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Standard Oil of California - Definition and Overview


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Chevron was founded after an 1879 oil discovery in Pico Canyon, near the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles, California as the Pacific Coast Oil Co.

This entity was later acquired by Standard Oil. After the breakup of Standard Oil, the company was called Standard Oil of California or Socal.

Since 2001 it has been part of the ChevronTexaco company.

Chevron's patented gasoline additive is Techron.

Chevron's current advertising campaign consists of animated talking toy cars.

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