Standard Oil

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Standard Oil was a dominant late-19th and early-20th century American oil trust that became a symbol of industrial monopoly and led to landmark antitrust regulation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business trust ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
industrial monopoly ⓘ
oil company ⓘ
brokenUpInto Anglo-American Oil Company ⓘ
Buckeye Pipe Line Company ⓘ
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Continental Oil Company ⓘ
Prairie Oil and Gas Company ⓘ
Standard Oil of California ⓘ
Standard Oil of Indiana ⓘ
Standard Oil of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Exxon

Standard Oil of New York ⓘ
linked to: Exxon

Standard Oil of Ohio ⓘ
The Ohio Oil Company ⓘ
businessPractice aggressive acquisitions of competitors ⓘ
preferential freight rates ⓘ
rebates from railroads ⓘ
businessStrategy horizontal integration ⓘ
vertical integration ⓘ
controlledMarketShareOfU.S.Refining over 90% at its peak ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor anticompetitive practices ⓘ
market domination ⓘ
predatory pricing ⓘ
dissolutionBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dissolutionCause Sherman Antitrust Act enforcement ⓘ
dissolutionDecision Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States ⓘ
dissolutionDecisionYear 1911 ⓘ
dissolved 1911 ⓘ
foundedBy Henry Flagler ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller ⓘ
Samuel Andrews ⓘ
Stephen V. Harkness ⓘ
William Rockefeller ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland
inception 1870 ⓘ
industry oil marketing ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ
oil transportation ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
influencedBy growth of the U.S. industrial economy ⓘ
keyPerson Henry Flagler ⓘ
Henry H. Rogers ⓘ
John D. Archbold ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller ⓘ
Oliver H. Payne ⓘ
William Rockefeller ⓘ
laterHeadquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
trust ⓘ
operatedIn Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
parentOrganizationOf Anglo-American Oil Company ⓘ
Buckeye Pipe Line Company ⓘ
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Continental Oil Company ⓘ
Prairie Oil and Gas Company ⓘ
Standard Oil of California ⓘ
Standard Oil of Indiana ⓘ
Standard Oil of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil

Standard Oil of New York ⓘ
Standard Oil of Ohio ⓘ
The Ohio Oil Company ⓘ
product gasoline ⓘ
kerosene ⓘ
lubricating oil ⓘ
petroleum by-products ⓘ
reasonForNotability central case in U.S. antitrust law ⓘ
dominant American oil trust in the late 19th century ⓘ
pioneered vertical integration in the oil industry ⓘ
symbol of industrial monopoly in the United States ⓘ
regulationInfluence development of U.S. antitrust policy ⓘ
interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subjectOf Ida Tarbell's exposé "The History of the Standard Oil Company" ⓘ
linked to: Ida Tarbell
successor Amoco ⓘ
BP (through acquisitions of Standard descendants) ⓘ
Chevron ⓘ
linked to: Chevron Corporation

Conoco ⓘ
Exxon ⓘ
Marathon Oil ⓘ
Mobil ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure oil pipelines ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
tank cars ⓘ

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Referenced by (94)

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William Rockefeller → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ
William Rockefeller → hasEmployer → Standard Oil ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller Jr. → employer → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller → founded → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller → coFounded → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
John Dustin Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ
John Dustin Archbold → memberOf → Standard Oil Trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Rockefeller family → associatedCompany → Exxon ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Rockefeller family → wealthSource → Standard Oil monopoly ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Carrère and Hastings → notableClient → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Roy Stryker → employer → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Standard Oil → parentOrganizationOf → Standard Oil of New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Mobil → partOf → Standard Oil trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Henry Flagler → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ
Henry Flagler → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ
Branobel → competitiveWith → Standard Oil ⓘ
Vacuum Oil Company → acquiredBy → Standard Oil ⓘ
Vacuum Oil Company → partOf → Standard Oil Trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Dr. Seuss → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ
Daniel Plainview → businessRivalOf → Standard Oil representatives ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → defendant → Standard Oil Trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
John Dustin Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ
subject linked to: Archbold
Archbold → hasNotableAssociationWith → Standard Oil ⓘ
Davison → associatedWithCompany → Standard Oil ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller → notableWork → Standard Oil ⓘ
subject linked to: Alice Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller → founded → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: Standard Oil
John Dustin Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ
subject linked to: John Foster Archbold
Standard Oil of California → originatedFrom → Standard Oil trust breakup ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Standard Oil Building, New York City → originalOwner → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Standard Oil Building, New York City → tenant → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Standard Oil Building, New York City → associatedCompany → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Roy Emerson Stryker → employer → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Chevron Corporation → predecessor → Standard Oil ⓘ
subject linked to: CVX
Harkness family → associatedWith → Standard Oil ⓘ
BP Whiting Refinery → originalOperator → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Samuel Andrews → memberOf → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Samuel Andrews → coFounded → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Samuel Andrews → employer → Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
The Ohio Oil Company → memberOf → Standard Oil trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
The Ohio Oil Company → ownedBy → Standard Oil (until 1911) ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
The Ohio Oil Company → separatedFrom → Standard Oil ⓘ
Continental Oil Company → acquiredBy → Standard Oil trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Continental Oil Company → partOf → Standard Oil trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
Prairie Oil and Gas Company → parentCompany → Standard Oil Company (prior to breakup) ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil