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Amoco

Name taken in 1985 by Standard Oil of Indiana; it merged with British Petroleum in 1998.

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Amoco Corporation

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  • BP 1998 Primary record 12

    Britannica says British Petroleum merged with Amoco in 1998; the FTC called the result BP Amoco p.l.c.

Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1985 Standard Oil Company of Indiana became Amoco
  2. 1998 Amoco part of BP
Proof 2 sources
  1. Standard Oil, Encyclopaedia Britannica (Internet Archive copy; britannica.com refused curl with 403). Scholarship & press
    Standard Oil (Indiana) absorbed Standard Oil of Nebraska in 1939 and Standard Oil of Kansas in 1948 and was renamed Amoco Corporation in 1985.
    British Petroleum Company PLC completed the purchase of Standard Oil Company (Ohio) in 1987, and in 1998 British Petroleum (renamed BP ) merged with Amoco.
  2. BP/AMOCO Agree to Divest Gas Stations and Terminals to Satisfy FTC Antitrust Concerns, Federal Trade Commission, 30 Dec 1998. Primary record Archived copy
    The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. ("BP") and Amoco Corporation ("Amoco") have agreed to make certain divestitures
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