Conoco Inc. NYSE: COC was an oil company founded in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Company. Based in Ogden, Utah, the company was a coal, oil, kerosene, grease and candles distributor in the West. The head office was later moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma. Image File history File links Conoco. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ogden sign over Washington Boulevard at the Ogden River; toward downtown John Moses Browning (January 21, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of weapons which were used in the U.S. military for decades in the 20th century. ... Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... Russian kerosene lamp Kerosene or paraffin oil (British English, not to be confused with the waxy solid also called paraffin) is a colorless flammable hydrocarbon liquid. ... Ponca City is a city located in Oklahoma. ...

The company ran into early trouble when, just one month after the first trading of the company's stock, it was hit by the Great Crash of 1929. Nevertheless, Conoco became a key supplier to the United States during World War II. Under the leadership of Leonard F. McCollum, Conoco grew from a regional company to a global corporation. Another rough patch for the company came during the 1970's oil crisis, from which it did not recover until 1981, when Conoco became a subsidiary of former rival du Pont. In 1997 du Pont and Conoco parted ways. When the independent Conoco went public in 1998, under the retooled name, Continental Oil Company, it resulted in the largest IPO in history. Conoco merged with Phillips 66 in 2002. The merged company was announced as the now well-known ConocoPhillips. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD) was founded in July 1802 as a gun powder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont on Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) was founded by the merger of the Conoco Inc. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston. ...

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• Crisis & Independence: 1972 - 2000
• ConocoPhillips