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...Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel was appalled. After inspecting 50 sq. mi. of oil slicks off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, he called the spill a "disaster" and started a federal crackdown on the cause-a cluster of twelve offshore oil wells belonging to Chevron Oil Co. A month ago they caught fire. The blaze was snuffed out last week. But as high seas prevented capping the wells, thousands of barrels of brown crude oil started to gush into the water, posing a threat to the Louisiana coast's wildlife refuges and rich oyster beds. Fortunately the slicks...
Gasoline ads have generally ignored air pollution, concentrating on better mileage and higher performance for engines. Last week Standard Oil of California began to use pollution control as a promotional tool. It will market a variety of its Chevron gasoline that, it says, will help produce cleaner air. The gas contains an additive called F-310 that, according to claims, holds down the engine deposits that cause deterioration of emission-control devices and removes accumulated deposits. The additive will also, of course, "reduce fuel consumption, improve performance and cut maintenance." To be introduced in California and Hawaii next month...
...Chevron in Toronto. A lot of wobblies run the paper...
...Chevron in Toronto. A lot of wobblies run the paper...
...city officials' confidence has a firm financial basis. Five oil companies -Shell, Esso, Gulf, British Petroleum and Chevron-have zealously backed their every scheme. In response to the channel deepening, four have ordered no fewer than 82 tankers of the 175,000 to 225,000-ton class. And on land, they have invested more than $1 billion in facilities, about a third of it in chemical works and the balance...