LC control no. | n 50023570 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Sinclair Oil Corporation |
See also | Consolidated Oil Corporation |
Found in | Sinclair Oil Corporation's Internet website, Aug. 20, 2007 history (Sinclair Oil & Refining Corporation est. May 1, 1916 by Harry F. Sinclair; aquired Cudahy Refining Company & it's management incl. W. H. Isom & director Joseph M. Cudahy; opened new Gulf/Atlantic Coast company Sinclair Gulf Corporation in 1917; acquired Union Petroleum Company [1918?]; combined into Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation Sept. 1919; acquired Rio Grande Oil Company [1932?]; holding company became Consolidated Oil Corporation until name changed to Sinclair Oil Corporation in 1943; acquired bankrupt Richfield Oil Company of California and its East coast marketing subsidiary in 1936; several smaller marketing subsidiaries were merged into Sinclair Refining Company, the principal marketing subsidiary) Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (Incorporated 1919) |