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unusual facts about Exxon-Mobil



1997 Qatar Open

The 1997 Qatar Open, known as the 1997 Qatar Mobil Open, for sponsorship reasins, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha in Qatar and was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour.

2001 French Grand Prix

The 2001 French Grand Prix (formally the Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France on 1 July 2001.

2003 German Grand Prix

The 2003 German Grand Prix (formally the Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2003 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany.

2005 German Grand Prix

The 2005 German Grand Prix (formally the LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race, held on July 24, 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany.

Billysi

Urška wrote and performed a song with cooperation of Blue Production Team for a TV commercial for the Slovenian mobile operator Si.mobil (Vodafone).

Chad–Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project

The original consortium of oil companies involved in the pipeline project were Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell and Elf Aquitaine.

Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

During a 2011 Mobil Oil "Car Swap" at Watkins Glen using the course, Tony Stewart pushed for using the Grand Prix course after driving demonstration laps in both his Chevrolet Impala and the majority of his laps in a McLaren MP4-23 as part of the event with Lewis Hamilton.

City of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong’s key employers include Victoria University, Western Health, Lonely Planet, Highpoint Shopping Centre, Western Bulldogs Football Club, Mobil Australia and Sugar Australia (CSR).

Contactless payment

Mobil was one of the most notable early adopters of this technology, and offered their "Speedpass" contactless payment system for participating Mobil gas stations as early as 1997.

Although Mobil has since merged with Exxon, the service is still offered at many of ExxonMobil's stations.

Craig Cutler

He has photographed ads for a wide range of clients, including Starbucks, Vanguard, Xbox 360, Mobil, Microsoft, and Sprint.

Denise Miller

Miller started her acting career at age 11, taking lessons with Sylvia Leigh, that led to jobs with Sears Roebuck and a portrayal of Helen Keller in an Exxon Bicentennial advertisement.

Derek Birdsall

During his long career—among much other work—Birdsall designed Penguin book covers and Pirelli calendars; he art-directed several magazines (including Nova and Mobil Oil's Pegasus; and he designed books for the Yale Center for British Art, the Tate, the V&A and the British Council and redesigned the Book of Common Prayer in 2000.

Economic Transformation Programme

Among the companies that are involved in the transformation programme are YTL Corporation, Shell Malaysia, Airasia, Hovid Inc, Select-TV, Exxon-Mobil, Dialog Group, Tenaga Nasional, Cisco.

Energy in Chad

In 1988, interest in the region renewed, and in November 1996 Exxon and the government of Chad signed an agreement outlining the development of oil reserves in the Doba basin.

Exxon

Originally, cameras, such as the Maxxum 7000, lenses and flashes used a logo with a crossed 'XX' in 'MAXXUM'.

Exxon Building

ExxonMobil Building, Houston, formerly the Exxon Building and Humble Building

Frans Said

His first position was as Special Projects Manager in Marsa El Bregha (with Exxon); and later, as consultant and advisor with the National Oil Corporation and other oil companies in Tripoli.

Hefty

Hefty was one of the brands (along with Kordite and Baggies) named in a complaint brought against Mobil by the United States Federal Trade Commission in 1992, regarding claims made by the company in advertisements and packaging, which allegedly led consumers to believe that the bags were more biodegradable than other brands of bag, despite a lack of evidence to support this claim nor presentation of a specific definition for the term.

Hoddle Street massacre

Rita received minor wounds and her husband drove on before stopping at a Mobil service station about 150 metres further south down Hoddle Street.

Hugh Stuckey

Hugh also found regular work writing and producing advertisements for Ford Motor Company, Mobil Oil Company,

Hugh W. Hardy

In his civilian career as a geoscientist, he had a 34-year career with Exxon which included pioneering research in well-logging and 3D seismic exploration.

James A. Fite, Jr.

Following World War II, Fite returned to work at Humble Oil & Refining Company (which eventually became Exxon in 1973) and retired in 1974 as Coordinator of Credit Card Business for Exxon.

Kingdom of Libya

This situation changed suddenly and dramatically in June 1959 when research prospectors from Esso (later renamed Exxon) confirmed the location of major petroleum deposits at Zaltan in Cyrenaica.

