Standard Oil of Ohio
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Standard Oil of Ohio was one of the regional successor companies created after the 1911 antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, operating primarily in the Ohio oil and gas market.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standard Oil of Ohio canonical | 3 |
| Standard Oil | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3778699 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Standard Oil of Ohio Context triple: [Standard Oil, brokenUpInto, Standard Oil of Ohio]
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A.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was a major American oil refining and marketing company, later known as Amoco, that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. petroleum industry.
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B.
Standard Oil
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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C.
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of California was a major American oil company, later known as Chevron, that played a pivotal role in the development of the global petroleum industry.
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D.
Continental Oil Company
Continental Oil Company was a major American petroleum company that emerged as one of the successor firms to the dissolved Standard Oil trust and later became known as Conoco.
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E.
Arabian American Oil Company
Arabian American Oil Company was the original name of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi petroleum and natural gas company that became one of the world’s largest energy producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Standard Oil of Ohio Target entity description: Standard Oil of Ohio was one of the regional successor companies created after the 1911 antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, operating primarily in the Ohio oil and gas market.
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A.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was a major American oil refining and marketing company, later known as Amoco, that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. petroleum industry.
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B.
Standard Oil
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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C.
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of California was a major American oil company, later known as Chevron, that played a pivotal role in the development of the global petroleum industry.
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D.
Continental Oil Company
Continental Oil Company was a major American petroleum company that emerged as one of the successor firms to the dissolved Standard Oil trust and later became known as Conoco.
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E.
Arabian American Oil Company
Arabian American Oil Company was the original name of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi petroleum and natural gas company that became one of the world’s largest energy producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Standard Oil successor company
ⓘ
gasoline retailer ⓘ oil company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Sohio ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
BP
ⓘ
British Petroleum ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 1987 ⓘ |
| brandName | Sohio ⓘ |
| category |
Companies based in Cleveland, Ohio
ⓘ
Defunct oil companies of the United States ⓘ Standard Oil spin-offs ⓘ |
| ceasedToExistAsBrandInOhio | 1991 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdAsResultOf | 1911 Standard Oil antitrust breakup ⓘ |
| fate | merged into BP ⓘ |
| founded | 1911 ⓘ |
| gasolineBrandRightsOutsideOhio | BP ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Cleveland
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio
|
| historicalConnection | John D. Rockefeller ⓘ |
| industry |
natural gas industry
ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ retail gasoline ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| mainProduct |
diesel fuel
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gasoline ⓘ motor oil ⓘ petroleum products ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major gasoline retailer in Ohio
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originating from the breakup of the Standard Oil monopoly ⓘ |
| notableShareholder | Standard Oil Trust shareholders ⓘ |
| operated |
oil refineries
ⓘ
pipelines ⓘ service stations ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ |
| operatedUnderName |
Sohio brand
ⓘ
Standard Oil of Ohio self-link ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOrigin | Standard Oil ⓘ |
| predecessor | Standard Oil ⓘ |
| region | Ohio oil and gas market ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Midwest
Ohio ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor | BP America ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SOH ⓘ |
| usedTrademark | Sohio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Standard Oil of Ohio Description of subject: Standard Oil of Ohio was one of the regional successor companies created after the 1911 antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, operating primarily in the Ohio oil and gas market.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.