Standard Oil on the pumps. ExxonMobil has full international rights to the Standard name, and continues to use the Esso name overseas and in Canada. To protect its trademark Chevron has one station in each state it owns the rights to branded as Standard. Some of its Standard-branded stations have a mix of some signs that say Standard and some signs that say Chevron. Over time, Chevron has changed which station in a given state is the Standard station. Standard Oil Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller
James McDonald (businessman) Company of Kentucky and James McDonald went to England to aid in the organization and development of the Anglo-American Oil Company, now Esso UK, another subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company, through which its export business was conducted. McDonald was made Chairman of the Anglo American Oil Company and also became a director in various other companies throughout Europe. He was the representative of the parent organization in all of its dealings with the foreign companies and to him is due, in large measure, the remarkable organization which the Standard Oil company has built up. McDonald, although born under the