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Amoco's Texas City Chemical Plant as sunset

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Chemical production
In the late 1950s and early 60s, Amoco again led the way with scientific and technological discoveries. Amoco discovered PTA, a chemical for polyester fiber production. In 1968, following that discovery, Amoco acquired the Avisun Corporation and Patchogue-Plymouth, forming the Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company.

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from wikipedia:

Texas City is a city in Chambers and Galveston counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 41,521 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The post-war prosperity was postponed on April 16, 1947, when the freightors Grandecamp, High Flyer, and Wilson B. Keene, docked in the Port of Texas City, exploded in what is generally regarded as the worst industrial accident in U.S. history, the Texas City Disaster. It is believed that the initial explosion was the result of a smoldering fire started by a cigarette tossed by a careless longshoreman in the hold of the Grandecamp, which was carrying a load of ammonium nitrate that had recently arrived in port from Houston. The explosion aboard the Grandecamp ignited fires aboard the other two vessels, both of which exploded later that morning. In all, the explosions killed 581 and injured over 5000 people. The explosions were so powerful and intense that many of the bodies of the townspeople and emergency workers who responded to the initial explosion were never accounted for. The city ultimately recovered quite well from the accident and numerous petro-chemical refineries are still located in the same port area of Texas City. The city has often referred to itself as "the town that would not die," a moniker whose accuracy would be tested once again in the days surrounding Hurricane Ike's assault on the region early on September 13, 2008.

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Amoco Oil Company Casper refinery in 1990. The refinery was located on the North Platte River and closed shortly after this photo was taken. The refinery was meant to refine sweet crude from the nearby fields and ship refined product via pipeline south towards midwestern markets.

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One of the last Amoco gas stations. This one escaped the change to BP because the owner's contract with BP would be up in a year. Sure enough, a year later and this was no longer an Amoco station.

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