Amoco 1889: Standard Oil (Indiana) founded as subsidiary of Standard Oil Trust 1911: Standard Oil of Indiana founded with dissolution of Standard Oil 1910s: Standard Oil of Indiana purchases Pan American Petroleum 1914: Standard Oil of Indiana licenses "thermal cracking" process for producing gasoline to competing oil companies 1925: Standard Oil of Indiana acquires controlling interest in Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company 1932: Standard Oil of Indiana sells Venezuela operation to Jersey 1954: Pan American and Standard of Indiana merge, new company is called American Oil Company [Amoco] 1957: Begins joint venture with Iran independent of Iranian Oil Consortium 1958: Amoco signs agreement with Shah of Iran 1960s: Amoco Egypt Oil Company, Cairo, founded 1980s: Amoco Sharjah Oil Company, Sharjah, U.A.E., in partnership with UEA, produces natural gas and natural gas liquids in Sharjah 1990s: Amoco Oman Oil Company begins oil and gas exploration program Corporate Offices: Amoco Corporation, 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL 60601-7125; phone: (312) 856-6111; e-mail: info@amoco.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arco 1866: Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company founded 1870: Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company establishes Atlantic Refining Company (Atlantic) 1874: Atlantic sold to John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust 1905: Richfield Oil Corporation founded 1911: Standard Oil Trust dissolved under Sherman Antitrust Act, and Atlantic is spun off as independent company 1916: Sinclair Oil Corporation, founded by Harry F. Sinclair 1931: Richfield goes into receivership and Sinclair merges with Rio Grande Oil and Prairie Pipeline and Prairie Oil and Gas Companies 1936: Richfield Oil Corporation emerges from receivership 1952: Atlantic begins offshore Gulf Coast production 1963: Atlantic purchased the Hondo Oil & Gas Company 1966: Richfield Oil Corporation merges with Atlantic Refining Company, creating Atlantic Richfield Company [ARCO] 1968: ARCO partners with Exxon for Alaskan North Slope production 1969: ARCO acquires Sinclair Oil Corporation 1972: ARCO headquarters moves from New York City to Los Angeles 1977: ARCO acquires the Anaconda Company 1985: ARCO divests East Coast marketing and refining operations 1988: Tricentrol acquired by ARCO 1988: ARCO completes merger with Houston based Union Texas Petroleum Holding Inc 1989: ARCO forms anew publicly held company, Lyondell Petrochemical 1993: ARCO’s U.S. oil and gas business restructured and divided into four business units—ARCO Permian, ARCO Western Energy, ARCO Long Beach, Inc., and Vastar Resources, Inc. 1994: Vastar Resources Inc. initiates a public offering of 17 million shares of its common stock 1996: ARCO signs Production Sharing Contract with Sonatrach, the Algerian state oil company, to undertake major Enhanced Oil Recovery project in Algeria’s second largest oil field, Rhourde El Baguel 1997: ARCO and Russia’s largest oil company, LUKOIL, sign joint venture agreement to invest in oil and gas projects in Russia and other countries 1998: ARCO subsidiary (Western Midway Co.) and a unit of Mobil Corporation reaches agreement to exchange oil and gas properties in California's San Joaquin Valley and the Gulf of Mexico; The California properties owned by Western Midway go to Mobil, while Mobil oil and gas properties in the Gulf go to Western Midway. Upon completion of the exchange, Western Midway will be sold to Vastar Resources Inc. (82.2% owned by ARCO) 1998: ARCO sells majority interest in ARCO Chemical Company and divests its coal assets in the U.S. Corporate Offices: Arco Corporate Headquarters 515 South Flower Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 486-3511 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashland Oil 1924: Ashland Refining Company of Ashland, Ky., founded as a refining arm of Swiss Oil Company of Lexington 1930: Ashland Purchases Tri-State Refining 1931: Acquires Cumberland Pipeline Company's eastern Kentucky pipeline network 1936: Ashland Refining merges with Swiss Oil to form Ashland Oil & Refining Company 1946: Ashland Oil & Refining Company products first sold under the brand name "Ashland" 1948: Ashland and Allied Oil merge 1949: Ashland and Aetna Oil merge, Ashland acquires Kentucky retail marketing operation Freedom-Valvoline, including Valvoline Motor Oil brand and also acquires Southern Pipe Line Company 1950: Frontier Oil Refining of Buffalo, N.Y., and National Refining of Cleveland, Ohio, join Ashland 1956: Acquisition of R. J. Brown Company of St. Louis. 1963: Ashland acquires United Oil 1966: Ashland acquires Warren Brothers construction company 1967: Ashland purchases ADM Chemical Group and forms Ashland 1969: Ashland forms Ashland Petroleum operating division and Arch Mineral 1970: Ashland changes name to Ashland Oil, Inc. 1970: Ashland acquires Northwestern Refining of St. Paul, Minn. and the SuperAmerica retail marketing chain 1971: Exploration and production activities are consolidated into Ashland Exploration 1975: Construction division is formed, and Ashland Coal is created 1991: Ashland acquires The Permian Corporation and merges with Scurlock Oil Company 1992: Ashland Chemical acquires most of Unocal's chemical distribution business, establishing the IC&S Division 1994: Ashland’s Valvoline acquires Zerex 1995: Ashland changes company's name to Ashland Inc. 1997: Ashland signs agreements with Marathon to combine the refining, marketing and transportation assets of the companies. Ashland acquires 