| Year |
Caltex |
A natural fit |
Ampol |
| 1900 |
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R W Cameron Co began operating
as Australian agent for The Texas Company (now Texaco
Inc) |
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| 1918 |
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The Texas Company Australasia
Limited was incorporated in NSW |
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| 1936 |
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The Texas Company and Standard
Oil of California (now Chevron Corporation) formed the
California Texas Oil Company (renamed Caltex Petroleum
Corporation in 1968) in a joint venture to market oil
from newly gained concessions in Saudi Arabia |
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Australian Motorists Petrol
Company incorporated by WG Walkley |
| 1940 |
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The Australian Motorists Petrol
Company began buying crude oil from Caltex's Bahrain fields |
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| 1941 |
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Caltex name first used in Australia |
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| 1945 |
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Alba Petroleum Company of Australia
(established by PJ Adams and AG Wales in 1933) incorporated
into Australian Motorists Petrol Company |
| 1948
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Listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange |
| 1949 |
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Name change to Ampol Petroleum
Limited |
| 1952 |
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Ampol and US-based Caltex Petroleum
Corporation established West Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd
(WAPET) |
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| 1953 |
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At the height of the 'Solo
marketing battle' Caltex Petroleum Corporation financed
loans to Ampol, Caltex and Golden Fleece to build new,
single-brand stations in order to maintain the market
share of Australian companies buying its crude oil |
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| 1955 |
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Caltex's Kurnell Refinery,
Sydney, completed; it came on stream in 1956 |
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| 1964 |
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Caltex, Ampol and the Golden
Fleece parent company combined to build Australia's first
lube oil plant at Kurnell, called Australian Lubricating
Oil Refinery (now Caltex Lubricating Oil Refinery) |
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| 1965 |
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Lytton refinery, Brisbane,
came on stream |
| 1979 |
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Pioneer International Limited
acquired 20% of Ampol |
| 1981 |
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Caltex acquired the Golden
Fleece Company (established by HC Sleigh in 1913); Caltex
Australia floated 25% of its shares to the Australian
public |
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| 1982 |
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Sydney-Newcastle petroleum
products pipeline network commissioned |
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Ampol acquired the refining
and marketing assets of Total Australia Limited; became
Ampol Limited |
| 1989 |
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Ampol delisted after a successful
takeover offer by Pioneer |
| 1990 |
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Ampol acquired Solo Oil Limited,
the largest independent retailer and distributor in Australia |
| 1995 |
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May - Caltex and Ampol merged their petroleum refining and marketing assets to form Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd owned equally by Caltex Australia Limited and Pioneer International Limited |
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| 1997 |
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December - Caltex Australia Limited acquired full ownership of Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd. Fifty percent of the shares in Caltex Australia Limited are held by Chevron Global Energy Inc and the balance by more than 20,000 shareholders |
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