[DOC] [TLE] Standard Oil - Wikipedia [PAR] Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and 
marketing company. Established in 1870 by John D. Rockefeller as a corporation 
in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world of its time. Its controversial history 
as one of the world's first and largest multinational .... Mei Foo also became the 
name of the tin lamp that Standard Oil produced... [DOC] [TLE] John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia [PAR] John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839  May 23, 1937) was an American oil 
industry ... As kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, Rockefeller's wealth 
soared ... Standard Oil dominated the oil industry and was the first great business 
trust in ... His fortune was mainly used to create the modern systematic approach 
of... [DOC] [TLE] BRIA 16 2 b Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Monopoly ... [PAR] Rockefeller built an oil monopoly by ruthlessly eliminating most of his ... that 
refined crude oil from Pennsylvania into kerosene for illuminating lamps. ... U.S. 
oil refining business, making it the first great industrial monopoly in the world. ... 
Rockefeller himself owned one-third of Standard Oil's stock, worth about $20 
million. [DOC] [TLE] Oil Industry - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] In 1933, Standard Oil secured the first contract to drill for oil in Saudia Arabia. 
Settlers used oil as an illuminant for medicine, and as grease for wagons and 
tools. ... an effective, cheap oil lamp and made a model that upgraded kerosene 
lamps. .... sold them to oil companies at a profit of $100 million, thereby adding to 
his... [DOC] [TLE] The Standard Oil monopoly, by the Linux Information Project (LINFO) [PAR] May 21, 2004 ... Standard Oil Company was founded by John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland, Ohio ... 
It was also in 1859 that Rockefeller started his first business. ... ascent of a major 
new industry based largely on the use of kerosene for lighting. ... (6) Dispatching 
thugs who used threats and physical violence to break up the... [DOC] [TLE] John D. Rockefeller - the oil refining business - Fasttrack Teaching ... [PAR] John D. Rockefeller is famous for starting the Standard Oil Company in 1870. ... 
used to convert crude oil into useful products like kerosene and gasoline. ... 
Kerosene for lamps ... As electric lights came into use, the need for kerosene fell 
sharply. ... Rockefeller and his family donated a total of over $500 million dollars 
to... [DOC] [TLE] History of the 42-Gallon Oil Barrel - American Oil & Gas Historical ... [PAR] Soon after America's first oil discovery in 1859, oilmen met in northwestern 
Pennsylvania ... to be refined into a highly demanded product  kerosene for 
lamps. ... oil region's teamsters, the business of moving oil depended mostly on 
men, wagons, ... The 42-gallon standard oil barrel was officially adopted by the 
Petroleum... [DOC] [TLE] The Other Half of Standard Oil - AEI - American Enterprise Institute [PAR] Oct 29, 2008 ... But by 1880, Rockefeller's Standard Oil controlled 80 percent of the ... Flagler's 
father had had two daughters by his first wife and one by his second. .... a 
friendship founded on business, which Mr. Flagler used to say .... As electricity 
began to displace kerosene for lighting, Flagler pushed for Standard Oil to... [DOC] [TLE] John D. Rockefeller and the Age of Oil - The Daily Reckoning [PAR] Aug 18, 2006 ... Drake had come up with his novel means for extracting oil from the ground. ... 
And as the wells came in, an oil boom occurred in Pennsylvania in ... Early oil 
refiners used color, smell, and even taste in order to decide ... historians that 
Standard Oil's lamp kerosene was the first truly global consumer product. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 2 Rockefeller's Millions - Digital History [PAR] They depended mainly on themselves for their food, and they did not spend more 
than a ... oil, and then the kerosene lantern, and finally the electric light bulb. .... 
$530 million dollars (many billions by today's standards), and though he was

Question: His first millions from Standard Oil came from oil mainly used in kerosene lamps
Answer: John D. Rockefeller