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OH 0664

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeTUCKER, William (b. 1918)
ProfessionsExecutive
EmployersCaltex Petroleum Corporation

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0664
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionExecutive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; employment with Standard Oil of California; transfer to Caltex; World War II and the Bahrain aviation gasoline project; Caltex Engineering Department; Bec d’Ambes refinery reconstruction; postwar refinery expansion; history of formation of Caltex; Medreco refinery; joint ventures; Jose Alvarez and Repesa; Caltex in Turkey; Texaco’s and Socal’s reentry into Europe, 1967; Kurnell Refinery; Indonesian oil discoveries; Caltex in India; Caltex in Australia; Frankfurt refinery and expansion in Germany; Caltex in Japan; Caltex in Korea; Caltex East, Caltex West, Caltex Services; tanker expansion; OPEC; long-range planning; shareholder relations; Caltex in South Africa.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description121 pp.
Terms of UseOpen