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In Germany BP went out of the market. They were quite common, but ca.2 years ago they made a big deal with the German ARAL-company with selling/swapping a lot of gas stations. The deal was so big, that by the law BP has to give up nearly all stations, with their name to avoid a monopolistic/oligopolistic market-position.
So now ARAL took all former BP-stations and the smaller, older ARAL-stations were sold to the Polish company ORLEN. For a while they put their name on it, but after a few months they got the name "STAR" (but still hold by ORLEN).
The history of the fuel business in Germany is interested, but complicated.
So we don't have EXXON, here they are named ESSO.
Ca.25 years ago TEXACO has left the German market, all of their stations were named DEA. The name DEA was very popular in the pre-war-times and 50ies, but has left the market then. After a few decades they came back...
A propos BP: I've read, that just 5 or 6(!) BP-named stations are left in Germany. One of them you could see, if you have watched the TV about the techno-party "Loveparade 2008"
And in the second house behind that BP-station, there is my office
So now ARAL took all former BP-stations and the smaller, older ARAL-stations were sold to the Polish company ORLEN. For a while they put their name on it, but after a few months they got the name "STAR" (but still hold by ORLEN).
The history of the fuel business in Germany is interested, but complicated.
So we don't have EXXON, here they are named ESSO.
Ca.25 years ago TEXACO has left the German market, all of their stations were named DEA. The name DEA was very popular in the pre-war-times and 50ies, but has left the market then. After a few decades they came back...
A propos BP: I've read, that just 5 or 6(!) BP-named stations are left in Germany. One of them you could see, if you have watched the TV about the techno-party "Loveparade 2008"
And in the second house behind that BP-station, there is my office