California Standard [Company] - California Standard

Japanese: カリフォルニア・スタンダード[会社] - かりふぉるにあすたんだーど
California Standard [Company] - California Standard

…Not only is it the top oil major in terms of crude oil production and processing, petroleum product and natural gas sales, sales revenue and profits, but it is also the world's largest operating company and one of the typical multinational corporations operating in the oil business in more than 100 countries. Exxon is the name of Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) which was changed in 1971, but other companies such as California Standard (Standard Oil of California), Indiana Standard, and Ohio Standard were also part of the Standard Oil Group. The origin of these companies is an oil refinery started by JD Rockefeller, founder of the Rockefeller conglomerate, in Cleveland, Ohio in 1862, but in 1870 he merged several companies in the same business to establish Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) with capital of 1 million dollars. …

From Saudi Arabia

Most of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslims, particularly those who adhere to the strict Wahhabi sect.
[Modern History, Politics]
The main trend in the country's modern history was decided in 1933, the year after the founding of the state, when Abd al-Aziz granted oil rights to the American Standard Oil Company of California (which was absorbed and merged into ARAMCO in 1944). The life of the people at that time was not much different from that of the Prophet Muhammad's time, but in 1938 oil fields were discovered in the eastern Hassa region, and after World War II, as oil development by the United States began in earnest, production and oil revenues increased rapidly, promoting social development.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "California Standard [Company]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。エクソンは,ジャージー・スタンダードStandard Oil Co.(New Jersey)が1971年社名変更したものであるが,カリフォルニア・スタンダード(スタンダード・オイル・オブ・カリフォルニア),インディアナ・スタンダード,オハイオ・スタンダード等の諸社もあり,これらはかつてはスタンダード・オイル・グループにあったものである。これらの会社の起源は,ロックフェラー財閥の創始者J.D.ロックフェラーが1862年にオハイオ州クリーブランドで始めた石油精製工場であるが,彼は70年には同業数社を糾合してオハイオ・スタンダードStandard Oil Co.(Ohio)を資本金100万ドルで設立した。…

【サウジアラビア】より

…住民の多くはスンナ派ムスリムで,なかでも厳格なワッハーブ派を信奉する。
【近代史,政治】
 建国の翌1933年にアブド・アルアジーズがアメリカのカリフォルニア・スタンダード石油会社(1944年からARAMCO(アラムコ)に吸収,合併)に石油利権を供与したとき,この国の近代史の主潮流の方向が決まった。当時の国民の生活は預言者ムハンマドの時代と大差なかったが,38年に東部ハサー地方で油田が発見され,第2次大戦後,アメリカによる石油開発が本格化するに伴い,生産量と石油収入が急増し,社会の発展を促した。…

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