About ARCO
There is a heritage and history behind ARCO that is now a part of the American traveler’s landscape. Since the early 1970s, we have found ways to make our company more efficient, so that we can pass savings on to you at the pump. With a firm focus on our low-price objective, we are still able to offer good quality gasoline, so that your vehicle performs efficiently. Indeed, good gas at a good price.
Some notable dates
| 1982: | ARCO ends credit card sales. | |
| 1984: | ARCO becomes leading gasoline marketer in the West. | |
| 1989: | ARCO introduces EC-1 Regular, the nation's first environmentally engineered fuel. | |
| 1991: | ARCO's emission-control gasolines are credited with removing over 100 million pounds of pollutants from Southern California air. | |
| 1994: | ARCO's Los Angeles refinery completed modifications to meet federal Clean Air Act requirements for gasoline and stationary emissions. | |
| ARCO cost reduction program announced with $400 million in annual savings (compared to 1993) by 1996. | ||
| 1995: | ARCO introduces the PayQuick® system, enabling customers to pay cash at the pump. | |
| 2000: | BP acquires ARCO. |
