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|operating_income = US$ 15.423 billion (2012) |net_income = US$ 8.428 billion (2012) |assets = US$ 117.144 billion (2012) |equity = US$ 48.427 billion (2012) |num_employees = 16,900 (Dec 2012) |homepage = }} ConocoPhillips Co. is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States. It is the world's largest independent pure-play exploration and production company and is a Fortune 500 company.〔https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/5451/1742415/〕 ConocoPhillips was created through the merger of American oil companies Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co. on August 30, 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ConocoPhillips, Form 8-K12G3, Filing Date Aug 30, 2002 )〕 In 2012, ConocoPhillips' spun off its downstream assets as a new, and separate company, Phillips 66.〔http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/04/30/as-conocophillips-spins-off-refining-assets-should-you-own-the-new-phillips-66/〕 == History == Conoco Inc. was an American oil company founded in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Co. Based in Ogden, Utah, the company was a coal, oil, kerosene, grease and candles distributor in the West. Marland Oil Co. (founded by exploration pioneer E. W. Marland) later acquired the assets (subject to liabilities) of Continental Oil Co., for a consideration of 2,317,266 shares of stock. On June 26, 1929, Marland Oil changed its name to Continental Oil Co. and moved its headquarters to Ponca City, Oklahoma. The acquisition gave Conoco the red bar-and-triangle logo previously used by Marland. Conoco used the logo between 1930 and 1970, when the current red capsule logo was adopted. The Conoco headquarters were in Ponca City until 1949, when it moved to Houston, Texas. In 2002 Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co., whose headquarters were in nearby Bartlesville, Oklahoma merged into ConocoPhillips Numerous state corporation filings are identified "Continental Oil Co." and "Continental Oil Corp." and "Continental Oil Co. of Texas" as recorded with the Texas Secretary of State and Delaware Secretary of State. Merger of San Jacinto Petroleum Corp. and Continental Oil Corp. is recorded in 1964 with Delaware Secretary of State. In 2005, ConocoPhillips began rebranding its (Union) 76 gas stations, which Phillips had acquired from Tosco Corp. before the merger with Conoco. The move prompted a petition campaign by fans hoping to save the historic 76 orange ball signage.〔(Save the 76 Ball website )〕 In March 2006, ConocoPhillips bought Wilhelmshavener Raffineriegesellschaft mbH in Germany, and Burlington Resources in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ConocoPhillips, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 31, 2006 )〕 On May 10, 2006, Richard Armitage, former deputy-secretary of the U.S. State Department, was elected to the board of directors of the ConocoPhillips oil company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ConocoPhillips, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Aug 3, 2006 )〕 In 2007, the Chevron Corp. converted all of the Conoco gas stations in Mississippi to the Texaco brand. In late 2009, the company announced asset sales to increase investor returns. Included are debt reduction and stock buy back. In March 2011 the program was enlarged up to $10 billion assets sales in the next two years.〔http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/keyDevelopments?symbol=COP.N Retrieved at March 28, 2011〕 ConocoPhillips intends to implement a floating liquefied natural gas facility by 2016–2019, and has completed quantitative risk analysis of a design that will undergo pre-feed study in 2011.〔http://www.kgu.or.kr/download.php?tb=bbs_017&fn=SESSION_10_(TECHNIAL)___Paul_Davies_ConocoPhillips.pdf&rn=SESSION_10_(TECHNIAL)___Paul_Davies_ConocoPhillips.pdf〕 On July 14, 2011, ConocoPhillips announced its intent to separate the company's upstream and downstream businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded corporations, with the intent of maximizing shareholder value.〔(ConocoPhillips Pursuing Plan to Separate into Two Stand-Alone, Publicly Traded Companies ), ConocoPhillips, July 14, 2011〕 On May 1, 2012, all midstream, downstream, marketing and chemical operations were separated into a new company named Phillips 66, headquartered in Houston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ConocoPhillips, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date May 2, 2012 )〕 As a result, ConocoPhillips continued its operations as an upstream (exploration and production) company.〔http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-05-01/industries/31507505_1_conocophillips-nyse-regular-trading〕〔http://finance.yahoo.com/news/phillips-66-debuts-advantaged-downstream-120000807.html〕 In April 2012, ConocoPhillips sold its Trainer Refinery to Monroe Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. In January 2013, Conoco announced that it would sell its Rocky Mountain assets to Denbury Resources for $1.05 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ConocoPhillips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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