Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Graham D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T17:57:19Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T17:57:19Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractFor over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada’s oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onward, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. Imperial Standard is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial’s long-standing connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada’s natural resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon’s lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada’s most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTaylor, G. D. (2019). Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880. "University of Calgary Press".en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781773850368
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110195
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36380
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionTrent Universityen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnergy Histories, Cultures, and Politics, 1en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectIndustry Historyen_US
dc.subjectEnergy sectoren_US
dc.subjectCanadian Historyen_US
dc.subjectOil sandsen_US
dc.subjectPipelinesen_US
dc.subjectOil and gasen_US
dc.titleImperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880en_US
dc.typebooken_US
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