Standard Oil

The Files

• The "Standard Oil" Spy Network — Corporate network at the center of the spying theory.
• The Standard Oil Water-into-Fuel — Cast in conspiracy versions as the corporate suppressor of abundant synthetic or alternative fuel technology.
• The Standard Oil I.G. Farben Pact — American oil giant cast in conspiracy versions as an industrial power willing to transcend wartime national boundaries.
• Rockefeller Oil-Burning Plot — Corporate predecessor whose historic dominance gave the theory its Rockefeller frame.
• The Standard Oil Plastic Plot — Company whose market dominance made it the central corporate target of the theory.
• The "Standard Oil" Arson — Dominant petroleum company whose aggressive methods generated persistent arson rumors.
• Standard Oil Ice-Block Plot — Corporate trust cast by the theory as the archetype of industrial power capable of delaying household technological change.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• John D. Rockefeller · 5 shared
• I.G. Farben · 2 shared
• Walter C. Teagle · 2 shared
• Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1 shared
• U.S. Bureau of Mines · 1 shared
• Ida M. Tarbell · 1 shared
• Ida Tarbell · 1 shared
• Independent oil producers · 1 shared
• Standard Oil field agents · 1 shared
• Franz Fischer · 1 shared
• Hans Tropsch · 1 shared
• Allied strategic bombing forces · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1870The "Standard Oil" Arson
2. 1900The "Standard Oil" Spy Network
3. 1907The Standard Oil Plastic Plot
4. 1911Standard Oil Ice-Block Plot
5. 1929Rockefeller Oil-Burning Plot
6. 1934The Standard Oil I.G. Farben Pact
7. 1945The Standard Oil Water-into-Fuel