Unocal Corporation

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Unocal Corporation
Union Oil Company of California

Industry	Petroleum
Founded	October 17, 1890 (1890-10-17)
Founders	Thomas Bard Lyman Stewart Wallace Hardison
Defunct	August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)
Fate	Acquired by Chevron[1]
Headquarters	Union Oil Center, Los Angeles, California
Brands	76 (1932–97)
Number of employees	6,400 (2005)
Website	unocal.com (defunct)

Union Oil Company of California, and its holding company Unocal Corporation, together known as Unocal /ˈjuːnoʊkæl/ was a major petroleum explorer and marketer in the late 19th century, through the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. It was headquartered in El Segundo, California, United States.^[2][3]

Unocal was involved in domestic and global energy projects. Unocal was one of the key players in the CentGas consortium, which attempted to build the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline to run from the Caspian area, through Afghanistan, to the Indian Ocean, at a time after the Taliban siege of Kabul in 1996.

On August 10, 2005, Unocal merged its entire upstream petroleum business with Chevron^[1] and became a wholly-owned subsidiary.^[4] Unocal then ceased operations as an independent company, but continues to conduct many operations as Union Oil Company of California, a Chevron company.