Esso

Esso is an international brand name of Exxon Mobil Corporation. The brand name is pronounced like the letters S-O, and is derived from the name of the Standard Oil Company, theoil company that in 1911 by the American Government was broken up as a result of an antitrust process.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == ===For History[ Edit] === An Esso gas station in NorwayExxon Mobil is one of the companies that emerged from the break-up of Standard Oil. Initially, this New York -based the in Standard Oil of New Jersey. This took over the activities of the American Petroleum Company (APC), a society that was active since 1891 in the Benelux. The Esso brand was introduced in the Benelux on 14 november1938 for petrol and replaced the Standardbrand name. The brand name for the aviation gasoline, formerly in 1947 , Intavawas converted into Esso Aviation. The APC-activities (SAPC later) were from 1948 whole continued under the name Esso Netherlands (in 1951) and Esso Belgium. The Dutch in the Esso building was headquarters tothe Hague. ===Development in the Benelux[ Edit] === In 1949 the Esso Standard Refinery SA was founded, in which also the ''Cie. Industrielle "Atlas"'' was inserted, which included the then Antwerp refinery. In 1953, the Esso refinery into operation to Antwerp , when the most modern refinery in the world. In 1959 was also taken to a refinery in Rotterdam : the Esso refinery use in the Botlek area.
 * 1.1 prehistory
 * 1.2 Development in the Benelux
 * 1.3 ExxonMobil
 * 2 Esso and Exxon
 * 3 Trivia

In 1963 went Esso participate in and in the same year the Gasunie came to Rotterdam a smeeroliemengbedrijf ready, in 1964 followed by a aromatics factory. In 1965 wasEsso Chemistry established. In the meantime one had in 1963 also Latexfalt retrieved, based in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. This company supplies bitumen products for road construction, floors and roofs. In 1967 theEsso tanker transport Society was founded.

Esso Chemistry started In 1968 on a factory for nitrogen kunstmeststoffen rozenburg, especially ammonia. In 1984 it was acquired by Kemira. In 1972 was founded Essochem Benelux BV Schiedam . In 1977 to Rotterdam was started the construction of a factory for plasticizers. Later Essochem went back on in Esso chemistry, located in Schiedam.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1983 the first North Sea oil arrived in Rotterdam. In 1986 the solvents factory in Antwerp was expanded from 360 to 550 kton/year and in 1988 to 600 kton/year. Also in 1986 came the Flexicoker on site of the Rotterdam refinery ready. In 1987 was the headquarters of Esso to Netherlands Breda opened. The chemical companies changed again by name: Exxon Chemicals. In 1988 was extended to the polyethyleenfabriekMeerhout and in 1989 was announced to a alkylatenfabriek in Antwerp and Rotterdam a phthalic anhydride plant to build. ===ExxonMobil<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1999 merged Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey) with Mobil Oil (Standard Oil of New York) to ExxonMobil. Reference is made to this article for the history of Esso from year-to-date mentioned. ==Esso and Exxon<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="208" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Because also predecessors of other oil companies in the past were part of Standard Oil, is the use of the brand "Esso" has always been controversial, and led to several lawsuits.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the United States was in 1973 the brand "Esso" largely replaced by the new brand "Exxon", but "Esso" is still widely used in the rest of the world. The brand names primarily used nowadays Exxon Mobil "Mobil" and "Esso", while "Exxon" is used only in parts of the United States. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="317" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The well-known Esso Tiger (put a tiger in your tank) appeared in 1967.