# clm_E8C961566413

subject: Valero Energy (/record/valero-energy.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 1980  
valid_from: 1980-01-01  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-11  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-11  
cite: AsOf. "Valero Energy founded: 1980", as of 1980-01-01. Claim clm_E8C961566413, https://asof.is/claim/clm_E8C961566413, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: https://www.bccresearch.com/company-index/profile/valero-energy-corp/history.  
checked: 2026-11-11 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Valero Energy Corp was founded in 1980 as the corporate successor of Lo-Vaca Gathering Company, a natural gas pipeline subsidiary of Houston-based Coastal Corporation.

What https://www.bccresearch.com/company-index/profile/valero-energy-corp/history says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.bccresearch.com/company-index/profile/valero-energy-corp/history (secondary, bccresearch.com)

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