ConocoPhillips

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ConocoPhillips (NYSE: [COP]) is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston, and one of the six "supermajor" oil companies in the world (along with Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Total and Chevron). It was founded by the merger of Conoco Inc. and the Phillips Petroleum Company on August 30, 2002. Calgary, Alberta is also home to ConocoPhillips in Canada.

In the United States, the company operates Conoco, Phillips 66, and Union 76 (which it bought from Unocal) retail gas stations. In Europe, it operates Jet filling stations in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden,Thailand and the United Kingdom. ProJet is the brand operated in Malaysia, Turkpetrol in Turkey, and COOP in Switzerland.

History

In 2005, the corporation began rebranding their Union 76 gas stations, prompting a petition campaign by fans hoping to save the historic 76 orange ball signage[Save the 76 Ball website].

On March of 2006, Burlington Resources joined with ConocoPhillips.

See also

• Brands of gasoline

References

External links

• [ConocoPhillips website]
• [Conoco/Phillips/76 promotional website]
• [World Internet News: "Big Oil Looking for a Government Handout", April 2006].
• [Subsea firm listing]

 

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