Editing Gulf Oil (section)

== Aftermath ==
BP, Chevron, Cumberland Farms and other companies that acquired former Gulf operations continued to use the Gulf name through the early 1990s. This caused [[consumer confusion]] in the US retail market as the parent companies would not accept each other's credit cards. All former Gulf stations franchised by BP and Chevron in the United States have since been converted to those names. [[Gulf Oil LP|Gulf Oil Limited Partnership]] (GOLP), based in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], has bought a license for North American rights to the Gulf brand from Chevron. Chevron still owned the Gulf brand, but was making almost no direct use of it. In January 2010, GOLP bought the entire brand from Chevron and began a nationwide expansion campaign. GOLP operates a distribution network reaching from Maine to Ohio. Most Gulf-branded filling stations in North America are owned by [[Cumberland Farms]] of Framingham, which owns a two-thirds interest in GOLP.<ref>GOLP website: [http://www.gulfoil.com details of GOLP operation]</ref> In addition there are some independently owned [[Franchising|franchise]]s still operating under the Gulf brand within North America, such as Nu-Tier Brands, Inc., which is licensed by GOLP to blend and distribute Gulf-branded lubricants.

[[File:Gulf-branded Filling Station Sign.jpg|thumb|A Gulf-branded filling station sign in [[Brancaster Staithe]], [[United Kingdom]], pictured in May 2021.]]
Gulf Oil International (GOI)<ref>GOI: http://www.gulfoilltd.com/</ref> owns the rights to the Gulf brand outside the United States, Spain & Portugal. It is now owned by the Hinduja Group.<ref>GOI website: [http://www.gulfoilltd.com/about_gulf/history_of_gulf/index.html history of GOI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205202846/http://www.gulfoilltd.com/about_gulf/history_of_gulf/index.html |date=December 5, 2006 }}</ref> After they acquired a large share from the Taher family, a major Saudi Arabian family led by Dr. [[Abdulhadi H. Taher]] (former governor of the Saudi Petroleum and Mineral organization and board member of Aramco). GOI trades mainly in lubricants, oils, and greases. GOI is also involved in franchising the Gulf brand to operators in the petroleum and automotive sectors; Gulf-branded filling stations can be found in several countries including the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Slovakia]], [[Czech Republic|Czechia]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Jordan]], [[Finland]], [[Armenia]] and [[Turkey]]. GOI has direct and indirect interests in a number of businesses that use the Gulf brand under license.

The Canadian exploration, production, and distribution arm of Gulf Oil was sold to [[Olympia and York]] in 1985.  From 1992 it continued as an independent oil company (Gulf Canada Resources) until its acquisition by [[Conoco]] in 2002.<ref>CNN.com article: [http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/05/29/conoco/index.html Conoco to buy Gulf Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522154440/http://edition.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/05/29/conoco/index.html |date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref>

Most Gulf downstream operations in Europe were sold to the [[Kuwait Petroleum Corporation]] (KPC) in early 1983. The associated Gulf filling stations were converted to trade under the Q8 brand by 1988.<ref>1983 NYT article: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E3D61639F937A35750C0A965948260 sale of Gulf operations to KPC]</ref> However, attempts to sell Gulf Oil (Great Britain) to KPC failed because of irrevocable GOC guarantees given earlier in regard to bonds issued to finance the construction of refinery facilities in the UK. GO(GB) was taken over by Chevron and its stations continued to use the Gulf brand name and insignia until 1997 when the network was sold to [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]], although by this stage a fairly large proportion of Gulf stations were supplied by jobbers rather than Gulf Oil (GB). Gulf completely withdrew from the UK in 1997.<ref>Company News report, 1997: [http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cne74829.htm Gulf Oil (GB) sold to Shell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829062117/http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cne74829.htm |date=August 29, 2007 }}</ref> This represented the end of the last major "downstream" use of the Gulf brand by Chevron. In the UK, the Gulf brand is now licensed by Certas Energy (GB Oils), who also now own the Pace brand, which was coincidentally formerly owned by the [[Kuwait Petroleum Corporation]].