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Aerial view of the refinery Bayonne, New Jersey - the Tidewater Oil Co. refinery complex in 1890 Frank Tannenbaum July 22, 1915 July 22, 1915. The Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915–1916 were labor actions of refinery workers in Bayonne, New Jersey, mostly Polish-Americans [1] who struck Standard Oil of New Jersey and Tidewater Petroleum plants on Constable Hook beginning in mid-July 1915.
In 1911, Standard Oil was broken up into smaller units in accordance with the Sherman Antitrust Act. One of these successor companies was Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the precursor to Esso and later Exxon, which retained the ownership of the Bayway facilities. Bayway became a leading research facility within the S.O. New Jersey enterprise.
United States, that Standard Oil of New Jersey must be dissolved under the Sherman Antitrust Act and split into 34 companies. [56] [57] Two of these companies were Standard Oil of New Jersey (Jersey Standard or Esso), which eventually became Exxon, and Standard Oil of New York (Socony), which eventually became Mobil; those two companies later ...
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Most of its business is oil and gas. Danish wind developer Orsted was close to beginning work on two offshore wind farms in New Jersey but scrapped the project in Oct. 2023 after deciding it would not be economical. A lot of clean energy is cheap now, but offshore wind is still among the most expensive.
Port Reading Refinery, also known as Hess Refinery, was an oil refinery located in Perth Amboy and Port Reading, New Jersey. It was constructed by Hess Oil under Leon Hess in 1958. It was a simple refinery which further processed other refinery's product which began with heavy sour crude.
House Republicans eye reconciliation bill for oil and gas leasing mandates, approving mining projects. Rachel Frazin. January 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM.
I’m also buoyed by a new report which shows that New Jersey is the 4th fastest-growing state for clean energy jobs — growing 2.5 times faster than the state’s overall economy. In 2023, the ...