Texaco

oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation
Organization business Q775060
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Texaco

Summary

Texaco is a business[1]. Texaco ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (828 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Texaco received the Peabody Awards[3].
  • Texaco received the National Medal of Arts[4].
  • Texaco is in the country of United States[5].
  • Texaco's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Texaco's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Texaco's instance of is recorded as gas station chain[8].
  • Texaco's instance of is recorded as brand[9].
  • Texaco's founder is recorded as Joseph Stephen Cullinan[10].
  • Texaco's founder is recorded as Walter Benona Sharp[11].
  • Texaco's founder is recorded as Arnold Schlaet[12].
  • Texaco's owned by is recorded as Chevron Corporation[13].
  • Texaco's logo image is recorded as Texacologo.svg[14].
  • Texaco's headquarters location is recorded as San Ramon[15].
  • Texaco's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128970009[16].
  • Texaco's GND ID is recorded as 4134453-4[17].
  • Texaco's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79032259[18].
  • Texaco's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125650807[19].
  • Texaco's IdRef ID is recorded as 204221366[20].
  • Texaco's part of is recorded as Seven Sisters[21].
  • Texaco's Commons category is recorded as Texaco[22].
  • Texaco's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35544388[23].
  • Texaco's industry is recorded as petroleum industry[24].
  • +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Texaco[25].
  • Texaco was dissolved in +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Texaco's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g499[27].

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Founding

Founders include Joseph Stephen Cullinan[10], Walter Benona Sharp[11], and Arnold Schlaet[12]. +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Texaco[25]. Texaco's location of formation is recorded as Beaumont[28].

Identity

Texaco's part of is recorded as Seven Sisters[21].

Operations

Texaco's headquarters location is recorded as San Ramon[15]. Parent organizations include Chevron Corporation[29], an oil company[30], in United States[31], headquartered in San Ramon[32] and Texas Corporation[33], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 1926[36].

Industry

Texaco's industry is recorded as petroleum industry[24].

Ownership

Texaco's owned by is recorded as Chevron Corporation[13]. Products include petroleum[37], natural gas[38], and petroleum product[39].

Recognition

Awards received include Peabody Awards[3], an award[40], in United States[41], founded in 1940[42] and National Medal of Arts[4], a medallion[43], in United States[44], founded in 1984[45].

Dissolution

Texaco was dissolved in +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].

Why It Matters

Texaco ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (828 views/month).[2] Texaco has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Texaco is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

What awards did Texaco receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3] and National Medal of Arts[4].

References

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  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] . wikidata.org.
  31. [39] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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