Standard Oil

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business trust defunct company industrial monopoly oil company

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Standard Oil canonical	31
Standard Oil Company	15
Standard Oil trust	6
Standard Oil Trust	4
Exxon	1
Standard Oil (historical trust, prior to breakup)	1
Standard Oil (until 1911)	1
Standard Oil Company (prior to breakup)	1
Standard Oil monopoly	1
Standard Oil of New Jersey	1
Standard Oil representatives	1
Standard Oil trust breakup	1
Standard Oil trust legacy	1

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business trust ⓘ defunct company ⓘ industrial monopoly ⓘ oil company ⓘ
brokenUpInto	Anglo-Persian Oil Company ⓘ surface form: 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 Company of Indiana ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil of Indiana Exxon ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil of New Jersey Exxon ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil of New York 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	anticompetitive practices ⓘ market domination ⓘ predatory pricing ⓘ
dissolutionBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dissolutionCause	Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act enforcement
dissolutionDecision	antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
dissolutionDecisionYear	1911 ⓘ
dissolved	1911 ⓘ
foundedBy	Henry Flagler ⓘ John D. Rockefeller ⓘ Samuel Andrews ⓘ Stephen Vanderburgh Harkness ⓘ surface form: Stephen V. Harkness William Rockefeller ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 Company of Indiana ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil of Indiana Standard Oil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard Oil of New Jersey 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 ⓘ surface form: Ida Tarbell's exposé "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
successor	Amoco ⓘ BP (through acquisitions of Standard descendants) ⓘ Chevron Corporation ⓘ surface form: Chevron Continental Oil Company ⓘ surface form: Conoco Exxon ⓘ Marathon Oil ⓘ Mobil ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	oil pipelines ⓘ storage facilities ⓘ tank cars ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Rockefeller → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ

William Rockefeller → hasEmployer → Standard Oil ⓘ

John D. Rockefeller Jr. → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller → founded → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

John Dustin Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

John Dustin Archbold → memberOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Trust

Rockefeller family → associatedCompany → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exxon

Rockefeller family → wealthSource → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil monopoly

Carrère and Hastings → notableClient → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Roy Stryker → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Standard Oil → parentOrganizationOf → Standard Oil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil of New Jersey

Mobil → partOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil trust

Henry Flagler → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ

Henry Flagler → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

Branobel → competitiveWith → Standard Oil ⓘ

Vacuum Oil Company → acquiredBy → Standard Oil ⓘ

Vacuum Oil Company → parentOrganization → Standard Oil ⓘ

Vacuum Oil Company → partOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Trust

Dr. Seuss → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood → businessRivalOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: Daniel Plainview

this entity surface form: Standard Oil representatives

antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → defendant → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Trust

Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: John Dustin Archbold

Archbold → hasNotableAssociationWith → Standard Oil ⓘ

Davison → associatedWithCompany → Standard Oil ⓘ

Alice Rockefeller → notableWork → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: John D. Rockefeller

John → founded → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: John D. Rockefeller

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

John Foster Archbold → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: John Dustin Archbold

Standard Oil of California → originatedFrom → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil trust breakup

Standard Oil of California → formedFrom → Standard Oil ⓘ

Standard Oil Building, New York City → originalOwner → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Standard Oil Building, New York City → tenant → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Standard Oil Building, New York City → associatedCompany → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Roy Emerson Stryker → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

CVX → predecessor → Standard Oil ⓘ

subject surface form: Chevron Corporation

Harkness family → associatedWith → Standard Oil ⓘ

BP Whiting Refinery → originalOperator → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Standard Oil Company of Indiana → predecessor → Standard Oil ⓘ

Standard Oil Company of Indiana → foundedBy → Standard Oil ⓘ

Samuel Andrews → memberOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Samuel Andrews → coFounded → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

Samuel Andrews → employer → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company

The Ohio Oil Company → memberOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil trust

The Ohio Oil Company → ownedBy → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil (until 1911)

The Ohio Oil Company → separatedFrom → Standard Oil ⓘ

Continental Oil Company → acquiredBy → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil trust

Continental Oil Company → partOf → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil trust

Buckeye Pipe Line Company → isSuccessorTo → Standard Oil ⓘ

Prairie Oil and Gas Company → parentCompany → Standard Oil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Oil Company (prior to breakup)