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Standard Oil of Ohio

Standard Oil of Ohio or Sohio was an American oil company that was acquired by British Petroleum, now part of BPAmoco.

It was one of the successor companies to Standard Oil after the anti-trust breakup in 1911. Standard Oil of Ohio was the original Standard Oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller.

BP ceased use of the Sohio name in 1991.

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