Editing Texaco (section)

===1999–present: Chevron Corporation===
[[File:Texaco Gas Station (5699751015).jpg|thumb|250px|A Texaco station in California, 2011]]
In 1999, the company formed the joint venture Equilon with [[Shell Oil Company]], combining their Western and Midwestern U.S. refining and marketing.<ref name="oil geneaology">[http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance/mergers/stindex.html Aspects of the Refining/Marketing Joint Ventures of Shell Oil, Star Enterprises, and Texaco] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615132522/http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance/mergers/stindex.html |date=2010-06-15 }}, Retrieved on June 10, 2009.</ref> This gave rise to the 2006 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] [[United States antitrust law|antitrust]] case of ''[[Texaco Inc. v. Dagher]]'', which cleared both Texaco and Shell of any antitrust liability concerning the pricing of Equilon's gasoline. That same year, another joint venture, [[Motiva Enterprises]], was formed with Shell Oil Company and [[Saudi Aramco]] in which the Star Enterprise operations were merged with the Eastern and Gulf Coast U.S. refining and marketing operations of Shell.<ref name="oil geneaology"/>

[[File:Texaco, Old Chester Road, Bebington.jpg|thumb|left|Texaco station in [[Bebington]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], 2018]]
In October 2000, [[Chevron Corporation]] agreed to buy Texaco for $36 billion.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/16/business/chevron-agrees-to-buy-texaco-for-stock-valued-at-36-billion.html Chevron agrees to boy Texaco] on ''The New York Times''</ref> The merger was completed October 9, 2001.<ref name=sfg/> As required by the FTC consent agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|title=FTC Consent Agreement Allows the Merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc., Preserves Market Competition|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2001/09/ftc-consent-agreement-allows-merger-chevron-corp-and-texaco-inc|website=Federal Trade Commission|date=7 September 2001}}</ref> Texaco's interest in the Equilon and Motiva joint ventures were sold to Shell.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/retail/texaco,-inc/company-overview| title=TEXACO INC.{{!}}Company Profile{{!}}Vault.com| work=Vault| access-date=2017-08-25| language=en| archive-date=2017-08-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825184633/http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/retail/texaco,-inc/company-overview| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/02/04/daily41.html| title=Shell to brand new U.S. gas stations| date=February 8, 2002| work=[[American City Business Journals|Houston Business Journal]]}}</ref> Shell began re-branding its Texaco stations as Shell the next year.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://driving.myfoxcharlotte.com/news_this_week/2002-05-08-1912-driving/index.html| title=Trust Your Car to the Man who Wears the... Shell| last=Nerad| first=Jack| date=May 8, 2002| work=Driving Today| access-date=March 24, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224120733/http://driving.myfoxcharlotte.com/news_this_week/2002-05-08-1912-driving/index.html| archive-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> Around 2003, due to lack of demand, Texaco closed Refineria Panamá, a refinery in [[Colón, Panama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/refineria-panama-entre-rosas-y-espinas-80525|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216092755/https://m.panamaamerica.com.pa/economia/refineria-panama-entre-rosas-y-espinas-80525|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2019|title=Refinería Panamá, entre rosas y espinas|date=February 17, 2003|website=Panamá América}}</ref> In July 2004, Chevron regained non-exclusive rights to the Texaco brand name in the U.S.<ref>{{cite press release| title=ChevronTexaco Welcomes Back the Texaco Retail Brand in the U.S.| publisher=ChevronTexaco| date=Jul 1, 2004| url=http://www.chevron.com/news/press/Release/?id=2004-07-01a| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195359/http://www.chevron.com/news/press/Release/?id=2004-07-01a| archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> The following year, in August, Texaco introduced the Techron additive into its fuels in the U.S. and parts of Latin America.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Chevron Launches Texaco with Techron at Service Stations in U.S. |date=August 15, 2005 |url=http://www.texaco.com/about/news_press_081505.asp |access-date=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026092940/http://www.texaco.com/about/news_press_081505.asp |archive-date=October 26, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, [[Delek Group|Delek]] Benelux took over marketing activities for Chevron in [[Benelux]], including 869 filling stations, mostly under the Texaco brand.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.delek-group.com/Content.aspx?Page=petroleum| title=Delek Petroleum, Ltd.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227145652/http://www.delek-group.com/Content.aspx?Page=petroleum| archive-date=2008-12-27| publisher=Delek Petroleum}}</ref>  In 2010, Chevron ended retail operations in the Mid-Atlantic US, removing its brand from 450 stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania,  Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cspnet.com/news/fuels/articles/eastern-withdrawal-chevron| title=Eastern Withdrawal for Chevron| first=Angel| last=Abcede| journal=CSP Magazine| date=December 7, 2009| access-date=July 29, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722103759/http://www.cspnet.com/news/fuels/articles/eastern-withdrawal-chevron| archive-date=July 22, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>