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World Fuel Services Corporate Office

World Fuel Services began as a regional oil recycling company in Florida. It was incorporated in 1984 as International Recovery Corp. and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986.

In 1986 they acquired Advance Petroleum, Inc., an aviation fuel company. In 1989 they acquired another aviation fuel company, JCo Energy Partner, Ltd and renamed it World Fuel Services, Inc.

International Recovery Corp entered the marine fuel business with the 1995 acquisition of the Trans-Tec Services group of companies.

In 1995 the company changed its name from International Recovery Corp to World Fuel Services.

In 2004, World Fuel’s acquisition of Tramp Oil increased their marine revenue by 60%.

Today World Fuel Services provides marketing and financing of aviation, marine, and ground transportation fuel products to commercial aircraft, corporate aircraft, petroleum distributors, and ships as 2,500 locations throughout the world.  Their revenue for 2011 was $34.7 billion.

 

World Fuel Services

World Fuel Services began as a regional oil recycling company in Florida. It was incorporated in 1984 as International Recovery Corp. and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986.

In 1986 they acquired Advance Petroleum, Inc., an aviation fuel company. In 1989 they acquired another aviation fuel company, JCo Energy Partner, Ltd and renamed it World Fuel Services, Inc.

International Recovery Corp entered the marine fuel business with the 1995 acquisition of the Trans-Tec Services group of companies.

History

In 1995 the company changed its name from International Recovery Corp to World Fuel Services.

In 2004, World Fuel’s acquisition of Tramp Oil increased their marine revenue by 60%.

Today World Fuel Services provides marketing and financing of aviation, marine, and ground transportation fuel products to commercial aircraft, corporate aircraft, petroleum distributors, and ships as 2,500 locations throughout the world.  Their revenue for 2011 was $34.7 billion.

 

Enterprise Products Partners Corporate Office

Enterprise Products Partners was founded in 1968 as a wholesale marketer of natural gas liquids. They completed construction of their first pipelines in Mont Belvieu, Texas in 1972. In 1979 they completed a storage and pipeline complex on that site.

In 1980 Enterprise Products Partners acquired Wanda Petroleum Company from Dow Chemical.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s they expanded the Mont Belvieu facility, going from 13,000 barrels per day of capacity in 1981 to 210,000 barrels per day in 1996.

In 2000 they started operations at the Neptune Natural Gas Processing Plant in Louisiana. This plant had the capacity to process  300 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

In 2004 Enterprise Products Partners acquired GulfTerra which created one of the largest publicly traded energy partnerships with a value of $14 billion.

Today Enterprise Products Partners is a natural gas and crude oil pipeline company. They operate over 40,000 miles of pipeline both onshore and offshore through their different segments, operate 14 natural gas liquids fractionation plants, and operate 6 offshore hub platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

 

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

Enterprise Products Partners was founded in 1968 as a wholesale marketer of natural gas liquids. They completed construction of their first pipelines in Mont Belvieu, Texas in 1972. In 1979 they completed a storage and pipeline complex on that site.

In 1980 Enterprise Products Partners acquired Wanda Petroleum Company from Dow Chemical.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s they expanded the Mont Belvieu facility, going from 13,000 barrels per day of capacity in 1981 to 210,000 barrels per day in 1996.

History

In 2000 they started operations at the Neptune Natural Gas Processing Plant in Louisiana. This plant had the capacity to process  300 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.

In 2004 Enterprise Products Partners acquired GulfTerra which created one of the largest publicly traded energy partnerships with a value of $14 billion.

Today Enterprise Products Partners is a natural gas and crude oil pipeline company. They operate over 40,000 miles of pipeline both onshore and offshore through their different segments, operate 14 natural gas liquids fractionation plants, and operate 6 offshore hub platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

 

Schlumberger Corporate Office

Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 by the French brothers Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger as the Electric Prospecting Company (Societe de Prospection Electrique). The company sold electrical measurement mapping services.

They expanded rapidly and in 1935 the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation was founded in Houston, Texas. They later evolved into Schlumberger Well Services, and then Schlumberger Wireline and Testing.

In 1956, Schlumberger Limited was created as a holding company for all of the Schlumberger businesses, which included the American company, Johnson Testers.

The company continued to invest heavily in research, and in 1981 they established the first data links with email.

Schlumberger invested in numerous joint ventures throughout their history; notably Dowell Schlumberger with Dow Chemical in 1960, specializing in pumping services for the oil industry and M-I L.L.C. with Smith Internationalin 1999, the world’s largest drilling fluid company.

Today Schlumberger supplies the petroleum industry with seismic acquisition and processing, formation evaluation, well testing, directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, artificial lift, flow assurance and consulting, software and information management, groundwater extraction, and carbon capture and storage.

