Coastal Corporation

The Coastal Corporation
IndustryEnergy
Founded1955
Defunct2001
FateAcquired by El Paso Corporation
HeadquartersGreenway Plaza
Houston, Texas
Greenway Plaza, which contained the Coastal headquarters
A five-gallon bucket of Coastal brand motor oil
An abandoned Coastal gas station in 2011

Coastal Corporation was a diversified energy and petroleum products company headquartered at 9 Greenway Plaza (Coastal Tower) in Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas.[1][2] The company was founded in 1955 by Oscar Wyatt and incorporated in 1955 as Coastal States Gas Producing Company. It merged with the El Paso Corporation in 2001. As of 1999, Coastal was a Fortune 500 company with 13,300 employees and annual revenues of $8.2 billion.

  1. ^ Directory of Corporate Affiliations, Volume 1. National Register Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0872172155, 9780872172159. p. 1446. "THE COASTAL CORPORATION, Coastal Tower. Nine Greenway Plaza. 77046-0995"
  2. ^ Lipton, Martin and Erica H. Steinberger. Takeovers and Freezeouts, Volume 2. Law Journal Press, 1978. "C-71." Retrieved from Google Books on August 23, 2010. ISBN 1-58852-005-6, ISBN 978-1-58852-005-0