In 1984 Texaco purchased the Getty Oil Company but was sued for contract interference by the Pennzoil Company, whose own imminent acquisition of Getty   21 Jan 1985 A RAGING and bizarre family fight is buffeting the Sarah C. Getty Trust, the chief beneficiary of last year's sale of Getty Oil to Texaco. At stake is  Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. The financial disarray in which J. Paul Getty's 2017); Publication Date: June 13, 2017; Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC; Language: English; ASIN: B071RCRQY1; Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

Gordon Getty and his family inherited a 40% interest in the company when J. Paul Getty died in 1976. In 1984, after entering into a binding agreement to sell Getty and its 2.3-billion-barrel stockpile of proven oil reserves to Pennzoil, Gordon Getty struck a dramatic deal to sell the company to Texaco. The two stories below are a reconstruction of how, through a complex series of events, Getty Oil came to be acquired by Texaco and of how Texaco apparently fumbled in defending itself against the Texaco Inc. In Texaco Inc. In 1984 Texaco purchased the Getty Oil Company but was sued for contract interference by the Pennzoil Company, whose own imminent acquisition of Getty had been derailed by Texaco’s successful bid. Texaco retained control of Getty, but Pennzoil won punitive damages after a five-year court battle, being awarded the sum… Handshake in New York led to courtroom drama in Texas Contract dispute on purchase of Getty Oil led to new caution during deal-making. By L.M. Sixel. Updated 11:45 am CDT, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 The defendant Getty Oil Company ("Getty") has joined in Texaco's application to quash the notice of dismissal and to enjoin Pennzoil from prosecuting the Texas action. Thus, the threshold question presented by Texaco's motion is whether Pennzoil is entitled under Rule 41(a)(1)(i) to dismiss this suit as to Texaco and to proceed against the A Texas jury yesterday awarded Pennzoil Corp. $10.53 billion in damages against Texaco Inc., finding that Texaco beat out Pennzoil in their 1984 battle to buy Getty Oil Co. by unlawfully

A Texas jury yesterday awarded Pennzoil Corp. $10.53 billion in damages against Texaco Inc., finding that Texaco beat out Pennzoil in their 1984 battle to buy Getty Oil Co. by unlawfully

Standard Oil Company of California (Socal): 1926-1977. Chevron Getty Oil Co: 1980-1984 Texaco Inc: 1988 - integrated with Alon USA Bakersfield refinery, 27,000 CENCO was offering the refinery equipment for sale, as of April 2007. 3 Feb 2017 the sale of Getty Oil and the subsequent conflict between Pennzoil and Texaco over the deal. The tale pits Getty's career-minded executives,  30 Jan 1989 The exit of American oil giant Texaco Inc. from Canada will not be as stormy as its stemming from its 1984 takeover of Getty Oil Co. in Los Angeles. its sale to Imperial Oil—already Canada's biggest oil company—Texaco  28 May 2010 His approximate net worth is about $2 billion, thanks to the 1986 sale of Getty to Texaco and several other lucrative investments, according to 

28 May 2010 His approximate net worth is about $2 billion, thanks to the 1986 sale of Getty to Texaco and several other lucrative investments, according to 

12 Feb 2018 Read "The Taking of Getty Oil Pennzoil, Texaco, and the Takeover Battle That Made History" by Steve Coll available from Rakuten Kobo.

12 Mar 2018 In 1920, Getty started to buy and sell oil leases with his father, Getty Oil was bought in 1984, by Texaco, and in 2000, what was left of the 

16 Jan 1984 Giant Texaco offers $9.9 billion to Getty Oil's feuding owners. It started as a bitter struggle between Gordon Getty, amateur composer and opera  The Getty Oil - Texaco deal stands as one of the ugliest takeover battles in Wall Street history. Despite that, the result benefited all of Getty Oil's shareholders. That wasn't the true end of it Texaco Inc. offered to buy the Getty Oil Company yesterday for about $10 billion, in what would be the biggest merger ever. Getty's board promptly and unanimously agreed in principle to approve

(Texaco established a signed contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had already ExxonMobil sold these stations off due to an antitrust settlement soon after 

Standard Oil Company of California (Socal): 1926-1977. Chevron Getty Oil Co: 1980-1984 Texaco Inc: 1988 - integrated with Alon USA Bakersfield refinery, 27,000 CENCO was offering the refinery equipment for sale, as of April 2007.

Handshake in New York led to courtroom drama in Texas Contract dispute on purchase of Getty Oil led to new caution during deal-making. By L.M. Sixel. Updated 11:45 am CDT, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 The defendant Getty Oil Company ("Getty") has joined in Texaco's application to quash the notice of dismissal and to enjoin Pennzoil from prosecuting the Texas action. Thus, the threshold question presented by Texaco's motion is whether Pennzoil is entitled under Rule 41(a)(1)(i) to dismiss this suit as to Texaco and to proceed against the