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• Running on fumes; Crown Central Petroleum sells off its area stations.(BUSINESS)

  - 2004-07-21

  Byline: William Glanz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Crown Central Petroleum Corp. is nearly out of gas. Crown once boasted more than 330 gas stations and convenience stores to go with its shipping terminals and two Texas oil refineries. This month it sold nearly...

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• Crown Central Petroleum sells off most of its Maryland, Virginia stations.

  - 2004-07-21

  By William Glanz, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 21--Crown Central Petroleum Corp. is nearly out of gas. Crown once boasted more than 330 gas stations and convenience stores to go with its shipping terminals and two Texas oil...

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• Crown Central Petroleum Corp. sells gas stations, convenience stores

  - 2004-07-12

  Crown Central Petroleum Corp., of Baltimore, announced it has sold more than 150 gasoline stations and convenience stores in Maryland and Virginia to an affiliate of Petroleum Marketing Group Inc., a Maryland-based petroleum distributor with operations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington. Financial terms were not disclosed. The facilities will continue...

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• CROWN PUTTING 'ALL' ASSETS ON THE SALES BLOCK

  - 2003-01-20

  Crown Central Petroleum announced it is looking to sell "all or substantially all" of its assets, including two Texas refineries, more than 300 retail outlets and 10 product terminals as a single entity or in separate transactions. Frank Rosenberg, the company's president and CEO, said the move was...

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• Baltimore-Based Petroleum Firm Seeks to Divest Tyler, Texas-Area Refineries.

  - 2003-01-14

  By Greg Junek, Tyler Morning Telegraph, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--The parent company of LaGloria Refinery announced on Monday it hired New York-based advisers to assist it in selling all of its assets, including the Tyler plant. ...

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• Crown Mishap. (Houston Roundup).(Crown Central Petroleum Corp. accident leaves six injured)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-17

  CROWN MISHAP Six workers went to hospitals for observation December 4 when an operator at the Crown Central refinery in Pasadena opened a valve releasing a mixture of petroleum and hydrofluoric acid. One was treated and released the same evening and the other five were released ...

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• Refinery Explosion Is Latest Problem for Crown Central. (News).(Crown Central Petroleum Corp. fails in the upkeep of facilities)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-03

  THREE EXPLOSIONS and a fire lasting several hours lit up the evening sky on November 23 at the 100,000 barrel-per-day Pasadena refinery of Crown Central Petroleum Corp. The blasts, said to have originated at a liquefied petroleum gas unit, were felt up to six miles away....

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• Crown Central Petroleum to Pay for 22 Pollution Violations in Pasadena, Texas.

  - 2001-11-08

  By Tony Freemantle, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--State environmental officials approved a $350,000 fine Wednesday against Crown Central Petroleum Corp. for 22 pollution violations at its Pasadena refinery. The corporation, which already holds the record for the largest...

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• CROWN FOR SALE.(Crown Central Petroleum Corp. to sell Texas refinery assets)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-10-15

  CROWN FOR SALE Crown Central Petroleum Corp., Baltimore, Md., has engaged Turner, Mason & Co. to assist in marketing its Pasadena, Tex., refinery assets and explore options relative to the future operations of the Tyler refinery and the company's terminal assets. ...

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• Phillips Licenses S Zorb Sulfur Removal Technology to Crown Central Petroleum

  - 2001-08-23

  Business Editors BARTLESVILLE, Okla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 23, 2001 Phillips Petroleum Company (NYSE:P) today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Crown Central Petroleum Corp. and its subsidiary, LaGloria Oil and Gas Co., for the use of Phillips' S Zorb Sulfur Removal Technology SRT at two Texas refineries. ...

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