Standard Oil of Iowa - pre-1911 - became Standard Oil of California.
In 1870, that company became Standard Oil.
He set up a network of kerosene distilleries which would later become Standard Oil, thus completely abolishing the need for whale-oil lamps.
This view exonerated the oil companies, namely Standard Oil, which had sponsored the study.
If they fought for one side or the other, Standard Oil would be fighting Standard Oil.
The lawsuits easily succeeded and limited the ability of outside investors, most notably Standard Oil, to gain control of the state oil companies.
In 1906, he testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission to how Standard Oil was trying to push independent oil dealers out of business.
By the time Standard Oil hired its first publicist, in 1906, it had already lost the battle for public opinion.
The next most active, Standard Oil, was seven million shares behind Navistar.
He worked at Exxon (previously Standard Oil), and served from 1947 to 1962 as its vice president of research and engineering.