Standard Oil Standard Oil Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refinery in the world of its time. Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark case, ruled that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil dominated the oil products market initially through horizontal integration in the refining sector, then, in later years vertical integration; the company was
Superior Oil Company Building as the fictional Brent Building in the television series "Perry Mason" (1957 to 1966) wherein Mason's office was located in Suite 904. In the 1987 film Robocop the building can be seen in the 6000 SUX car commercial. Superior Oil Company Building The Superior Oil Company Building, currently The Standard Downtown LA and previously the Bank of California Building, is a 12-story marble-clad highrise building located at 550 S Flower St in Downtown Los Angeles. The office building was refurbished as a hotel in 2002. The marbled-clad Superior Oil Company Building was constructed in 1952 as an office building by