House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil Corporation (and its corporate predecessors)

Throughout its history, this company has owned one of the largest tanker fleets in the world. It was founded in 1882 as the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, which was later the most important of the components into which John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust was broken in 1911. The name Exxon was adopted in 1972. The company was renamed Exxon Shipping Company (1982-93) and its predecessor, Marine Department of Exxon Company USA.  Both used the Exxon House Flag.  From 1993 to present, the company is SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.
Joe McMillan, 11 October 2001; Maurice Gordon, 10 October 2003

The companies that came about after the Standard Oil breakup were:

• Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) serving Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.
• Atlantic Refining (Atlantic) - Pennsylvania and Delaware.
• Standard Oil of New Jer