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Standard Oil
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Standard Oil

US company founded in 1870 by John D Rockefeller; it was divided in 1911 under anti-monopoly laws into 34 independent companies. The successor companies developed to form the core of the modern US oil industry, including Exxon and Mobil (which merged in 1999), Chevron, Marathon, and Conoco.



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