Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics

Series Editor: Petra Dolata, Associate Professor and Tier II Canada Research Chair, Department of History, University of Calgary

ISSN 2562-3486 (Print) ISSN 2562-3494 (Online)

This series features original research at the intersection of energy and society. It welcomes works that contribute to international discussions on the history, culture, and politics of energy and speaks to the energy humanities and energy social sciences. The series has a strong interest in, but is not limited to, North American issues.

No. 1 Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880
Graham D. Taylor

Graham D. Taylor

© 2019 Graham D. Taylor

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Imperial standard : Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian oil industry from 1880 / Graham D.

Taylor.

Names: Taylor, Graham D., 1944- author.

Description: Series statement: Energy histories, cultures, and politics ; 1 | Includes

bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190072881 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190072903 | ISBN 9781773850351

(softcover) | ISBN 9781773850368 (open access PDF) | ISBN 9781773850375 (PDF) | ISBN

9781773850382 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781773850399 (Kindle)

Subjects: LCSH: Imperial Oil Limited—History. | LCSH: Petroleum industry and trade—Canada—History.

Classification: LCC HD9574.C24 I478 2019 | DDC 338.2/72820971—dc23

The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

Copyediting by Kathryn Simpson

Cover image: Imperial Oil Service Station, Oshawa, Ontario, September 1954. Glenbow Archives,
IP-12-26-33, Imperial Oil Collection.

Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano

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