Schlumberger has more than 120,000 employees and works in more than 85 countries worldwide. Their operating income for 2012 was $7.2 billion.

 

Schlumberger Limited

Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 by the French brothers Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger as the Electric Prospecting Company (Societe de Prospection Electrique). The company sold electrical measurement mapping services.

They expanded rapidly and in 1935 the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation was founded in Houston, Texas. They later evolved into Schlumberger Well Services, and then Schlumberger Wireline and Testing.

In 1956, Schlumberger Limited was created as a holding company for all of the Schlumberger businesses, which included the American company, Johnson Testers.

History

The company continued to invest heavily in research, and in 1981 they established the first data links with email.

Schlumberger invested in numerous joint ventures throughout their history; notably Dowell Schlumberger with Dow Chemical in 1960, specializing in pumping services for the oil industry and M-I L.L.C. with Smith Internationalin 1999, the world’s largest drilling fluid company.

Today Schlumberger supplies the petroleum industry with seismic acquisition and processing, formation evaluation, well testing, directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, artificial lift, flow assurance and consulting, software and information management, groundwater extraction, and carbon capture and storage.

Schlumberger has more than 120,000 employees and works in more than 85 countries worldwide. Their operating income for 2012 was $7.2 billion.

 

ConocoPhillips Corporate Office

Conoco Inc was founded in 1875 as an oil, coal, kerosene, candles, and grease distributor under the name Continental Oil and Transportation Company in Ogden, Utah.

Exploration pioneer E.W. Marland founded the Marland Oil Company, which acquired the assets of Continental Oil, and in 1929 changed its name to Continental Oil Company.

ConocoPhillips was created with the 2002 merger of Conoco Inc (formerly Continental Oil) and Phillips Petroleum Company.

Today ConocoPhillips dedicates itself solely to exploring for, developing, and producing oil and natural gas. The company has six operating segments to manage its operations: Alaska, Lower 48, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Other International.

ConocoPhillips was the largest integrated oil company before it spun-off its downstream assets in 2012 to Phillips 66. ConocoPhillips is currently the world’s largest pure-play and exploration company, with 17,000 employees and had $62 billion in revenue in 2012.

ConocoPhillips is part of the S&P 500 and is #45 on the Fortune 500.

ConocoPhillips

Conoco Inc was founded in 1875 as an oil, coal, kerosene, candles, and grease distributor under the name Continental Oil and Transportation Company in Ogden, Utah.

Exploration pioneer E.W. Marland founded the Marland Oil Company, which acquired the assets of Continental Oil, and in 1929 changed its name to Continental Oil Company.

ConocoPhillips was created with the 2002 merger of Conoco Inc (formerly Continental Oil) and Phillips Petroleum Company.

History

Today ConocoPhillips dedicates itself solely to exploring for, developing, and producing oil and natural gas. The company has six operating segments to manage its operations: Alaska, Lower 48, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Other International.

ConocoPhillips was the largest integrated oil company before it spun-off its downstream assets in 2012 to Phillips 66. ConocoPhillips is currently the world’s largest pure-play and exploration company, with 17,000 employees and had $62 billion in revenue in 2012.

ConocoPhillips is part of the S&P 500 and is #45 on the Fortune 500.

Valero Energy Corporate Office

Valero Energy Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of power, transportation fuels, and petrochemicals.

The company was created as a spinoff of Coastal States Gas Corporation in 1980 and at the time was the largest corporate spinoff in history.

Valero immediately took over the natural gas operations of LoVaca Gathering Company. The company acquired its first oil refinery in 1984.

The company grew, acquiring companies with refineries all over the world, as well as hundreds of gas stations.

Today Valero owns 16 petroleum refineries with a daily capacity of 3 million barrels and almost 2,000 gas stations over the U.S. Canada, U.K., Aruba, and Ireland under the names Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco.

Valero is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VLO, is part of the S&P 500, has 10,222 employees, and had $125.987 billion in revenue in 2011.

Valero Energy Corporation

Valero Energy Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of power, transportation fuels, and petrochemicals.

The company was created as a spinoff of Coastal States Gas Corporation in 1980 and at the time was the largest corporate spinoff in history.

Valero immediately took over the natural gas operations of LoVaca Gathering Company. The company acquired its first oil refinery in 1984.

History

The company grew, acquiring companies with refineries all over the world, as well as hundreds of gas stations.

Today Valero owns 16 petroleum refineries with a daily capacity of 3 million barrels and almost 2,000 gas stations over the U.S. Canada, U.K., Aruba, and Ireland under the names Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco.

Valero is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VLO, is part of the S&P 500, has 10,222 employees, and had $125.987 billion in revenue in 2011.