Texaco, owned by Chevron Corporation, is an international fuel and lubricants brand with outlets across Latin America, Europe, and Africa. While marketed as a familiar fuel provider, Texaco’s profits flow into Chevron’s global operations, including gas extraction projects supplying Israel’s military and settlement economy. Consumers filling up at Texaco stations are indirectly supporting fossil fuel expansion and the infrastructure of occupation.
Chevron is rated High Impact because it is materially complicit in the militarized infrastructure of Israeli occupation. The company’s fossil fuel extraction and exports power Israeli military operations, settlements built on stolen land, and the prolonged siege of Gaza, effectively financing and sustaining apartheid systems.
Environmental harm is also present: Chevron contributes heavily to climate emissions and global ecosystem destruction, while promoting fossil fuel infrastructure that crosses internationally disputed maritime zones. The combination of human rights violations, environmental degradation, and Zionist-aligned state support through energy provision marks Chevron (and its proxies Caltex and Texaco) as a priority boycott target.
Chevron’s harmful impact is intensified by its direct support for military occupation and colonial infrastructure. The BDS movement’s global prioritization reflects Chevron’s strategic role in sustaining genocide and apartheid and makes consumer and institutional boycott both necessary and urgent.
For petrol drivers, there’s no fully ethical replacement for Chevron, but you can avoid companies linked to Israel by choosing independent or cooperatives that buy from smaller regional refiners. The big companies to avoid are Chevron, Caltex, Ampol, ExxonMobil, Shell, and BP.