How long has CITGO operated in the United States?
CITGO has been in business for nearly 100 years in the United States. Founded in 1910 as the Cities Service Company, the company created the CITGO brand in 1965, along with its familiar trimark logo. After a series of transactions in which CITGO was acquired by Occidental Petroleum and then the Southland Corporation, Petrleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, bought a 50 percent interest in CITGO in 1986. PDVSA acquired the remaining half of CITGO in January 1990. CITGO is headquartered in Houston, Texas and employs an estimated 4,000 people.
