The Standard Oil was a company of refining and distribution of Pétrole founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937) and its associates in 1863. Wishing to extend its empire, Rockefeller amalgamated five large companies of refining, of which that of Henry Morrison Flagler, the Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler . In 1868, Standard Oil was more the oil large company world.

The foundation of the company

August 28th 1859, the first oil drilling is carried out with Titusville, Pennsylvania by the " colonel" Edwin Drake and Cleveland quickly become one of the plates hinged of the industry of refining. January 10th 1870, is rested by John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Samuel Andrews, Henry Mr. Flagler, (of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler), Stephen V. Harkness and O.B. Jennings, the joint stock company Standard Oil Company of Ohio, with the capital of a million $, of which it held 27%. A battle began soon between the trust of the producers and that of the conveyers with the Standard Oil at the head of file.

The monopoly

August 1st

Antitrust dismantling

Since the end XIX^e - beginning 20th century, the United States set up an antitrust policy to safeguard competition and to avoid unfavourable situations of revenue to the innovation and the consumers. In 1911 is created the CTF (Federal Trade Commission) which supervises the respect of the Antitrust policy. The same year takes place the Rockefeller lawsuit; its company, the Standard Oil, is fragmented in about thirty firms.

Successors

1. Anglo-American Oil Company
2. Atlantic Refining - > ARCO - > BP
3. Buckeye Pipe Line Company
4. Limits-Scrymser Company
5. Cheseborough Manufacturing Company
6. Colonial Oil Company
7. Continental Oil Company - > Conoco - > ConocoPhillips
8. Crescent Pipe Line Company
9. Cumberland Pipe Line Company
10. Eureka Pipe Line Company
11. Galena-Signal Oil Company
12. Indiana Pipe Line Company
13. National Transit Company
14. New York Transit Company
15. Northern Pipe Line Company
16. Ohio Oil Company
17. Prairie Oil & Gas Company
18. Solar Refining Company
19. Southern Pipe Line Company
20. South PEN Oil Company
21. Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines Company
22. Standard Oil Company off New York - > Socony - > Mobil Oil Corporation - > Exxon Mobil
23. Standard Oil off California - > Rafter - > ChevronTexaco - > Rafter (again since 2005)
24. Standard Oil off Nebraska
25. Standard Oil off New Jersey - > EXXON - > Exxon Mobil
26. Standard Oil off Ohio
27. Standard Oil off Kentucky
28. Standard Oil off Indiana - > AMOCO - > BP
29. Standard Oil Company off Louisiana
30. Standard Oil off Kansas
31. Swan & Finch Company
32. Union Tank Lines
33. Vacuum Oil Company
34. Toilets-Pierce

See too

Internal bonds

• Geopolitical of oil

External bonds

• The History off the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell
• Educate Yourself- Standard Oil -- I

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