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Galp company (Portugal)

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Galp flag
image by António Martins, 23 May 2004
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About the flag

Logo-on-white company flag of Galp, a portuguese state-owned oil company, who has adopted a new logo last year. I consists of an orange rounded lozenge with a stylized white "G" on it. It is defenitely a frequent sight in Portugal — in tanker trucks, gas (gasoline) stations, butane and propane canisters and pipes, etc. (Approximate rendition — the logo is sometimes like this, with 3D effects, black shadow and yellow glow, some others just the orange outline on white.) The new logo keeps to traditional company color, orange, and the letter from the former logo, but moves away from the oil/gas concept, preparing for diversification and privatization. The company changed also its name to Galp Energia.
António Martins, 23 May 2004

The disposition and shape of the "G" are such that if you look at it you’ll see a burning flame, or at least that’s what the designers intended. This keeps it very well within the oil/gas concept.
Jorge Candeias, 23 May 2004


variant

Galp flag
image by António Martins, 23 May 2004

Advertisement “banner” in frequent use (I even saw it hanging from a company office (in Rua do Alecrim, Lisbon) along with the national flag): higher than wide, with the logo set on a bicolor background, white and orange, divided by a curve line.
António Martins, 23 May 2004

Among many others sources, this is documented in a clipart archive photo published in Diário de Notícias 2004.06.08: p.42.
António Martins, 02 Aug 2004


Petrogal

Petrogal flag
image by António Martins, 02 Aug 2004 | reconstruction

Galp’s former logo featured a large stylized "G", also orange on white, sometimes with additional green lettering. This was inherited from the previous company name, Petrogal, a company dedicated exclusively to oil and gas transport, refining and distribution.
António Martins, 23 May 2004


Sonap

Sonap flag
image by António Martins, 02 Aug 2004 | reconstruction

The color orange comes from the still previous company, Sonap (Sociedade Nacional de Petróleos), which had (if I recall correctly) a logo consisting of a white disc on orange.
António Martins, 23 May 2004

I do remember seeing flags with this logo in the 1970ies, but I’m not sure of the exact design.
António Martins, 02 Aug 2004