Editing Mobil (section)

=== Mobil New Zealand ===
Mobil is the oldest oil company in New Zealand. Its kerosene first appeared in the country under the Standard Oil brand in the 1870s. Early in 1896, Vacuum Oil of New York established a marketing office on Featherston Street in Wellington selling lamp oil and harness grease. It brought with it extensive collective production, marketing and management skills that presented a major advancement in business organisation. The company's unrivaled mineral lubricant products and associated services quickly dominated the market.<ref name="Mobil">{{cite web |title=Mobil |url=https://www.mobil.co.nz/en-nz |website=mobil.co.nz |publisher=[[ExxonMobil]]}}</ref>

[[File:Marilyn Kennedy and Murray Herbert, Waiouru, New Zealand, 1969 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg|thumb|Mobil station in New Zealand (1969). As Vacuum Oil, it was the first oil company to establish an office in New Zealand.]]
When New Zealanders began taking to the motorcar in the early twentieth century, Vacuum Oil expanded into the oil refining business. Its marketing network and transportation fleet grew as it extended its range of operation. The company continued to meet New Zealand's fuel needs throughout World War One, holding roughly 85 percent of the market. After the war, Vacuum Oil began facing very strong competition, with a number of multinational oil companies which establishing operations in New Zealand. Among these competitors was the Atlantic Union Oil Company, another of the companies from which ExxonMobil is descended.

Atlantic Union was bought by the New Jersey–based Standard Oil Company, which would later become Exxon, and its eastern hemisphere interests were merged with those of Socony-Vacuum Oil Company to create the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company. The new company continued operations in New Zealand under both the Vacuum and Atlantic Union brand names.

On November 30, 1999, Exxon Corporation and Mobil Oil Corporation merged with Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited now owned by new entity ExxonMobil. The company currently owns a 17.2 percent share in The New Zealand Refining Company Limited which operates an oil refinery at [[Marsden Point]]. It supplies roughly 20 percent of the total fuels market in New Zealand, for which most of its products are sourced from the Marsden Point refinery. Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited has more than 150 locations across the country, some of which are franchisee-owned. It also operates six storage locations across the country and maintains a reputation as a dominant petroleum company in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/new-zealand/about/business-overview|title=Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited is New Zealand's oldest oil company, with predecessor companies having first established a presence in the country in 1896.|website=ExxonMobil|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818112707/http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/new-zealand/about/business-overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/new-zealand/about/operations?parentId=3c960acd-bad7-4dc6-9605-0139e8e1dbf9|title=ExxonMobil subsidiaries have a business history in New Zealand stretching back more than 120 years. We are involved in petroleum refining and distribution and the marketing of fuels, lubricants and chemical products.|website=ExxonMobil|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818122908/http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/locations/new-zealand/about/operations?parentId=3c960acd-bad7-4dc6-9605-0139e8e1dbf9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mobil.co.nz/en/our-stations |title=Mobil stations &#124; Mobil New Zealand |access-date=2016-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813145227/https://www.mobil.co.nz/en/our-stations |archive-date=2016-08-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mobil New Zealand has 167 stations as of 2022, including 68 in Auckland. Its stations included 121 company-owned and 46 franchisee-owned outlets.<ref name="Mobil" />