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Quaker State's origins may be traced to the founding of Oil City in Pennsylvania, in the 19th century. The petroleum industry of the city brought prosperity, increasing its population from 12 families in 1860 to 6,000 five years later.
Company History: The Pennzoil-Quaker State Company is a leading worldwide automotive consumer products company formed in 1998, through the spin-off of Pennzoil Company's marketing, manufacturing, and fast oil change businesses and the simultaneous acquisition of Quaker State Corporation.
9 maj 2018 · In 1940, the company introduced a motor oil with greater chemical stability, which it called Stabilized Quaker State Motor Oil. A year later, the company brought to the market Quaker State HD High Detergency Oil.
28 kwi 2023 · The Oil Valley boasted dozens of oil companies and several refineries in its early history. Key among the refiners were Quaker State, Pennzoil and Wolf’s Head. Altogether, the trio accounted for more than two-thirds of all motor oil sold in the U.S.
Shell Oil Company (the US-based subsidiary of Shell plc) acquired Pennzoil-Quaker State company in 2002 to market its products as two separate motor oil brands, Pennzoil and Quaker State. [1]
31 lip 2009 · My dad remembers him changing the oil in their car every 5 or 6 thousand miles with Quaker State 10w40 in their old Ford wagon. Keep in mind this is the late 1960s. As far as my dad knew, they never had any major engine problems.
4 maj 2019 · In 1914, Thomas and Hopewell Phinny of Oil City created Phinny's Quaker State Medium Oil. The Phinnys were granted a trademark for Quaker State in August 1921. (A historical marker located in Titusville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.)
