The last Humble Oil station in Beaumont stands empty, reflecting the city’s rich oil industry history and ties to ExxonMobil.

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It is estimated that nearly four billion barrels of oil remain in the Illinois Basin, writes Seth Whitehead of the Illinois ...

Just as we can’t imagine Britain’s rise to dominance in the capitalist system without coal, it is impossible to imagine the ...

For the perfect mix of history and outdoor adventure, this small Pennsylvania town has it all, including vintage railroad ...

The Standard Oil decision, he said ... to controvert included a conspiracy alleged to have had its conception in 1870; a growth into gigantic proportions, fed by illegal rebate, fostered by ...

BP AMERICA, formerly the Standard Oil Co. (Ohio), which was the original Standard Oil Co. founded by JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER in 1870 along with his brother, William, HENRY M. FLAGLER , SAMUEL ANDREWS, and ...

But the results in improving competition has been mixed. Standard Oil, an energy giant founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1870, was the defining case of the progressive, trustbusting era of the ...

“We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913. That’s when we were ... Rockefeller became the exemplar of the era when his Standard Oil empire made him the world’s first billionaire.

He rose from modest beginnings to become the founder of Standard Oil in 1870 and ruthlessly set about destroying his competitors to create a monopoly of the oil industry. He branched out to ...

As the oil industry outgrew its chaotic early days, it consolidated into the hands of a few well-capitalized entrepreneurs. One was Cleveland refiner John D. Rockefeller, who founded Standard in 1870 ...

ESG as a theme is probably a fad, yet some aspects of it are useful as risk assessment tools. A big risk for oil and gas stocks is methane emissions, and until now, it has not been easy to assess ...