CHEVRON CORPORATION.

After the 2001 merger the combined ChevronTexaco signature used distinct lettering, but the constituent operations still showed their own logos on the website in 2004. The logo changed again by April 2007. C968’s funnel follows Aberdeen, with bands slightly narrower than the intervening white. Its flag comes from the company website; Rosanoski presumes it later changed but found no confirmation as of 18 April 2007.

The corporate history traces origins to Pacific Oil in 1879, followed by Standard Oil ownership and consolidation. Standard Oil Company of California became independent in 1911 and merged with Pacific Oil in 1926. Interests in Bahrain Petroleum and California-Arabia Standard Oil preceded the 1936 Caltex venture with Texaco. Standard Oil of Kentucky was acquired in 1961. US operations were consolidated into Chevron USA in 1977, and the Chevron Corporation name accompanied the Gulf Oil merger in 1984. Tenneco Oil was acquired in 1988.

The name Chevron began as a marketing identity; shipping appears to have adopted it from 1965. Loughran’s suggestion of a corporate change to Chevron International Oil around 1970 is not supported by the cited Lloyd’s account, and a 1932 date for Chevron USA apparently does not date that name. The Gulf and Chevron fleets were to merge in 1985. The Texaco merger produced ChevronTexaco on 9 October 2001; the parent reverted to Chevron in 2005, also acquiring Unocal that year. A separate cited account says Chevron was assimilated by Pennzoil in 1993; the source supplies no reconciliation with its continuing Chevron history.

The maritime group encompassed Caltex, Gulf and Texaco interests, Chevron Transport, tankers and regional companies. Chevron Transport originated in 1950 as California Trans Corp and changed name in 1965. ACT Operators, a 1989 Agip–Texaco–Chevron venture, later became CACT with Eni. LG-Caltex was a Korean venture, with LG’s interest transferred to GS Holdings in 2004. Chevron’s 48.9% Irving Oil holding is dated 1957–88, though later Lloyd’s records continue to list Irving as an associate. Chevron-named shipping concerns also operated from the Netherlands and the UK before and after the 1984 reorganisation.

USA, San Francisco CA; later San Ramon CA.