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Consolidated Oil Corp, in 1935, bought Richfield's eastern United States operations. This maneuver removed Standard Oil of California's interest in Richfield Oil. The east coast gas stations would later be rebranded as Sinclair stations.
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at the helm, Atlantic Refining continued its mergers and acquisitions. On a fishing trip with Richfield Oil Chairman Charles S. Jones, Robert O. Anderson, by then Chairman of Atlantic, arranged a merger to form the
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The company merged with Atlantic Refining to form Atlantic Richfield Corp, later known as ARCO, in 1966. After spinning off Atlantic Refining to Sonoco, ARCO was purchased by BP plc in 2000.
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Richfield Oil Corp emerged from receivership in 1936, after Rio Grande controlled by Consolidated Oil Corp and Cities Service Company agreed to a merger between Richfield Oil and Rio Grande.
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The Richfield Oil Corporation was founded in 1905, and opened its first automotive service station in Los Angeles in 1917. After quick expansion, Richfield Oil Corp fell to the
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Richfield used both a realistic drawing and a stylized eagle as its symbol. This was often done in blue and yellow since blue and yellow were used as corporate colors.
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Atlantic Refining Company found itself needing more oil production. It first merged with Hondo Oil & Gas Company in 1962. Later, with former Hondo president
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The Richfield Oil Corp was the first to discover commercial quantities of oil in the state of Alaska. This occurred in 1957 on the
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building was completed in 1929. This building served as Richfield's headquarters for many years. It was demolished in 1968.
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was an American petroleum company based in California from 1905 to 1966. In 1966, it merged with
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From the Rio Grande to the Arctic: The Story of the Richfield Oil Corporation
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A Richfield service station located in Tucson, Arizona, July 1939
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Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 1966
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Opening of the California Carson Oil Refinery in 1938.
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Non-renewable resource companies established in 1905
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Atlantic Refining Company
Atlantic Richfield Company

Great Depression
Cities Service Company
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Harry Ford Sinclair
Standard Oil of California
World War II
bombarded
Imperial Japanese Army
Ellwood oil field
Santa Barbara
Japanese submarine I-17
continental America
Disneyland
Autopia
Richfield Tower
Art Deco
Kenai Peninsula
Prudhoe Bay
Robert O. Anderson
Atlantic Richfield Company
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