28 Facts About Mobil

Mobil is a petroleum brand owned and operated by American oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil.

Direct descendant of Standard Oil, Mobil was originally known as the Standard Oil Company of New York after Standard Oil was split into 34 different entities in a 1911 Supreme Court decision.

Over time, Mobil became the company's primary identity, which incited another renaming in 1963, this time to Mobil Corporation.

In 1998, Mobil announced it was merging with Exxon to form ExxonMobil, reuniting the two largest descendants of Standard Oil.

Mobil continues as a brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with its own store or On the Run.

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Mobil is ExxonMobil's primary retail gasoline brand in California, Florida, New York, New England, the Great Lakes and the Midwest.

The Mobil brand is used to market gasoline in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria and Puerto Rico.

Mobil brand has a significant market presence in the following metropolitan areas:.

Mobil stores have made an increased presence in areas of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Mobil Delvac is a range of heavy-duty lubricants designed for commercial vehicles.

Mobil Industrial is a sub-brand of ExxonMobil for marketing oils and greases used in industrial applications.

Mobil rebranded numerous stations to the Hi-Val, Reelo and Sello discount gasoline brands after major price increases following the 1970s oil crisis made a significant number of consumers extremely price conscious.

The stations were converted Mobil stations selling convenience store items in the station lobby, while the service bays were rented to customers for do-it-yourself auto repairs.

Mobil expanded the sale of convenience store items first pioneered at its discount gasoline stations under the Mobil Mart brand.

Mobil continued to refine and enhance its convenience store offerings with the On-the-Run C-store brand, which proved to be much more popular.

Mobil Guide was an annual book of hotel and restaurant recommendations based on a system developed by Mobil in 1958.

Mobil gradually expanded its operation into fuels retailing as well, and opened its first UK service stations in the early 1950s, after the wartime POOL monopoly was disbanded.

Mobil grew to become the seventh largest brand of petrol in Britain, supplying 1,990 outlets in 1965, and claimed in the mid-1960s to be the first company to operate 100 self-service stations.

Mobil continued to sell lubricants through BP and independent service stations.

Mobil returned to being purely a lubricant brand in Europe, and became the premium quality oil on sale at Esso service stations.

In 1946, Mobil began construction of its refinery at Altona, in Melbourne's western suburbs, which originally produced lubricating oils and bitumen, before commencing the production of motor vehicle fuels in 1956.

Mobil commenced removal of the refinery in July 2009, together with site remediation works.

In 1985, Mobil swapped its Western Australian retail market with a large portion of BP's South Australian, Victorian and New South Wales retail market in a major asset swap.

In 1990, Mobil acquired the service station and refining network of Esso Australia.

In December 1995, Mobil re-entered the West Australian retail fuel market when it purchased the Amgas service station network and related business.

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Mobil-branded service stations still exist after the 7-Eleven sale, and has since grown.

Mobil continued to meet New Zealand's fuel needs throughout World War One, holding roughly 85 percent of the market.

In Egypt, ExxonMobil's operations started in 1902, it is known for providing quality lubricants and fuels as well as convenience products.