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
Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company $132 million. Later the company acquired the modified in-situ technology developed by Occidental Petroleum. The major differences of two technologies lay in methods of rubblizing and fractioning of the shale deposit. The company also obtained a license for using the Lurgi-Ruhrgas process. In 1985, Amoco (former Standard Oil of Indiana) took control over the company acquiring Gulf Oil's take from the Chevron Corporation. In the same year, the company ceased its operations. Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company The Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company was an American shale oil extraction technology research and development company. The company was established as a