38 percent of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC Corporate Offices: Ashland Inc. Headquarters 1000 Ashland Drive Russell, KY 41169 (606) 329-3333 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chevron 1879: Pacific Coast Oil Company established 1900: Pacific Coast Oil purchased by Standard Oil, but remains separate operation 1906: Pacific Coast Oil consolidated with other Western US operations of Standard Oil into Standard Oil Company (California) 1911: Dissolution of Standard Oil Trust makes Standard Oil of California (Socal) independent 1926: Socal merges with Pacific Oil Company 1929: Socal establishes Bahrain Petroleum Company to hold Bahrain concession 1932: Bahrain Petroleum strikes oil in Bahrain 1933: Socal wins Saudi Arabia concession; Socal establishes California-Arabia Standard Oil Company, Casoc, to hold concession for Saudi Arabia 1933: Socal discoveries oil in Saudi Arabia 1936: Texaco joins with Standard Oil of California (later Chevron), to found the Arab-American Oil Company [Aramco] 1936: Texaco purchases half interest in Bahrain Petroleum and California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (Calarabian) from Socal 1936: California-Texas company, Caltex, founded as a joint venture between Socal and Texaco as outlet for future oil production in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia 1954: Consortium of oil companies, including British Petroleum, Exxon, Socony, Texas Oil, Socal, Gulf, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and CFP form the Iranian Oil Participants Ltd. (IOP) and negotiate agreement with Iranian government and for oil production in Iran 1961: Socal buys Standard of Kentucky 1974: Bahraini government acquires 60% interest in BAPCO 1980: Bahraini government acquires remaining interest in BAPCO 1984: Socal buys Gulf Corporation and after restructuring changes name to Chevron Corporation 1993: Chevron undertakes a joint venture with the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan forming a new company named Tengizchevroil 1993: Pennzoil Company assimilates Chevron Corporate Offices: Chevron Corporation 575 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2856 415-894-7700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conoco 1875: Continental Oil and Transportation Company founded 1885: Continental Oil and Transportation Company reincorporated as Continental within the Standard Oil trust 1913: Continental Oil reincorporated after breakup of Standard Oil Trust 1917: Marland Oil Company founded 1929: Continental Oil company merged with portions of Rocky Mountain (a former component of Standard oil) and Marland Mid-1950s: Continental joins partnership with Marathon and Amerada, called Oasis Group 1981: Conoco becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of by E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company 1981: Conoco reorganized as Continental Group Corporate Offices: Conoco Center 600 North Dairy Ashford Houston, TX 77079 P.O. Box 2197 Houston, TX ZIP Code 77252 Phone: (281) 293-1000 Telex: 775347 Fax: (281) 293-1440 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exxon 1882: Standard Oil of New Jersey formed by Standard Oil Trust 1888: Standard Oil of New Jersey establishes Anglo-American Oil Co. (predecessor of Esso Petroleum Co.) to market oil in the British Isles 1899: Standard Oil of New Jersey becomes a holding company for Standard Oil Interests, a subsidiary of Standard Oil 1898: Standard Oil of New Jersey gains control of Imperial Oil Limited of Canada 1928: Standard Oil of New Jersey acquires interest in Turkish (now Iraq) Petroleum Co. 1911: Standard Oil of New Jersey [Jersey] becomes independent with dissolution of Standard Oil Trust 1911: Humble Oil Company formed 1919: Jersey acquires majority ownership of Humble Oil 1930: Anglo-American acquired by Jersey 1933: Socony-Vacuum and Standard of New Jersey merge their Far East facilities and interests into a 50-50 venture called Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., or Stanvac 1947: Jersey affiliate, Imperial, strikes oil in Canada 1947: Anglo-Iranian, Jersey and Socony sign 20-year contract with Iran 1948: Jersey (30%) and Socony-Vacuum (10%) join Socal (30%) and Texaco (30%) in Aramco venture 1954: Consortium of oil companies, including British Petroleum, Exxon, Socony, Texas Oil, Socal, Gulf, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and CFP form the Iranian Oil Participants Ltd. (IOP) and negotiate agreement with Iranian government and for oil production in Iran 1959: Jersey buys remainder of Humble Oil 1959: Jersey strikes oil in Libya 1960: Jersey begins to market gasoline under the brand name Esso 1960: Jersey purchases Monterey Oil 1961: Jersey buys Honolulu Oil 1962: Assets of Stanvac split between Jersey and Socony Mobil 1972: Jersey changes name to Exxon 1972: Iraq nationalizes Iraq Petroleum Company, of which Exxon is 12% owner 1972: Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar acquire 25% interest in Exxon’s production operations (in country), with right to increase stake to 51% by 1982 1980: Exxon buys Colony Oil Shale Project 1981: Exxon sells Esso Standard Libya to Libyan government 1982: Exxon ends Colony Oil Shale Project 1985: Exxon acquires 48% of Hunt Oil Company’s production sharing agreement in North Yemen 1998: Exxon and Mobil announce plans for merger Corporate Offices: 5959 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039-2298 Phone: 972-444-1000 Fax: 972-444-1882 for more see link:http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/apagoilhistory.html