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Summary:

Interview with William Tucker, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his transfer to Caltex, World War II and the Bahrain aviation gasoline project, Caltex Engineering Department, Bec d'Ambes refinery reconstruction, postwar refinery expansion, the history of the formation of Caltex, Medreco refinery, joint ventures, Jose Alvarez and Repesa, and Caltex in Turkey. He also talks about Texaco's and Socal's re-entry into Europe in 1967, the Kurnell refinery, Indonesian oil discoveries, Caltex in India, Caltex in Australia, Frankfurt refinery and expansion in Germany, Caltex in Japan, Caltex in Korea, Caltex East, Caltex West, Caltex Services, tanker expansion, OPEC, long-range planning, shareholder relations, and Caltex in South Africa.

Author/Creator:

Tucker, William, 1918-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Business History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with William Tucker, 1985 September 25 [by Tucker, W.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 664

Subjects:

Tucker, William, 1918- — Oral history

Caltex Petroleum Corporation — Oral history

Petroleum industry and trade — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Business oral history — Examples

Caltex Petroleum Corporation oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1985 for the Business History (Caltex Petroleum Corporation) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

121 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 664

OCLC Numbers:

192075793