Re: From our Archives: History of Standard Oil and Bell System

Jun 06, 2005 0 Replies


All the Amoco stations near me in CT have re-branded in the past > couple years to BP.


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I try not to think much about Chicago
> in recent years, but I think my brother told me that Amoco stations
> around Chicago are no longer 'Standard Oil Division of Amoco' but now
> are a sort of green color with the BP signs on them. I really do not
> know for sure. PAT]

I was in the northwest suburbs of Chicago for a few days at the end of '03 and the few former Amoco stations I saw had been rebranded. I'd heard that they'd retain the Amoco branding, but considering that they moved their US operations from Cleveland to Chicago when they bought Amoco**, I'd have been surprised if they *didn't* rebrand the Amoco stations.


--SJS


**This would be the second time they moved their US headquarters, having moved from Atlanta to Cleveland when they bought Sohio.

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