Question: are exxon and chevron the same company?
Answer: of California (SoCal) (United States) – Became Chevron in 1984 when SoCal acquired Gulf Oil. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey (Esso) (United States) – Became Exxon, which renamed itself ExxonMobil following the acquisition of Mobil in 1999. ... Texaco (United States) – Acquired by Chevron in 2001.