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1900 R.W. Cameron Co. began operating as Australian agent for The Texas Company (now Texaco Inc.)
1918 The Texas Company Australasia Limited was incorporated in NSW
1936 The Texas Company and Standard Oil of California (now Chevron Corporation) formed the California Texas Oil Company (renamed Caltex Petroleum Corporation in 1968) in a joint venture to market oil from newly gained concessions in Saudi Arabia
1941 Caltex name first used in Australia
1955 Caltex's Kurnell Refinery, Sydney, completed; it came on stream in 1956
1981 Caltex acquired the Golden Fleece Company (established by HC Sleigh in 1913); Caltex Australia floated 25% of its shares to the Australian public
1982 Sydney-Newcastle petroleum products pipeline network commissioned	A natural fit
1940 The Australian Motorists Petrol Company began buying crude oil from Caltex's Bahrain fields
1952 Ampol and US-based Caltex Petroleum Corporation established West Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd (WAPET)
1953 At the height of the 'Solo marketing battle' Caltex Petroleum Corporation financed loans to Ampol, Caltex and Golden Fleece to build new, single-brand stations in order to maintain the market share of Australian companies buying its crude oil
1964 Caltex, Ampol and the Golden Fleece parent company combined to build Australia's first lube oil plant at Kurnell, called Australian Lubricating Oil Refinery (now Caltex Lubricating Oil Refinery)
May 1995 Caltex and Ampol merged their petroleum refining and marketing assets to form Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd owned equally by Caltex Australia Limited and Pioneer International Limited	Ampol
1936 Australian Motorists Petrol Company incorporated by WG Walkley
1945 Alba Petroleum Company of Australia (established by PJ Adams and AG Wales in 1933) incorporated into Australian Motorists Petrol Company
1948 Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
1949 Name change to Ampol Petroleum Limited
1965 Lytton refinery, Brisbane, came on stream
1979 Pioneer International Limited acquired 20% of Ampol
1982 Ampol acquired the refining and marketing assets of Total Australia Limited; became Ampol Limited
1989 Ampol delisted after a successful takeover offer by Pioneer
1990 Ampol acquired Solo Oil Limited, the largest independent retailer and distributor in Australia		

From: http://www.caltex.com.au/about/h_milestones.html