'''Exxon''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|k|s|ɒ|n}} is the former brand name of oil and natural resources company '''Exxon Corporation''', prior to 1972, known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. In 1999, Exxon Corporation merged with [[Mobil]] to form [[ExxonMobil]]. The ''Exxon'' brand is still used by ExxonMobil's [[Downstream (petroleum industry)|downstream]] operations as a brand for certain gas stations, motor fuel and related products (the highest concentration of which are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states). Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was one of the [[Seven Sisters (oil companies)|Seven Sisters]] that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Guide to the ExxonMobil Historical Collection, 1790-2004: Part 1|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00352/cah-00352.html|website=Briscoe Center for American History|publisher=The University of Texas at Austin|accessdate=17 January 2017}}</ref>
