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ARCO (/ˈɑːrkoʊ/ AR-koh) is a brand of gasoline stations owned by Marathon Petroleum. BP, which formerly owned the brand, uses it in California, Oregon and Washington, while Marathon has rights for the rest of the United States and Mexico.
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TTTA extracted 260 structured relationships around ARCO. Examples in this analysis include ARCO → Area served → United States and ARCO → Defunct → April 18, 2000; 26 years ago (2000-04-18). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCO | Area served | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Defunct | April 18, 2000; 26 years ago (2000-04-18) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Fate | Acquired by BP, brand now owned by Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Founded | January 3, 1966; 60 years ago (1966-01-03) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Headquarters | New York City (1966–1971) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Headquarters | Los Angeles, California (1971–2000) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Headquarters | Houston, Texas (2000–2012) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Headquarters | San Antonio, Texas (2012–2018) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Headquarters | Findlay, Ohio (2018–present) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Industry | Petroleum | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Number of locations | 1,200 (in 2000) | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Owner | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Predecessor | Atlantic Petroleum | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Predecessor | Richfield Oil Corporation | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Type | Subsidiary | 1.00 | infobox |
| ARCO | Website | arco.com | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around ARCO bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Bp, Company and Stations. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For ARCO, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects ARCO with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around ARCO to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — ARCO · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout