I have two Texaco stations in Leavenworth, Kansas where I live and was just wondering if anyone knew whether they use the Shell V Power gasoline also, due to the merger of Shell and Texaco?
Texaco stations - are they using Shell V Power gasoline also?
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I thought chevron and texaco merged.
Shell and texaco used to be in business with each other, both controlling a company called equilon.
chevron bought the lube division of texaco and shell bought the gas division
After reading some articles......It is true that shell earned the right to the texaco stations, when it bought out texaco's share in 2 joint ventures between texaco and themselves.....which paved the way for chevron and texaco to merge. As I understand it, shell's rights to the texaco stations, only lasts until 2006.
Shell and Texaco never merged. They had a joint agreement called Equilon where they shared refineries and distribution of both Texaco and Shell brands in the U.S.
Chevron bought all of Texaco October 10, 2001. ChevronTexaco got the exclusive rights to the Havoline brand name on August 14, 2003 as the licenses with Equilon expired. ChevronTexaco got the right to sell gasoline under the Texaco brand name in the U.S. on July 1, 2004. ChevronTexaco and Shell have agreed on which company gets the former Texaco stations, how fast they are being rebranded, and other details.
If you see a Texaco station, it is probably ChevronTexaco unless it is still waiting for rebranding to Shell--these things take time.
Ken
Chevron bought all of Texaco October 10, 2001. ChevronTexaco got the exclusive rights to the Havoline brand name on August 14, 2003 as the licenses with Equilon expired. ChevronTexaco got the right to sell gasoline under the Texaco brand name in the U.S. on July 1, 2004. ChevronTexaco and Shell have agreed on which company gets the former Texaco stations, how fast they are being rebranded, and other details.
If you see a Texaco station, it is probably ChevronTexaco unless it is still waiting for rebranding to Shell--these things take time.
Ken
Gasoline for any gas station can come from any refinery. Marketing and refining are run totally separately.
Unless it is branded Shell and is advertising V Power, I would assume nothing.
Unless it is branded Shell and is advertising V Power, I would assume nothing.
Oil companies are very proud of their individual gasoline additive packages. Although the base fuel can often come from the same source, the additive package usually doesn't. Often the additive package is not added until the fuel delivery tanker is fulled just before being sent out to the individual service station.
One tanker driver once told me in jest that the only difference in the additive package was the color of the dye.
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