Downstream Chevron’s downstream operations manufacture and sell products such as fuels, lubricants, additives and petrochemicals. The company’s most significant areas of operations are the west coast of North America, the U. S. Gulf Coast, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Australia and South Africa. In 2010, Chevron sold in average 3. 1 million barrels per day (490×103 mm/d)of refined products like gasoline, diesel and Jet fuel. The company operates approximately 19,550 retail sites in 84 countries.
The company also has interests in 13 power generating assets in the United States and Asia and has gas stations in Western Canada. Chevron is the owner of the Standard Oil trademark in 16 states in the western and south eastern U. S. To maintain ownership of the mark, the company owns and operates one Standard-branded Chevron station in each state of the area. Additionally, Chevron owns the trademark rights to Texaco ND Caltech fuel and lubricant products. It owns and operates five active refineries in the United States, one in Cape Town, South Africa, and one in Burnable, British Columbia.
Chevron is the non-operating partner in seven Joint venture refineries, located in Australia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, and New Zealand. Chevron’s United States refineries are located in Gulf and Western states. Merck Merck & Co. , Inc. In the outside of United States and Canada, is an American pharmaceutical company and is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Merck headquarters is currently located in Whitehorse Station, New Jersey and will be relocating to Summit, New Jersey shortly.
The company was established in 1891 as the United States subsidiary of the German company now known as Merck Gaga. Merck & Co. Was confiscated by the US government during World War I and subsequently established as an independent American company. It is currently one of the world’s seven largest pharmaceutical companies by market capitalization and revenue. Merck also publishes The Merck Manuals, a series of medical reference books for physicians, nurses, and technicians. These include the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, the world’s best-selling medical textbook, and the Merck Index, a compendium of chemical compounds.
