 standard oil of ohio or sohio was an american oil company that was acquired by british petroleum, now called bp. it was one of the successor companies to standard oil after the antitrust breakup in 1911. standard oil of ohio was the original standard oil company founded by john d. rockefeller. it operated service stations under the "sohio" brand name in ohio. the company used the same logo, but with "boron" as the brand name in other states. wallace trevor holliday was president of the company from 1928 to 1949 and chairman of the board from 1949 until his death on november 7, 1950.  thumb|200px|left|sohio canopy circa 1989. sohio's final prototype canopy. also used as the canopies for boron and gulf gasoline stations until the stations were rebranded as bp.  thumb|200px|left|sohio sign circa 1989. sohio's logo. a similar logo was also used at boron stations outside the state of ohio. a merger between sohio and bp was negotiated with sohio by sohio ceo charlie spahr in 1968. although the merger was announced as an acquisition of bp interests in north america by sohio, the terms included the stipulation that bp would assume majority interest when sohio's share of production from the prudhoe bay oilfield in alaska reached . bp took majority ownership of the company in 1978 when the benchmark level was attained. by 1980, sohio and boron had 3,400 gas stations in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, indiana, kentucky and west virginia. following chevron's takeover of gulf, sohio acquired 5,660 former gulf service stations in alabama, georgia, kentucky, mississippi, tennessee, north carolina and south carolina for $1 billion. sohio was allowed to use the "gulf" name for five years as a result of the acquisition. in 1987, after all other standard oil descendants had minimized use of the name standard, standard of ohio, proud to be the original, sought to corporately rebrand itself under the standard name while continuing to use the sohio brand and others to sell products in ohio. however, later that year bp bought the 45% of sohio it did not already own and assumed control. amon
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