Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Union Oil Company
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Union Oil Company of California
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1890 - 2005
History
Major oil producer, exporter, and operator of oil tankers in 19th and 20th centuries. The company was established as the merger of three southern California oil companies. Union Oil merged with Chevron in 2005. The company's 8,088 gross ton Santa Maria grounded on Glimpse Reef off Dallas Road, Victoria in 1938 but was salvaged.