Largs Bay, South Australia

The eastern side of the suburb, by the Port riverside is the location of three shipping berths, which are used by Caltex, BP and Mobil vessels.

LaTrobe City Stadium

LaTrobe City Stadium, previously known as Mobil Park, is a football (soccer) stadium in Morwell, Victoria, Australia.

Lonsdale, South Australia

Mobil's Port Stanvac Refinery and Chrysler's engine foundry were followed by many other manufacturing and service industries.

Mechanical lubricator

A British patent was granted in 1911 and this lubricator was then manufactured by the Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil Oil) as the British Detroit Lubricator.

Mobil Showcase Network

A Mobil Oil media expert, Herb Schmertz, wrote canned paid "editorials" placed into newspapers like the New York Times opinion-editorial page.

MTBE controversy

In 2005, an Exxon-Mobil station in Fallston, Maryland, was found to be leaking MTBE into the local wells.

Nalco Holding Company

Daniel S. Sanders, who was previously president of Exxon Mobil Chemical Company, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil; serves on the Nalco's (now, Ecolab's) board.

O. Milton Gossett

Over the span of his career at Compton, Gossett worked on advertising campaigns for such clients as Black & White, Chase & Sanborn Coffee, El Producto, Ivory, Kelly Tires, Knickerbocker Beer, Procter & Gamble, Socony Mobil Oil Company, and Tender Leaf Tea.

Odell School, North Carolina

It was long recognized as a community gathering place, and as automobiles began to be owned by community residents, the store became a dealer of Standard Oil, Esso and finally Exxon gasoline and petroleum products.

Oil Depletion Analysis Centre

Formerly Head of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Mobil North Sea Ltd, and author of a book on the history of the company's activities, he is currently a non-executive director of Sponsorship Consulting Ltd, a marketing communications firm.

Oil shale

On 2 May 1982, known in some circles as "Black Sunday", Exxon canceled its US$5 billion Colony Shale Oil Project near Parachute, Colorado because of low oil-prices and increased expenses, laying off more than 2,000 workers and leaving a trail of home-foreclosures and small-business bankruptcies.

Omar M. Yaghi

His early accomplishments in the design and synthesis of new materials have been honored by the Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society and Exxon Co. (1998) and the Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society (1999).

Port of Eden

In 1960 Mobil constructed a dedicated wharf, tanks and plant for small-scale petroleum imports and distribution to southern New South Wales.

Red Hill filling station

The petrol filling station is an example of the futuristic "Pegsus" design created by Eliot Noyes for Mobil in the mid-1960s.

Salvador Bru

He has been regularly commissioned to illustrate for the Washingtonian magazine, corporations including Mobil, the United States Government, and newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Santa Rosa Island, California

In the late 1970s Mobil Oil Corporation was granted exploration rights on the island.

Saul Tepper

Additionally, his illustrations appeared in advertising for major companies such as General Electric, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Mobil and Texaco.

Speedpass

Rather, the units turned up via a query for "flying red horse", apparently since the units displayed a small Mobil logo—and the Mobil logo was and is a red Pegasus.

Steve Slater

In 1995 Slater moved to Malmö, Sweden, where he acted as a marketing and promotions manager for the Mantorp Park motor racing circuit group and clients such as Mobil, Land Rover and Volvo as well as developing the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Subsea Valley

The three central companies in Subsea Valley – FMC Technologies, Aker Solutions and GE Vetco – are supplying oil & gas extraction equipment to such hydrocarbon operators as Statoil, Exxon and Petrobras.

U.S. Route 61/190 Business

After turning north, US 61/190 Business passes the Baton Rouge Refinery, hosting many companies like Honeywell and Exxon-Mobil.

Yasuo Tanaka

He graduated in the same year and briefly worked for the Mobil Oil Corporation for three months before leaving to continue his career as a writer.


see also

Speedpass

As of 2004, more than seven million people possess Speedpass tags, which can be used at approximately 10,000 Exxon, Mobil and Esso gas stations worldwide.