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    Standard Oil is the common name for a corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911. The origins of the trust lay in the operations of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio), which had been founded in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller. The trust was born on January 2, 1882, when a group of 41 investors signed the Standard Oil ...

  2. Nov 24, 2017 · Today, the biggest of these companies form the core of the U.S. oil industry: Standard Oil of New Jersey: Merged with Humble Oil and eventually became Exxon. Standard Oil of New York: Merged with Vacuum Oil, and eventually became Mobil. Standard Oil of California: Acquired Standard Oil of Kentucky, Texaco, and Unocal, and is now Chevron.

  3. Oct 26, 2021 · Oct. 26 2021, Published 1:26 p.m. ET. Source: Unsplash. John Rockefeller, the patriarch of the wealthy Rockefeller family, teamed up with several associates to build Standard Oil. For many years ...

  4. Feb 24, 2021 · Standard Oil Breakup. As a result of the growing discontent of the monopoly-like power, a federal lawsuit was filed against Standard Oil under the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1906. After Standard appealed the unfavorable result, the Supreme Court upheld the decision in 1911. The decision required the company to dissolve as a single entity.

  5. The Complete History & Strategy of Standard Oil (Part II) We bring the epic saga of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller to a close (for now) with two of history's greatest second acts: Rockefeller's pioneering of modern philanthropy (and really modern life itself), and perhaps the single greatest shareholder value "unlock" of all-time in the ...

  6. Feb 1, 2021 · The oil & gas industry has been hit with a hurricane of challenges over the past 6 years, and 2020 has propelled the entire sector into a tailspin. Now the two largest US oil conglomerates, Exxon ...

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  8. Nov 1, 2021 · The Modern Legacy of Standard Oil. Standard Oil’s most readily apparent legacy is that many of today’s supermajors have pedigrees stretching back to a company originally born of the breakup of Standard Oil: ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Marathon all descended in some form or fashion from Standard Oil. The Pedigree of Standard Oil.

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