ConocoPhillips
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| ConocoPhillips
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| Type | Public (NYSE: COP) |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 30, 2002 (merger) 1875 (Conoco) 1917 (Phillips) [1] |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, USA
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>James Mulva, CEO & Chairman |
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. It was founded by the merger of Conoco Inc. and the Phillips Petroleum Company on August 30, 2002. Headquarters are based in Houston, Texas in the United States, and Calgary, Alberta in Canada. It is one of the six "supermajor" vertically integrated oil companies.
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[edit] Business units
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.
ConocoPhillips also operates refineries in Europe, including the Humber Refinery in North East Lincolnshire (UK). http://www.conocophillips.co.uk/about/humber/index.htm
ProJet is the brand operated in Malaysia, Turkpetrol in Turkey, and COOP in Switzerland.
[edit] 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<ref>Save the 76 Ball website</ref>.
- On March of 2006, Burlington Resources joined with ConocoPhillips.
- On May 10, 2006, Richard Armitage, former deputy-secretary of the U.S. State Department, was elected to the board of directors of the ConocoPhillips oil company.
[edit] See also
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[edit] 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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