About 40 years ago my parents bought me one stock share each in Texaco and Standard Oil. Somehow over the decades those morphed into shares of BP and Chevron.
Posts: 2587 | Location: WI | Registered: December 29, 2012
Back when I was in High School and College I used to work for SOHIO. One little tidbit is that SOHIO actually stands for Standard Oil Here In Ohio.
Back in the days before they were acquired by BP it was a pretty good outfit to work for. Most of the stations were company owned and operated so they had to meet specific standards for cleanlines, service, and pleasent attitudes towards customers. One aspect of this was that each customer was to be greeted with the phrase "Hi, fill it up with Boron". It became so ingrained when one of the company VP's called to check on his car which was in for new tires and an oil change I answered the phone with the fill it up with Boron greeting. He was so amused by that he called the route supervisor and told him to give us all a pat on the back for being so well trained.
I've stopped counting.
Posts: 5794 | Location: Michigan | Registered: November 07, 2008
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana, until the late 1970's I never heard of the Amoco brand. Regional use of the name American Oil in Indiana and Kentucky and Standard Oil in Michigan. They shared the same logo, a oval sign in red, white and the name in blue across the center. We sold Amoco branded products from the late 1960's through early 70's branded Amoco, tires batteries and eight track tape players come to mind. Somewhere Atlas products was tied in, filters, tune up parts, tires and batteries along with shop equipment like tire balancers and changers , engine scopes, battery chargers and if I remember correctly disposable supplies like soaps and paper products.
And now I understand where the name Socony came from,first letters of Standard Oil Company Of New York.
I was not aware that Marathon was part of Standard Oil though, always thought of that as a independent regional brand.
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Posts: 8587 | Location: Livingston County Michigan USA | Registered: August 11, 2002
thanks for both the oil and att charts. Very interesting.
I knew about the at&t breakup but not the oil one.
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Posts: 20440 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
Originally posted by Scooter123: Back when I was in High School and College I used to work for SOHIO. One little tidbit is that SOHIO actually stands for Standard Oil Here In Ohio.
Back in the days before they were acquired by BP it was a pretty good outfit to work for. Most of the stations were company owned and operated so they had to meet specific standards for cleanlines, service, and pleasent attitudes towards customers. One aspect of this was that each customer was to be greeted with the phrase "Hi, fill it up with Boron". It became so ingrained when one of the company VP's called to check on his car which was in for new tires and an oil change I answered the phone with the fill it up with Boron greeting. He was so amused by that he called the route supervisor and told him to give us all a pat on the back for being so well trained.
I recall seeing SOHIO signs at oil/gas fields in South Texas. I never knew that was a retail products company.
Aside: I also used to see signs for Brooklyn Union Gas at some wells in the same area. A gauger told me that those wells were quite old; going back to the 1920s. He said that was the natural gas provider around NYC and there was a "pay or take" contract between them and the mineral owners for (I think) 99 years on production. Fortunately, it seemed there was ample production where the mineral owners didn't have to purchase gas on the market to fulfill the contract.
Posts: 5801 | Location: Fort Heathen, Texas | Registered: February 25, 2008
The charts showing the evolution of these businesses are really cool.
Not to nit pick, the AT&T chart only shows the provider spinoffs. I does not show what happened in the Lucent and Bell Laboratories arms. If it showed all aspects, it would be MUCH (sic) more complicated.
Posts: 1234 | Location: Rockwall County (God's Country) TX | Registered: February 14, 2007
