Tosco (The Oil Shale COrporation) was an independent U.S. based petroleum refining and marketing corporation. It was founded in 1955 in Santa Monica, California, and originally focused on efforts to extract oil products from oil shale and developing alternative energy sources. In 1965, Tosco entered into a joint venture with Atlantic Richfield to develop the Colony Shale Oil Project in Colorado. Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 Mayor Robert Holbrook City Council Bobby Shriver Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area    - City 41. ... Oil Shale Oil shale is a general term applied to a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing enough organic material (called kerogen) to yield oil and combustible gas upon distillation. ... Future energy development face great challenges due to an increasing world population, demands for higher standards of living, demands for less pollution and a much discussed end to fossil fuels. ... ARCO (formerly Atlantic Richfield Company), officially BP West Coast Products LLC, is an American oil company that is a subsidiary of BP. The Atlantic brand was spun off for ARCOs East Coast stations, and was acquired by Sunoco. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

In 1976 the company name was officially shortened to just Tosco after the company acquired the Avon Refinery in Concord, California and other west coast facilities from Phillips Petroleum, making it a major player in the petroleum refining sector. The company continued its efforts in oil shale extraction until 1982 when Exxon (which had bought Atlantic Richfield's 60% share in the project in 1980) pulled out of the Colony Project joint venture, leaving Tosco unable to keep the venture afloat. A major company reorganization followed in 1983. Several takeover bids during the 1980s failed to materialize, and another major reorganization took place in 1991 with the company moving its headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut. ^[1] Motto: Where Families Come First Location of Concord in California. ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was founded by the merger of the Conoco Inc. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... Nickname: The City That Works Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Settled 1641 Incorporated (city) 1893 Consolidated 1949 Government Type Mayor-Board of representatives  - Mayor Dannel Malloy (Dem) Area    - City 134. ...

In 1996, Tosco acquired the Circle K chain of convenience stores. In 1997, Tosco bought the rights to the Union 76 brand and the western United States refining and marketing operations from Unocal. Tosco in turn was acquired by Phillips Petroleum in 2001 and ceased to exist as an independent company. ^[2] Phillips merged with Conoco in 2002 to become ConocoPhillips, who spun off the Circle K stores to Canadian-based Alimentation Couche-Tard. Circle K South-Terakata East Shop（Osaka Moriguchi Japan） Circle K is a trademark owned by the ConocoPhillips oil company to designate a chain of company operated and franchised convenience stores in the United States. ... The traditional Union 76 gas station design A newer design Union 76 is a chain of gas stations located within the United States. ... The Unocal Corporation (NYSE: UCL), based in Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1890 as the Union Oil Company of California. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Oil companies of the United States | Fortune 500 companies | Companies based in Texas ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. ... Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ...

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