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Amoco Cadiz oil spill happened in 1978.
The Amoco company is usually associated with the oil industry. Amoco is a large oil company, with workers all over the world. They are one of the leading oil companies in the world.
Amoco was a real company that started as Standard Oil, then became the American Oil Company, then Amoco. It merged with BP in 1998.
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The Amoco Cadiz oil spill was caused by the grounding of the supertanker Amoco Cadiz off the coast of Brittany, France, on March 16, 1978. The grounding resulted in the release of millions of barrels of oil into the sea, causing one of the largest oil spills in history. The incident was primarily the result of human error and rough weather conditions.
Standard Oil of Indiana, which became the American Oil Company, is now part of BP. I am reading the Wikipedia page on Amoco, and they seem to be a great innovator in petroleum, inventing the drive-through gas station, the gas truck and well fracturing.
Amoco was created in 1889.
Amoco ended in 2002.
It is still not fully clean.
BP merged with Amoco in 1998. The merger was officially completed on December 11, 1998, creating one of the world's largest oil and gas companies. This strategic move was aimed at increasing BP's presence in the U.S. market and enhancing its global operations.
on April 6, 1999, BP Amoco bought Solarex, making BP Amoco the world's largest solar power company.