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Standard Oil
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Standard Oil

US company founded 1870 by John D Rockefeller; it was divided 1911 under anti-monopoly laws into 34 independent companies, of which 14 remained in 1990 and three retain the Standard Oil name: the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal), Standard Oil Company (Indiana), and Standard Oil Company (Ohio). The former Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) became the Exxon Corporation 1972.



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