Superior Oil Company
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The Superior Oil Company was an American oil company founded in 1921 in Coalinga, California, by William Myron Keck,[1][2] Superior Oil began as a drilling contracting firm and grew into the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.[1][3] In 1930 the company was the first to successfully use directional drilling in California.[4] Moving to Houston, Texas.[5]
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Petroleum |
Founded | 1921 (1921) |
Founder | William Myron Keck |
Defunct | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Fate | Acquired by Mobil |
Headquarters | The Superior Oil Company Building, |
By 1931 the company had wells in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Louisiana and Venezuela.[6] In 1938, the company constructed the first offshore oil platform off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.[4] In the 1970s, Superior Oil was involved in the oil shale industry developing the Superior multimineral process.[7] In September 1984 the company, then based in Houston, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobil.[8] The company was sold to Mobil Corporation in 1984, merging into it.