Amoco Is Back!
I normally post aviation and railroad topics here, but I must mention the return of an old gas station brand.
British Petroleum (BP) purchased Amoco in 1998. The combined companies operated as "BP Amoco" until 2001 when the brand became simply, "BP." Between 2000 and 2005, Amoco gas stations were either closed or changed to "BP." Following the public relations disaster that was the 2010 explosion and oil spill on the offshore platform, Deepwater Horizon, there were reports that BP considered reviving the Amoco brand in the United States.
As the spill dissipated into the Gulf of Mexico and other issues captured Americans' attention, BP service stations either re-branded to other oil companies or stayed BP. Seven years passed and then last fall, the Amoco brand was re-introduced in select cities.
As the spill dissipated into the Gulf of Mexico and other issues captured Americans' attention, BP service stations either re-branded to other oil companies or stayed BP. Seven years passed and then last fall, the Amoco brand was re-introduced in select cities.
In late-August 2018, a former Shell station at the corner of N. Jackson Street and N. Morton Avenue in Morton, Illinois became the first Amoco station in the Peoria area in many years.
It sure is good to see those red, white and blue gas stations again!
It sure is good to see those red, white and blue gas stations again!
- David P. Jordan
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