Caltex

Caltex is a trademark of the US oil and energy company Chevron Corporation . Caltex is well known in southern Africa and in the Asia - Pacific region, especially as a chain of petrol stations . Marketing is carried out by Caltex International Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore .

In South Korea , Chevron operates the listed GS Caltex Corporation as a joint venture with the GS Group , which among other things has its own oil refineries . GS Caltex covers most of Korea's oil needs, also works through joint ventures with international companies, and exports half of its oil products to other countries.

Another specialty is Caltex Petroleum Australia Pty. Ltd. ( ASX - abbreviation CTX ), which has been wholly owned by Australian shareholders since 2015 . Caltex Australia is an independent oil company with its own refineries, which in addition to its own fleet has a broad network of pipelines , oil terminals and storage facilities. With the brands Caltex , Caltex Woolworths and Ampol , the company also operates its own petrol station networks.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, Caltex operated over 800 filling stations from 1956 to 1969 and the Raunheim refinery until 1982 .

history

Caltex is an acronym for California Texas Oil Company , a company founded by Texaco and Standard Oil of California in 1936 . The aim of the two oil companies was to only operate outside the USA with their joint subsidiary in order to gain more market shares in other countries together.

California Texas Oil Company was renamed Caltex Petroleum Corporation in 1968. The main office was in Dallas . In 1984 Standard Oil of California merged with Gulf Oil and changed the company name to Chevron Corporation . In 1998 the international Caltex Petroleum Corporation was renamed Caltex Corp. In 1999, the company moved from Dallas to Singapore . Two years later, the two parent companies merged to form ChevronTexaco (from 2005 Chevron Corporation).

Germany

Caltex tank boat in the Kiel Fjord near Friedrichsort (1965)

Caltex petrol station from 1957 in Hannover-Badenstedt of type 3 of the company's standardized petrol stations, today a listed building

In the Federal Republic of Germany, Caltex sold mineral oil products from 1956 to 1969 via a network of filling stations operated by Tank-Kraft GmbH in Hanover, a subsidiary of Braunkohle-Petrol AG ( West Berlin ).

The architect Walter Hämer gave the more than 800 petrol stations an independent appearance on German streets. The daring and futuristic architecture gave the stations a high recognition factor . The cantilevered concrete roof, which until then hadn't been seen anywhere else in this form, lay like a protective sheet over the tank attendant's house and the tank island. Two dominant flanks added elegance and sophistication to the construction. The modular construction type in white and green design always provided for the same gas station, which could be supplemented on the right or left by a car maintenance hall. A good dozen former Caltex stations have survived to this day - most of them survived through being used in a workshop or at least close to an automobile.

In addition, from the 1960s the company operated the Caltex refinery in Raunheim (Hesse) with a large tank farm that was connected to the Rhine-Main pipeline (RMR). The company premises were located right next to the A3 . The refinery was later taken over by RWE Dea . After the systems had been out of operation for a long time, the site was acquired by Fraport in 2004 .

The Caltex brand is still protected in Germany.

present

Caltex has been represented in 29 countries since 2015. These include Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines. In some countries, besides Chevron, various shareholders are involved in the company, in others Caltex is a pure brand (marketing) . For example, in New Zealand the Caltex brand is owned by Z Energy Ltd and in South Africa by Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd. operated under license from Chevron.

Caltex Petroleum Australia Pty. Ltd. which was 50 percent owned by Chevron and 50 percent by Australian shareholders . In March 2015, Chevron sold its 50 percent stake to Australian shareholders. In contrast, GS Caltex in South Korea remains jointly owned by Chevron and the GS Group .

Picture gallery

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  Caltex filling station in Pakistan (2008)

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  Caltex gas station in Australia (2009)

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  Caltex gas station in New Zealand (2011)

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  Caltex filling station in South Africa (2014)

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  Caltex filling station in Hong Kong (2017)

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  Caltex gas station in the Philippines (2018)

Others

In 1987, the tanker Vector, operating for Caltex Philippines, collided with the Doña Paz ferry . Both ships caught fire and sank. 4,386 people died.

Web links

Commons : Caltex  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fuels and stations Homepage Chevron, accessed June 17, 2019
2. ↑ One journey. Almost eighty years in the making. Caltex, accessed June 17, 2019
3. ^ History GS Caltex. Caltex, accessed June 17, 2019
4. ↑ Caltex Australia Finances.net profile , accessed June 17, 2019
5. ↑ Caltex Australia Homepage Caltex Australia, accessed June 17, 2019
6. ↑ Start mit Winkel der Spiegel from April 21, 1969, accessed on June 17, 2019
7. ↑ One journey. Almost eighty years in the making. Caltex, accessed June 17, 2019
8. ↑ Too many gas pumps Der Spiegel from June 20, 1956, accessed on June 17, 2019
9. ↑ Start mit Winkel der Spiegel from April 21, 1969, accessed on June 17, 2019
10. ^ Georg Krause: Chemiker-Zeitung. Volume 81. A. Hüthig, 1957, p. 195.
11. ↑ Daring architecture of the 50s city ​​moments, accessed on June 17, 2019
12. ↑ The Caltex-System ModerneREGIONAL , accessed on June 17, 2019
13. ↑ Caltex site ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Trademark register
15. ↑ One journey. Almost eighty years in the making. Caltex, accessed June 17, 2019
16. ↑ Caltex New Zealand Homepage Caltex New Zealand, accessed June 17, 2019
17. ↑ Caltex South Africa Homepage Caltex South Africa, accessed on June 17, 2019
18. ↑ Caltex Australia Finances.net profile , accessed June 17, 2019
19. ↑ Caltex Australia Homepage Caltex Australia, accessed June 17, 2019
20. ^ History GS Caltex. Caltex, accessed June 17, 2019