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  1. Richfield Oil Corporation was an American petroleum company based in California from 1905 to 1966. In 1966, it merged with Atlantic Refining Company to form the Atlantic Richfield Company (later renamed ARCO). [1] A Richfield service station located in Tucson, Arizona, July 1939.

  2. Nov 15, 2024 · Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), former American petroleum corporation that was headquartered in Los Angeles and was bought in 2000 by the giant BP Amoco (later BP PLC). The Atlantic Richfield Company was created in 1966 by the merger of Richfield Oil Corporation and Atlantic Refining Company. Atlantic Refining, whose predecessor firms date ...

  3. 1957: Richfield is the first to discover oil in Alaska. 1966: Atlantic Refining and Richfield merge to form the Atlantic Richfield Company. 1977: The Alaskan pipeline opens with Atlantic Richfield as 21 percent owner. 1989: Net income reaches a record high of $1.95 billion.

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    Richfield Oil Corporation, a former brand of filling station in the western United States that merged to form the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO)