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I've just found out what HC in Sinclair means-"Houston Concentrate-developed in the Houston refinery.

OK . nbkz7w8, I got one for ya, find me some information on a Fort Worth company. very early Called, Black Panther oil and greases. I gave all the information I had on that company to Butch when he stopped by and he couldn't find anything on it. see if you can. the logo was a Big Black Panther jumping over an oil Derrack, thanks Dwaine .

I thought that was a radical militant group back in the 60's.

Oh yeah, Houston Combination is what I see the "experts" saying.

nbkz7w8 and Morgan,
From the Sinclair 50th anniversary book "A Great Name in Oil" page 36, "Sinclair's first super-fuel marketed in 1926. The initials of this gasoline stood for 'Houston Concentrate', but some advertising men preferred the term 'High Compression'." Morgan, I think yours may have come from one of these marketing variations.
Ed

Hi- one of the books on sinclair says Houston Crude- Really doesnt matter if you have a sign its worth more every year anyway-don

guys , I don't think Sinclair was the only one's to use H-C , I'll look in my papers and see , but I think it means HIGHGRADE-CRACKING, cracking was the name of a process used to make fuels, M-C = MEDIUM- CRACKING, L-C = LOWGRADE-CRACKING, when Sinclair started useing the H-C Houston was even a oil area , the only reason oil was brought to the refinneries in Houston was so the barges and ships didn't have to go around the horn at that time, later the Panama canel. then even later , theres a giant pipe line that runs from Houston to yes , Bakersfield and Long Beach. and from Long Beach refinneries to yep San Francisco right next to I-5 actully Coalinga. Getty oil put that pipe in durring the late 40 early 50ties into the 60ties, Texaco has that line now, if Bobby Lewis was around he would know, where is Bobby??? Armadillos might have got him , I seen one time a horny Armadillo jump a Volkswagon. yep . thats what I saw. or was it a worm from a Tequella bottle jump a tomatoe worm, I don't know one of them.