Esso [company] - Esso

Japanese: エッソ[会社] - えっそ
Esso [company] - Esso

…Headquarters: Irving, Texas. Known by its trademark, Esso (a play on the initials SO of Standard Oil). Not only does it rank first among the major oil companies in terms of crude oil production and processing volume, petroleum product and natural gas sales volume, and sales and profits, it is also the world's largest operating company and one of the typical multinational corporations operating in the oil business in over 100 countries. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Esso [company]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本社テキサス州アービング。〈エッソESSO〉(Standard Oilの頭文字SOをもじって命名)の商標で知られる。原油生産および処理量,石油製品および天然ガス販売量,売上高および利益額のすべてにおいて石油メジャーの首位を占めるばかりでなく,世界最大の事業会社であり,かつ,100を超える国々で石油事業を営む典型的な多国籍企業の一つである。…

※「エッソ[会社]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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