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RON is a petroleum company featured in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Description

RON is most prominent in both games in the form of its numerous gas stations all over Liberty City. RON storage tanks can also be found in Francis International Airport and Acter Industrial Park. RON presumably bases its Liberty City operations at the RON Building in Alderney City, Alderney, and also operates a refinery at the Acter Industrial Park, also in Alderney.

The RON Building in Alderney City, Alderney, GTA IV.
The RON refinery at the Acter Industrial Park, Alderney, GTA IV.

The RON name could be a reference to the term Research Octane Rating (RON), which measures the amount of octane in petrol, or to the ENRON energy company, while the colors of RON's corporate livery and logo are similar to those of Shell. RON might stand for Royal Oil of the Netherlands, a play on Shell's full name being Royal Dutch Shell Group. RON is also a shortened version of the word "wrong", this might mean to people of Liberty City "You've got RON Oil there".

Filling stations

RON operates the largest gas station chain in Liberty City, with 7 stations in total (6 in GTA Chinatown Wars, not counting the Alderney branch), overshadowing all other gas station chains (Terroil and Globe Oil). Like other gas stations in GTA Chinatown Wars, the stations can be used to produce Molotov cocktails. RON also has the most expensive gas, ranging from $2.09 - $8.75.

RON stations can be found in the following locations:

Onondaga Avenue, Hove Beach, Broker.
Mohanet Avenue, BOABO, Broker
Dukes Boulevard, Cerveza Heights, Dukes.
Cleves Avenue, Meadows Park, Dukes.
Sing Sing Avenue, Little Bay, Bohan.
Galveston Avenue, The Meat Quarter, Algonquin.
Big Horn Drive, Westdyke, Alderney (combined with Car Wash).

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-[[File:RON_Building.png|thumb|Ron headquarters]]
+'''RON''' is a petroleum company featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]
-'''RON''' is a petroleum company featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. RON storage tanks can be found around [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]], most notably in [[Francis International Airport, Dukes|Francis International Airport]] and [[Acter Industrial Park]]. RON [[Filling Stations|filling stations]] can also be found around the city, and their headquarters, the [[RON Building]], are located in [[Alderney City]], [[Alderney]]. The name could be a reference to the term [[wikipedia:Octane Rating|Research Octane Rating (RON)]], which measures the amount of octane in petrol, or to the [[wp:ENRON|ENRON]] energy company. The colours of RON filling stations are similar to those of [[wikipedia:Shell Oil Company|Shell]].
-==Filling stations ==
+__TOC__
-RON [[Filling Stations|filling stations]] can be found in the following locations:
+== Description ==
-<center>
+RON is most prominent in both games in the form of its numerous [[Filling Stations|gas stations]] all over [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. RON storage tanks can also be found in [[Francis International Airport, Dukes|Francis International Airport]] and [[Acter Industrial Park]]. RON presumably bases its Liberty City operations at the [[RON Building]] in [[Alderney City]], [[Alderney]], and also operates a refinery at the [[Acter Industrial Park]], also in Alderney.
-<gallery>
-HoveBeachRon.jpg|Onondaga Ave, [[Hove Beach]], [[Broker]].
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="2" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
-BOABORon.jpg|Mohanet Ave, [[BOABO]], [[Broker]]
+File:RONBuilding-GTAIV.png|The [[RON Building]] in [[Alderney City]], [[Alderney]], GTA IV.
-CervezaRon.jpg|Dukes Boulevard, [[Cerveza Heights]], [[Dukes]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-refinery-exterior.jpg|The RON refinery at the [[Acter Industrial Park]], Alderney, GTA IV.
-DukesRon.jpg|Cleves Ave, [[Meadows Park]], [[Dukes]].
-BohanRon.jpg|Sing Sing Ave, [[Little Bay]], [[Bohan]].
-MeatQuarterRONstation-GTA4.jpg|[[Galveston Ave]], [[The Meat Quarter]], [[Algonquin]].
-WestdykeRon.jpg|[[Big Horn Drive]], [[Westdyke]], [[Alderney]] (combined with [[Car Wash]]).
 </gallery>
-</center>
-==See also ==
+The RON name could be a reference to the term [[wp:Octane Rating|Research Octane Rating (RON)]], which measures the amount of octane in petrol, or to the [[wp:ENRON|ENRON]] energy company, while the colors of RON's corporate livery and logo are similar to those of [[wp:Shell Oil Company|Shell]]. RON might stand for '''Royal Oil of the Netherlands''', a play on Shell's full name being Royal Dutch Shell Group. RON is also a shortened version of the word "wrong", this might mean to people of Liberty City "You've got RON Oil there".
+=== Filling stations ===
+RON operates the largest [[Filling Stations|gas station]] chain in Liberty City, with 7 stations in total (6 in GTA Chinatown Wars, not counting the Alderney branch), overshadowing all other gas station chains ([[Terroil]] and [[Globe Oil]]). Like other gas stations in GTA Chinatown Wars, the stations can be used to produce [[Molotov Cocktail|Molotov cocktails]]. RON also has the most expensive gas, ranging from $2.09 - $8.75.
+RON stations can be found in the following locations:
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
+File:RON-GTAIV-HoveBeach.jpg|Onondaga Avenue, [[Hove Beach]], [[Broker]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-BOABO.jpg|Mohanet Avenue, [[BOABO]], [[Broker]]
+File:RON-GTAIV-CervezaHeights.jpg|Dukes Boulevard, [[Cerveza Heights]], [[Dukes]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-MeadowsPark.jpg|Cleves Avenue, [[Meadows Park]], [[Dukes]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-LittleBay.jpg|Sing Sing Avenue, [[Little Bay]], [[Bohan]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-MeatQuarterstation.jpg|[[Galveston Ave]]nue, [[The Meat Quarter]], [[Algonquin]].
+File:RON-GTAIV-Westdykestation.jpg|[[Big Horn Drive]], [[Westdyke]], [[Alderney]] (combined with [[Car Wash]]).
+</gallery>
+== See also ==
 * [[Terroil]]
 * [[Globe Oil]]
+* [[Xero]]
+[[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in GTA IV Era]]
+[[Category:Businesses in GTA Chinatown Wars]]
 [[Category:Corporations]]
-[[Category:Businesses]]
-[[Category:Businesses in GTA IV]]
-[[Category:Businesses in GTA Chinatown Wars]]