Also/previously known as:
Standard Oil
Standard Oil had a portfolio of refineries across the US and Canada
Petrolia: 1898 - 1898
Sarnia: 1898 - 1911
Baltimore, Maryland: 1892 - 1911
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1909 - 1911
Bayonne, New Jersey: 1885 - 1911
Bayway, New Jersey: 1908 - 1911
Brooklyn (Pratt Astral), New York: 1874 - 1911
Buffalo, New York: 188? - 1911
Cleveland Excelsior Oil Works, Ohio: 1870 - 1911
Cleveland Works No 1, Ohio: 1871 - 1911
El Segundo, California: - 1911
Lima, Ohio: 1886 - 1911
Oil City, Pennsylvania: 1878 - 1911
Olean, New York: 1879 - 1911
Parkersburg, West Virginia: 1875 - 1911
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 1874 - 1911
Point Breeze (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania: 1874 - 1911
Richmond, California: 1902 - 1911
Rochester, New York: 1879 - 1911
Titusville, Pennsylvania: 1878 - 1911
Whiting, Indiana: 1889 - 1911
Wood River, Illinois: 1908 - 1911
1863 - John D Rockefeller formed partnership with Maurice B Clark and Samuel Andrews in Cleveland, Ohio
1865 - Rockefeller bought out Clark;s interest and brought in Henry M Flagler to form Rockefeller, Andrews and & Flagler
1870 - Partnership incorporated as Standard Oil Company
1870 - Built Excelsior (Cleveland) works with initial 600 bpd
1871 - Built Cleveland Works No 2, Ohio with 1 kbpd
1872 - Acquired 22 small refineries in Cleveland including Alexander Scofield (300 bpd - closed), Fawcett & Critchley (250 bpd - closed), Great Western (400 bpd - closed), Bishop and Heisel (120 bpd - closed).
1874 - In Pittsburgh, Standard acquired Billiant Oil (250 bppd); as well as National Refining, Nonpareil Refining, Lily, Crystal, and Model (combined 1800 bpd) and consolidated into Central Refining
1874 - In Philadelphia, Standard acquired Atlantic refining and the Point Breeze plant
1874 to 76 - In New York, Standard acquired Charles Pratt, Devoe Manufacturing, and multiple Greenpoint refineries in Brooklyn
1875 - Parkersburg refinery acquired from Camden Consolidated Oil
1878 - In the oil production regions of Pennsylvania, Standard acquired plants in Titusville and Oil City, including Eclipse, through a subsidiary called Acme Oil.
1879 - Acquired Vacuum Oil with plants in Olean and Rochester
188? - Acuired Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company with the Buffalo refinery, Renamed Atlas Works
1885 - Expanded Acme (Oil City) to 2 kbpd
1885 - Built Bayonne refinery in New Jersey with initial capacity of 10 kbpd
1886 - Built Lima refinery (through Solar subsidiary) in Ohio with 5 kbpd
1889 - Built Whtining plant with 10 kbpd
1892 - Standard Oil absorbed the Baltimore United Oil company and the Canton (Baltimore) refinery
1898 - Standard Oil acquired majority stake in Imperial Oil in Canada with Sarnia *(1200 bpd) and Petrolia (800 bpd) refineries. Closed the Petrolia plant.
1902 - Built Richmond refinery with 2,500 bpd capacity
1904 - Expanded Point Breeze (Philadelphia) to 12 kbpd
1905 - Expanded Sarnia to 3,500 bpd
1906 - Expanded Bayonne to 40 kbpd, Whiting to 35 kbpd, and Lima plant to 15 kbpd
1908 - Built Bayway refinery with 15 kbpd, and Wood River refinery
1909 - Built Baton Rouge refinery with 7 kbpd
1910 - Expanded Richmond to 10 kbpd
1911 - Expanded Bayway to 25 kbpd, and Baton Rouge to 14 kbpd
1911 - Standard Oil breakup resulted in spin off of 34 companies. Refining assets were distributed as follows:
Standard Oil of New Jersey (Later Exxon) - Bayonne, Bayway, Baton Rouge, Baltimore, Parkersburg, Wood River as well as Imperial Oil and Anglo American
Standard Oil of New York (Later Mobil) - Pratt Astral, Long Island City, Buffalo
Standard Oil of California (Later Chevron) - Richmond, El Segundo
Standard Oil of Indiana (Later Amoco) - Whiting, Wood River
Standard Oil of Ohio (Later Sohio) - Cleveland
Atlantic Refining (Later ARCO) - Point Breeze (Philadelphia), Pittsburgh
The Ohio Oil Company (Later Marathon) - ?
Vacuum Oil (Later Mobil) - Olean, Rochester lubricants
Solar Refining - Lima