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Amoco

Chicago, United States · Founded 1889 · Closed: Dissolved in 1998 according to Wikidata.

Amoco was founded in 1889 by John D. Rockefeller, and is based in Chicago, United States. It closed in 1998.

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joint-stock company

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former American oil company, current brand of BP

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We hold 158 other petroleum industry companies. 35 of them have closed, after a median of 50 years, and 123 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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