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Humble Oil and Refining Co. was an American oil company founded in 1911 in Humble, Texas. In 1919, a 50% interest in Humble was acquired by the Standard Oil of New Jersey which acquired the rest of the company in September 1959.
May 25, 2016 · The roots of Humble Oil stem back to the 1901 Spindletop gusher that kicked off the Texas oil rush. By the 1940s, it became the largest domestic oil producer, a spot it held through the...
Jun 21, 2010 · Antitrust enforcers in Texas saw Standard Oil as a target because of its size, so Humble — an autonomous corporation at the time — was a convenient way for Standard to do business in the state.
Aug 25, 2015 · Exxon Company, U.S.A., a division of Exxon Corporation, manages the corporation's oil and gas interests in the United States. Exxon U.S.A. traces its descent from the Humble Oil Company, which was chartered in Texas in February 1911 with a capital of $150,000 (raised to $300,000 in 1912).
Apr 8, 2024 · Humble Oil and Refining Co. was an American oil company founded in 1911 in Humble, Texas. In 1919, a 50% interest in Humble was acquired by the Standard Oil of New Jersey which acquired the rest of the company in September 1959.
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Sep 28, 2021 · Humble, a Texas oil company created in 1911, which in the 1970s became Exxon and in the 1980s had bad luck in Alaska with an oil tanker named the Valdez, published thousands of copies of the “Texas Sketchbook” and distributed them for free to anyone who wanted one, including school kids.
In 1938, the world’s first commercial production of Alkylate at a Humble Oil plant in Texas made possible the manufacturing of iso-octane as a blending agent. In 1976, Mobil invented a process for converting methanol into high-octane gasoline.
