Gulf Canada Limited Stock Certificate

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Gulf Canada Limited Stock Certificate
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Gulf Canada’s roots and history are Canadian - Gulf is a Canadian success story that dates back to the founding of The British American Oil Company Limited in 1906. The company, created by Albert LeRoy Ellsworth, received its charter in October of that year, and began distributing kerosene and lubricating oils in downtown Toronto. From those humble beginnings, B-A grew to become a major refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
Following the 1947 discovery of oil at Leduc, which led to the creation of today's multi-billion-dollar oil and gas business in Western Canada, the company moved quickly to establish itself as a Canadian explorer and producer. It entrenched itself as such in 1956 by acquiring Canadian Gulf Oil Company. Canadian Gulf Oil had begun operations in Western Canada in 1941, and was a highly successful explorer with discoveries such as the Stettler oilfield to its credit. The acquisition confirmed B-A's status as a major, fully integrated oil company.
By the 1960s, the company had become Canada's second largest oil company, exploring for and producing oil and gas in Western Canada, operating nine strategically located refineries, and selling a variety of petroleum products and accessories from 5,000 service stations located coast-to-coast.
But as one of the company's advertising slogans made clear, "At B-A, nothing stays the same any longer than it takes to improve it." So in January 1969, B-A amalgamated with The Royalite Oil Company, Limited, a smaller integrated oil company that traced its roots back to 1912 and the discovery of gas at Turner Valley, Alberta; and with Shawinigan Chemicals Limited. The combined entity became Gulf Oil Canada Limited, later shortened to Gulf Canada Limited, the Canadian member of the international Gulf Oil family.
Then in 1984, Chevron Corporation acquired the parent Gulf Corporation and a year later sold its approximately 60 per cent interest in Gulf Canada to Olympia & York.
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