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Esso (/ ˈ ɛ s oʊ /) is a trading name for ExxonMobil.Originally, the name was primarily used by its predecessor Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the original Standard Oil company in 1911. [1]
Sunoco fuel station in Middletown, New York operated by Gas Land Petroleum, Inc. In January 2018, the company sold 1,030 retail stores to 7-Eleven and agreed to supply 2.2 billion gallons of fuel to 7–Eleven convenience stores annually for 15 years. [ 52 ]
An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of a fuel's ability to withstand compression in an internal combustion engine without causing engine knocking.The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating.
Sheetz, Inc. is an American chain of convenience stores. [3] Its stores, which are open 24/7 year-round, offer made-to-order fast food, and most include a gas station, while a few locations are full-scale truck stops, offering showers and a laundromat. [4]
Valero Energy Corporation is an American-based fuels producer mostly involved in manufacturing and marketing transportation fuels and other related products. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. [2]
The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid urban–suburban rail [citation needed] service in London and its suburbs. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington station to Abbey Wood and via Whitechapel to the Great Eastern Main Line near Stratford; along the Great Western Main Line to Reading and Heathrow Airport in ...
Purple and Brown is a British stop-motion animated short series made in collaboration with Nickelodeon and Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace and Gromit.The series was devised and directed by Rich Webber and edited by Mike Percival, [1] who also offered the voices of the characters, and first aired in February 2006, on Nickelodeon's UK and Ireland channel, and then later became a ...
On 15 June 1986, a 16-year-old from Birkenhead named Gary Kelly died from electrocution at New Brighton railway station.He was allegedly running away from Arobieke, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter but successfully appealed against the conviction [8] [9] on the grounds that he had not acted unlawfully by "standing on the platform and looking into trains". [10]