outside the Indiana Standard marketing area

In 1961, the torch and oval was redesigned with a flatter oval and a more contemporary torch design with the logo bearing the Standard or American name in the U.S. and the Amoco name outside the U.S.

The next updated logo, in 1971, enhanced the previous one. It featured a blue bottom and a sleeker-looking torch. In addition, the word "Standard" became italicized and thicker. This was used byMidwesternstation owners who had the option of using the Amoco name (more familiar in theEastandSouth) or using the more familiar Standard name. Owners used it until they were converted to BP or another franchise. In the 1970s, both the Standard and Amoco brand icons were used on products (such as Amoco Roadmaps, Amoco Motorclub, and the Amaco Credit Card).

The final logo of the original Amoco, used until 2002

The final Amoco logo of the company simply changed the name on the logo to "Amoco". The logo featured the familiar torch and divided ellipse.[49]A horizontal logo was also used, with the italicized word "Amoco" featuring trailing red, white, and blue horizontal stripes, taken from the divided ellipse of the Amoco logo. This logo was used primarily on pumps and service station canopies.

After the rebrand, for a time the Amoco brand was retained as a sub-brand to the main BP helios logo, mainly in the form of the horizontal logo (used on signage as a smaller element beneath the price displays); the black background was replaced with green, to symbolize the new parent company.[50]

Although a few Amoco stations still use their former logo, most have since been converted to the BP livery. InSt. Louis, Missouri,the largest Amoco sign in the world,both before and after the company's demise, still stands. It stands at the intersection of Clayton Road, Skinker Boulevard, McCausland Avenue, andInterstate 64(near the southwest corner ofForest Park,home of theSt. Louis Zoo,theSaint Louis Art Museumand other prominent attractions). It is visible up to two miles away on the interstate. Most surviving Amoco stations are kept so BP can continue holding the trademarks for Amoco and Standard.

In May 2008, United States BP stations mostly discontinued use of the "Amoco Fuels" logo as BP introduced its new brand of fuel, "BP Gasoline with Invigorate". BP still uses the Silver and Amoco Ultimate brands for its midgrade and premium gasolines. For the 2017 revival (see below), the Amoco logo got a new, modernized refresh to its "torch and oval" image.

Sponsorship

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In 1968–72, (as American Oil Company) the company sponsored the American Freeway Patrol (AFP) in the metropolitan San Diego area as part of an expansion of service stations into Southern California. The American Freeway Patrol cruised the freeways and assisted disabled motorists free of charge, and provided helicopter traffic reports for local radio stations which was groundbreaking at the time. Don Langford, with KFWB (AM) Los Angeles, joined the American Freeway Patrol, San Diego, as traffic reporter onKOGO-AM-FM,KSON(AM),KITT(FM) San Diego, andKMLO(AM) Vista.[51][52]

In 1976, Amoco (under the "Standard"name) sponsored theBarney OldfieldSpeedway attraction atMarriott's Great Americatheme parkinGurnee,Illinois. Although the sponsorship deal ended whenMarriottsold the park toSix Flagsin 1985, theStandardlogo can still be seen on all of the Barney Oldfield Speedway (now Great America Raceway) cars.

In 1988, legendary racerMario Andrettidrove the Amoco Ultimate Lola/Chevrolet for Newman/Haas Racing in theIndianapolis 500and throughout the season in theCART IndyCar World Series.Andretti provided great publicity for Amoco by winning races at Phoenix and Cleveland that year, part of his 52 career IndyCar wins. Andretti also appeared in Amoco television commercials that aired in local race markets as part of the IndyCar sponsorship campaign.

Dave Blaneydrove a #93Pontiac Grand Prix/Dodge Intrepidunder Amoco sponsorship in theNASCAR Cup SeriesandNASCAR Xfinity Seriesfrom 1997 until the brand's demise in 2001.

Incidents

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On August 27, 1955, the Whiting refinery suffered a devastating fire when a processing tower exploded. The fire lasted eight days, consumed 45 acres of storage tanks, and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In all, two people were killed, another 40 were injured 40, and 1,500 were evacuated. By the following year, the facility was repaired and the company had purchased much of the surrounding area in order to expand.[53][54]

In November 1978 - abnormally high temperatures were detected in fuel tanks in the basement of an Amoco gas station inCentralia, Pennsylvania,owned by then-mayor John Coddington. The source was determined to be the town'songoing mine fire.To prevent risk of the fuel igniting, the gasoline in the tanks was drained. The gas station was shuttered in December 1979, and demolished on November 9, 1981.[55]

On March 16, 1978, thevery large crude carrierAmoco Cadizran ashore just north ofLandunvez,Finistère,Brittany,France,causing one of the largestoil spillsin history. Amoco was ordered by a federal judgeCharles Norglein a 1990 ruling to pay $120 million in damages and restitution to France.[56]

On October 21, 1980, an explosion at an Amoco plant inNew Castle, Delaware,killed six people, caused $46 million in property damage, and eventually led to the loss of 300 jobs.[57]

In the 1980s and 1990s, six former Amoco chemical engineers at the firm'sNaperville, Illinois,research campus developed a deadly form of brain cancer. Researchers who conducted a three-year study of thecancer clusterdetermined that the cancer cases were workplace-related, but they could not identify the source of the workers' ailments. In June 2010, BP demolished Building 503, where the employees had worked. According to a company spokesperson, the building was "underused", and "required upgrades the company deemed too expensive." Heirs of one of the cancer-stricken workers won a $2.75 million suit against BP Amoco in 2000.[58]

Brand relaunch

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Amoco (brand)
Amoco gas station in St. Louis, 2023
Product typeService stations
OwnerBP
CountryUnited States
Introduced1998;26 years ago(1998)
MarketsEastern United States

It was announced on October 10, 2017, that BP would bring the Amoco name back, after an absence of almost a decade.[59]BP had said the first station would relaunch in 2017. Its intention for relaunching the name was to capture more of the U.S. fuel industry.[60]

As such, aside from the aforementioned St. Louis station with the large Amoco sign as well as a few other isolated instances, most newer Amoco stations were converted from competitor brands as opposed to BP.[citation needed][opinion]

As three of BP'sBig Oilcompetitors already sold gasoline under multiple brands that were once competitors (ExxonMobilwithExxon&Mobil,[61]Chevronwith its namesake brand &Texaco,[62]andPhillips 66with its namesake brand,Conoco,&76[63]), this leftShell Oil Companyas the only Big Oil company to sell gasoline under one brand.[original research?]

Several Gulf stations were rechristened as Amoco stations onLong Island,New York, starting in November 2017.[64][failed verification]

The Amoco brand returned to thePittsburghmarket in fall 2020, when locally-based Coen Markets announced a marketing deal with BP to sell Amoco-branded gasoline at all of its fuel-offering locations. As most of Coen's stores were already selling BP gasoline (with a small handful having been Amoco stations before BP), this marked the largest switchover from BP to Amoco since the brand's reintroduction, though a few Coen stations were also selling Exxon,Sunoco,andCitgoprior to the deal.[65]While the deal didn't affect BP as a whole, as BP lost several stations in the market toMarathon Petroleumyears before, it essentially relegated the BP brand to7-Elevenstations in the market as well as a few independent operators.

Following the acquisition ofTravelCenters of Americain May 2023, BP began converting all pumps to either BP or Amoco branding. February 2024, there were 675 Amoco gas stations in the United States.[66]

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