For nearly 100 years, GULF OIL has re-defined the way in which the world shops for oil. It is a journey that began on January 10, 1901, when GULF OIL drilled the world’s first high-volume oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, USA. Since then GULF has pioneered the world’s first drive-in gas station (In Pittsburgh, USA), pioneered the catalytic cracking technology that revolutionized the world lubricant industry and led the invention of the Polyalfaolefin, the synthetic lubricant molecule.