Editing Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (section)

== Stations ==
By 1980, Sohio and Boron had 3,400 gas stations in [[Ohio]], [[Michigan]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]].{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Sohio acquired 5,660 former Gulf stations as a result of FTC anti-trust limitations in [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron's]] 1985 takeover of [[Gulf Oil|Gulf]]. These stations, bought for $1 billion, were in [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Kentucky]], [[Mississippi]], [[Tennessee]], [[North Carolina]] and [[South Carolina]].<ref name="nyt-1984sep28">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/28/business/sohio-to-buy-some-gulf-assets.html?pagewanted=all |title=Sohio to Buy Some Gulf Assets |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=September 28, 1984 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref><ref name="wp-1984sep28">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1984/09/28/chevron-sohio-set-deal-for-gulf-assets/156642f3-561e-4b95-ae64-a66bd57e8773/ |title=Chevron, Sohio Set Deal for Gulf Assets |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=September 28, 1984 |first=Mark |last=Potts}}</ref> Sohio was allowed to use the "Gulf" name for five years after the acquisition.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

[[File:Sohio anderson ferry marina.jpg|thumb|BP continues{{Update inline|reason=Does this still hold after so many years?|?=yes|date=June 2021}} to sell marine fuel under the Sohio brand at various marinas on Ohio waterways and in Ohio state parks in order to protect its rights in the Sohio and Standard Oil names. The Anderson Ferry Marina near [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] as of 2005]]
By the end of 1985, all other [[Standard Oil]] descendants had minimized use of the name ''Standard'', following Standard Oil of Indiana renaming itself [[Amoco]] earlier in the year as well as Chevron's aforementioned merger with Gulf that same year that led to its official corporate name to change from Standard Oil of California to Chevron Corporation. As a result, The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) corporately rebrand itself in 1986 under the Standard name, while continuing to use the ''Sohio'' brand in Ohio.<ref name="ap-1986feb25">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/d762fde436051ab49375e7ffd34bd7fc |title=Sohio Returns To Old Corporate Name |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 25, 1986 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1986feb25">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/25/business/standard-oil-to-drop-sohio.html?pagewanted=all |title=Standard Oil to Drop Sohio |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 25, 1986 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> In 1987, BP bought the 45% of Sohio it did not already own for $7.82 Billion and assumed control.<ref name="nyt-1987apr29">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/29/business/bp-in-7.82-billion-deal-for-standard.html?pagewanted=all |title=B.P. In $7.82 Billion Deal for Standard |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 29, 1987 |first=Robert J. |last=Cole}}</ref> Among the first changes was the rebranding of all Sohio, Boron, & Gulf stations that it owned to 'BP' in 1991.<ref name="upi-1991apr12" /> Among the conversions included former [[Mobil]] stations in [[Western Pennsylvania]] (including [[Pittsburgh]]) that Standard of Ohio acquired in 1987 when Mobil left that market, most of which had just rebranded as Boron when they were converted to BP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19871230&id=naVYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5661,2065390&hl=en|title=Mobil Sells 28 Stations |newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]] |via=[[Google News Archive]] |date=December 30, 1987 |page=18}}</ref> From 1989 to 1991, many Sohio, Boron and Gulf stations used BP's color scheme of green and yellow during the transitional rebranding to BP.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDAdcrZcGg | title=5 1989 Peg BP News | website=[[YouTube]] | date=29 December 2012 }}</ref>

The Boron name was used outside of Ohio in neighboring states, like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia. Boron was also the branding of its premium grade gasoline along with its regular grade fuel "Extron" (formerly "Ex-tane" later "Octron") and its unleaded version "Cetron" introduced in 1970.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Standard Oil's motor oil brands included Boron, Sohio, Cetron, CHD, Duron, Multron, Nitrex, Nitron, Octron, Premex, and Qvo. 

Sohio's [[credit cards]], like other oil company cards at the time, could be used at competitors' stations outside the issuing company's competitive territory, which in Sohio's case was Ohio.{{Original research inline|date=June 2021}} The benefit died with the Sohio brand. [[Exxon]] had a similar arrangement as well.{{Original research inline|date=June 2021}} In 1916, Sohio introduced a prefabricated canopy prototype for its stations.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/Resources/campaigns/GasPrices_2011/Pages/100PlusYearsGasolineRetailing.aspx |title=The History of Gasoline Retailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324020636/http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/Resources/campaigns/GasPrices_2011/Pages/100PlusYearsGasolineRetailing.aspx |archive-date=2011-03-24 |work=National Association of Convenience Stores |date=February 2, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Although Sohio gas stations have ceased to exist, a few marina gas stations on [[Lake Erie]] and the [[Ohio River]] still{{when|date=June 2021}} bear the Sohio name.{{citation needed|date=June 2021|reason=Might be true in 2005, but unable to confirm in 2021.}}

When BP merged with Amoco in 1998, its American headquarters moved from the former [[BP Tower|BP America Building]] on [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] to [[Chicago]].<ref name="ct-1998aug16">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-08-16-9808160403-story.html |title=In Cleveland, Few Gasps at BP's Leaving |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 16, 1998 |first=Andrew |last=Zajac}}</ref> Its American headquarters have since moved to the [[Houston Energy Corridor]] in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], in line with the corporate offices of [[Shell USA|Shell]] and fellow Standard spinoffs [[ConocoPhillips]] and [[Marathon Oil]].