In 1938, Texaco introduced Sky Chief gasoline, a premium fuel developed from the ground up as a high-octane gasoline rather than just an ethylized regular product. In 1939, Texaco became one of the first oil companies to introduce a "Registered Rest Room" program to ensure that restroom facilities at all Texaco stations nationwide maintained a standard level of cleanliness to the motoring public. Is there anyone in our network that has a copy of the EC-Type Certificate PTB 09 ATEX 1128X available to share with Texeco. Bob Ballantyne gave me some New Zealand material in addition to the various Texaco bulletins from the USA. The NZ version of The Texaco Star was Texaco Times, “published monthly for the New Zealand employees of the Texas Company (Australasia) Ltd”. Using lower grades of fuel can leave harmful deposits in the engine that can cause deterioration in performance, such as hesitation in acceleration. Not only that, these deposits can result in increased exhaust emissions and reduced economy.

Although I have only covered some of the promotional material used during the 1930s, the strength of the Fire-Chief brand cannot be underestimated. It stood the test of time and survived for 50 years until 1982 when the brand name changed to Texaco Regular. Texaco began as the "Texas Fuel Company", founded in 1902 [6] in Beaumont, Texas, by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, and Arnold Schlaet upon the discovery of oil at Spindletop. Steve is an avid collector of all types of gas memorabilia so when I mentioned that I was researching Power Chief, it didn’t surprise me when he quietly placed a booklet on my desk. UEEHA0009 - Develop and manage periodic electrical inspection and maintenance programs for hazardous areas

Educational Level and Professional Qualifications Required/Preferred:Educated to at least A Level or HND level. Business or Marketing related​ degree preferred. I knew that a new brand was introduced in NZ in the early thirties but I couldn’t find any reference as to when it arrived on the NZ market. I researched further in the Past Papers area of the National Library and discovered an article announcing the launch of the Power Chief brand. The date I had been searching for was February 1934.

We are extremely grateful to Bob Ballantyne and Tony Devereux for their thoughtfulness and generosity in gifting these Texaco items to us. The history and information contained in the magazines, bulletins and letters have been fascinating to read and form yet more parts of the Texaco tanker’s story. Thank you Bob and Tony. Also in 1936, marketing operations "East of Suez" (including Asia, East Africa, and Australasia) were placed into a joint venture with Standard Oil Company of California – Socal (now Chevron) – under the brand name Caltex, in exchange for Socal placing its Bahrain refinery and Arabian oilfields into the venture. [15] The next year, Texaco commissioned industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague to develop a modern service station design. So purpose built premises were constructed in Concord, California and named The Chevron Corporate Archive. John Harper was Texaco’s historian in New York and when the contents of the Texaco archive were transported across to California, John made the move also. FTC Consent Agreement Allows the Merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc., Preserves Market Competition". Federal Trade Commission. 7 September 2001.

Texaco Supreme 99 Performance⁺ is widely available across the North, North West and at selected locations in the South and South East. Congratulations on attaining the competencies for installing, maintaining and inspecting electrical equipment in explosive gas and dust atmospheres. Furthermore, the matter at hand was a railway siding that had been constructed by the Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd.

Our trainers have a wealth of knowledge and experience, and together with a small class setting, each learner will have ample opportunity to learn and grow.The fountain was eventually moved to Oriental Bay just before World War One but succumbed to corrosion from the salt spray and was sold for scrap in 1938 – the very year these photos were taken.