...BP peddles an ultra-premium gasoline, the 93-octane Amoco Ultimate, to lure motorists away from competitors. Shell Oil Co., which launched its V-power high-octane fuel last year amid unusually high gasoline prices, touts its fuel's...

...and Mabel (Arentz) Anderson. He moved to Minneapolis as a boy where he lived and worked until his retirement from Shell Oil Co. in St. Paul in 1968. He married Genevieve "Pat" Parker in March of 1935. After he retired, the couple moved...

...the Brooklyn Shipyards. He married Elizabeth Monahan on Sept. 21, 1943, in Westwood, N.J. He went to work for Shell Oil Co., where he worked as a construction engineer until his retirement in 1972. They moved to a cabin near Pillager...

...until 1950. He then worked for a construction company working heavy equipment. The family restaurant was sold and the Shell Oil Co. put up a gas station, which he ran for a time. He then secured a liquor license and turned the Barbecue Inn Restaurant...