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| Industry | petroleum |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1955 in Santa Monica, California |
| Fate | Merged with Phillips Petroleum (ConocoPhillips) |
| Headquarters | |
Tosco (from "The Oil Shale Corporation") was an independent US based petroleum refining and marketing corporation based in Stamford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1955 in Santa Monica, California by A&P heir Huntington Hartford, and originally focused on extracting oil from oil shale and developing alternative energy sources.