CALTEX anyone else know this.

[Green X]

I always thought Caltex was a Australian company

Till, a mate of mine who works for Chevron said he was doing some work at the Caltex refinery??, Turns out CALTEX is Owned by Chevron and started life as a venture between>

Californian Standard Oil company and Texaco to give competition to Mobil who at the time was the only Oil company present in Australia, Chevron acquired Texaco at some point and thus CALTEX as well!

Got to say i was surprised.

[GS608]

yeah thats why the caltex star is really the texaco star..just diff colours

[Fordman]

Always wondered about the link between them, nice thread

[Fairlane]

Yep, some of it is listed on the Australian stick exchange, but yeah it is mostly US.

The only Australian fuel company recently was AMPOL, which was gobbled up by Caltex like 10 years ago.

[Silver Ghia]

^^^Caltex also did that to Golden Fleece (also Aussie owned) in 1981.

[GS608]

Hasn't Caltex also gobbled up Most (if not all) Mobil outlets in Aus?

[Fairlane]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

Hasn't Caltex also gobbled up Most (if not all) Mobil outlets in Aus?

They were trying too, not sure if it went through, the ACCC had to look at it. Mobil is getting out of Australia all together, they shut down their SA refinery. Most of the franchises around were I live jumped across to join United/Midcoast.

[Bud Bud]

Originally Posted by Fairlane

They were trying too, not sure if it went through, the ACCC had to look at it. Mobil is getting out of Australia all together, they shut down their SA refinery. Most of the franchises around were I live jumped across to join United/Midcoast.

Also in Adelaide there has been a consistent closure of Mobil outlets over the last ten years especially in areas that they absolutely dominated for decades before as well. The only real "old school" retailer that continues to grow in Adelaide these days is BP. Obviously Caltex through Woolies has done well during this time as well. We have also seen all that glossy TV advertising from the 60’s through to the 80’s dry up to.

I am very suspicious of what Mobil is up to and what they know that we don't. I think that the next casualty could be Shell as they do not seem to be investing into new sites either while they are also closing down decade old operations as well.

Anybody in the know care to shed some light?

[arm79]

And here I thought the name was a dead giveaway really. Something I have known since primary school..

Im sure you also know BP stands for British Petroleum. Owned by the Brtis worldwide, but was originally a German owned enterprise. "Acquired" by the Brits during WW1.

[kircher]

Where is United based? In my hometown Shell, BP and Caltex all had fuel marked right up, and then the United reopened and they undercut the others by around 20c/L. This was soon after the recent banking crisis when the price of oil fell right down. That sure improved my opinion of United. As soon as United lowered the price the others followed. I dare say the others must have had a local price fixing agreement. It wasn't investigated though.

[ltd]

Originally Posted by arm79

And here I thought the name was a dead giveaway really. Something I have known since primary school..

Im sure you also know BP stands for British Petroleum. Owned by the Brtis worldwide, but was originally a German owned enterprise. "Acquired" by the Brits during WW1.

Agreed. I just thought it was common knowledge.
Although, I may have had an intimate knowledge inadvertantly as my father worked at the A.L.O.R at Kurnell and then Ampol as a chemical engineer when he was younger. Even managed to attend a court hearing in Chicago regarding some Diesel issue for some big customer. Before my time though so meh.

BTW, most of you would know that Kurnell was the birthplace of the nation with Captain Cook in 1788, but do any of you know how Kurnell got it's name?

After being rowed ashore in a small cutter from the Endeavour, Captain Cook sent some of his men to fetch the Union Jack flag to proclaim Australia part of the British Empire. They fetched it, and he prepared a small speech in front of his men. He commenced his speech with the immortal words; "I hereby claim this land New Holland, a country of his Royal Highness King George the 3rd". He gestured his young bosun to plant the flag in the sand. "I hereby proclaim this beach to be named....." at the exact same time the bosun swung the flag but hit the captains foot; "FU-- KURNELL" :

[imugli]

Originally Posted by Bud Bud

I think that the next casualty could be Shell as they do not seem to be investing into new sites either while they are also closing down decade old operations as well.

I'm not in the know, but I know Coles / Shell have opened 2 sites within 5 minutes of my place within the last 12 months. One they took over, the other was a brand new site...

[dave351cid]

i was in bundaberg on the week end and the company that runs all the mobil servos there and on the highway at Gin Gin is in the process of changeing over to BP.
i think there are about 6 outlets.

[aussiblue]

Still 50% oz

Caltex Australia Limited is the largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products in Australia with operations in all states and territories. Caltex is the only oil refining and marketing company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. It has more than 20,000 shareholders with institutions, retail investors and employees holding 50 percent of the shares and Chevron Corporation of the US holding the balance.

http://www.caltex.com.au/about_facts.asp

[aussiblue]

And see here for its history: http://www.caltex.com.au/about_his.asp

[saber]

If you take a look on the back of any Caltex oil/lubricant bottle, you'll find a reference to Chevron, something like "A Chevron company"

[aussiblue]

and in terms of the link with Golden Fleece and Ampol

At the height of the 'Solo marketing battle' Caltex Petroleum Corporation financed loans to Ampol, Caltex and Golden Fleece to build new, single-brand stations in order to maintain the market share of Australian companies buying its crude oil

[aussiblue]

Some interesting history here http://home.austarnet.com.au/jamieson/petrol.html

[Road_Warrior]

Shell won't go. It's as big as the other two multinationals and probably more retail focused than BP and Caltex.