Non-MTBE Gasoline Now Available at All California 76 Stations.Business Editors BARTLESVILLE, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 The 76 brand today announced it is the first gasoline retailer in California to offer non-MTBE gasoline year-round at all of its 1,500 locations throughout the state. "We have fulfilled a commitment to our customers and to the state to offer non-MTBE gasoline as quickly as possible," said Mark Harper Mark James Harper (born 26 February 1970) British politician and accountant. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean. Early life and career , vice president of wholesale marketing for Phillips Petroleum Company Phillips Petroleum Company was founded in 1917 by L.E. Phillips and Frank Phillips, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Their younger brother, Waite Phillips was the benefactor of Philmont Scout Ranch. Phillips Petroleum was headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. , the owner of the 76 brand. "Over the past 18 months, we have taken proactive measures In antiterrorism, measures taken in the preventive stage of antiterrorism designed to harden targets and detect actions before they occur. to be the first company to sell non-MTBE gasoline at our 76-branded retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → in California -- a year-and-a-half ahead of the state's deadline. We're pleased to see other companies in California have followed our early lead by committing to eliminate MTBE MTBE Methyl-tert-butyl-ether Surgery An aliphatic ether that rapidly dissolves cholesterol stones in vivo, introduced under local anesthesia via a percutaneous transhepatic cholecystectomy catheter, as a non-invasive method for treating gallstones; after injection, from their gasoline by the end of the year." Phillips will continue to manufacture a small amount of MTBE-blended gasoline to meet the supply needs of unbranded independent gasoline marketers in California. Phillips will make non-MTBE gasoline available to its current independent unbranded marketers who wish to purchase it. Specialty 100-octane racing gasoline sold at a limited number of 76 locations may still contain MTBE. The Clean Air Act of 1990 requires the use of oxygenates such as MTBE in reformulated gasoline. Phillips supports federal legislation that would repeal the oxygen mandate and provide refiners the flexibility necessary to phase out the use of MTBE nationwide. Phillips Petroleum Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :P) is the owner of the 76 gasoline brand. Phillips is a major integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Bartlesville, Okla., marketing gasoline in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. under several brands including 76, Phillips 66, Circle K, Exxon, Mobil and Coastal. For a list of 76 locations in California, please visit our Web site: www.76.com, or for information on Phillips Petroleum Company visit www.phillips66.com. Editors' Note: Videotaped comments from Phillips Vice President Mark Harper and related b-roll footage will be available via satellite at 11:30 a.m. (Pacific) at the following coordinates: Galaxy 11/13, 91 degrees west, Uplink frequency 14260 v, Downlink frequency 11960 h. A timeline of events leading up to today's announcement is available on our Virtual Newsroom at www.phillips66.com/newsroom/. |
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