Standard Oil - Wikipedia
WEBStandard Oil is the common name for a corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911. The origins of the trust lay in the operations of the Standard Oil Company (Ohio), which had been founded in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller.
Oil Companies First Built Pipelines in the 1860s; They've Been ...
WEBJan 12, 2015 · The first fully successful pipeline—which used wrought iron and highly reinforced joints to transport between 1,950 and 2,000 barrels of oil daily across five miles of land—came in 1865.
Standard Oil | History, Monopoly, & Breakup | Britannica Money
WEBSep 12, 2024 · By 1880, through elimination of competitors, mergers with other firms, and use of favourable railroad rebates, it controlled the refining of 90 to 95 percent of all oil produced in the United States. Overview of the first oil pipeline (1879), which attempted to compete with the Standard Oil Company.
How the world's first oil pipeline was built - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBNARRATOR: May 28, 1879 marked the day that two million liters of crude oil flowed into the pipeline for the first time. Onlookers travelled from all over the country to witness the occasion. Byron Benson succeeded in defeating Rockefeller and …
Standard Oil Company - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 29, 2018 · By 1879, special agreements with the railroads along with strategic use of pools allowed Standard Oil, with its subsidiary and associated companies, to control 90 to 95 percent of the refining capacity of the United States, immense pipeline and storage-tank systems, and powerful marketing organizations at home and abroad.
Crude Oil Pipelines
WEBThis data was created for the purpose of identifying major crude oil pipelines in the United States.
First Great Pipeline Company - Petroleum History Institute
WEBThe first Standard Oil pipeline began to get a hold in the oil region under the name American Transfer Company. A vast network of lines were laid by many companies, and pipeline entrepreneurs began to think in terms of the Atlantic seaboard, heretofore an elusive distance away.
John D. Rockefeller ‑ Biography, Facts & Children | HISTORY
WEBApr 9, 2010 · In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines.
Even Pickaxes Couldn't Stop The Nation's First Oil Pipeline
WEBFeb 25, 2015 · The debate over Keystone XL is nothing compared to the battle over the nation's first commercial oil pipeline. It transformed how energy was transported forever — but not without sabotage and...
The Antitrust Legacy of Standard Oil in Today's World - TWA
WEBNov 1, 2021 · With continued expansion, by 1880, Standard Oil refined 90 to 95% of all oil produced in the US. The company's vast American empire included 20,000 domestic wells, 4,000 miles of pipeline, 5,000 tank cars, and more than 100,000 employees (Yergin, 2009).