Gulf Oil

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Gulf Oil was a major American oil company and petroleum brand that played a prominent role in the global energy industry throughout much of the 20th century.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gulf Oil canonical 4
Gulf Oil Canada 1
Gulf Oil International 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil company
petroleum brand
acquisitionDate 1984
associatedWith Ford GT40
surface form: Gulf-liveried Ford GT40

Gulf-liveried Porsche 917
brandColor blue
orange
brandRightsLaterOwnedBy Cumberland Farms (in parts of the U.S.)
Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gulf Oil International
ceasedToExistAsIndependentCompany 1985
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1901
foundedBy Andrew W. Mellon
William Larimer Mellon Sr.
hadSubsidiary Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gulf Oil Canada

Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gulf Oil Latin America

Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gulf Oil UK
headquartersLocation Gulf Building, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
industry oil and gas
petroleum
logoShape orange disc with blue Gulf lettering
mergedInto Standard Oil of California
notableFor being one of the Seven Sisters oil companies
early development of gasoline retail stations
international upstream and downstream operations
pioneering drive-in service stations
operatedInCountry Canada
Kuwait
Nigeria
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

Venezuela
operatedInSector downstream refining
fuel retailing
petrochemicals
upstream oil production
originatedIn Spindletop oil field, Texas
ownedAsset Gulf Building, Pittsburgh
surface form: Gulf Building (Pittsburgh)

Motiva Port Arthur Refinery
surface form: Port Arthur refinery
parentCompanyAfterMerger Chevron Corporation
product aviation fuel
diesel fuel
gasoline
lubricants
motor oil
sponsored Gulf-Mirage racing team
John Wyer Automotive
successor Chevron Corporation
timePeriodOfProminence 20th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrew W. Mellon owned Gulf Oil
Richard B. Mellon employer Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil hadSubsidiary Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gulf Oil Canada
Gulf Oil hadSubsidiary Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gulf Oil UK
Gulf Oil hadSubsidiary Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gulf Oil Latin America
Gulf Oil brandRightsLaterOwnedBy Gulf Oil self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gulf Oil International