Superior Oil Company (English Wikipedia)

"Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money", Sally Helgesen, page 175, Quote: Keck started Superior after he made one of the biggest streaks of the 1920s, in California's Kettleman hills. William Keck then became one of the first oilmen to move his business to Houston, which at the time was not much more than an inadequately drained malarial swamp....William Keck was known throughout the company he had created as "the Old Man," and people called him that until the day he died. His character was strong and some said it was mean. His political views were fiercely conservative, but he was nimble and innovative when it came to doing business. He was the first independent to drill offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and year after year he set records for the deepest-drilled well. He gambled on a big scale and earned Superior the epithet it still carries today, that of being "the Cadillac of the oil business..." William Keck ran his company like a one-man machine, and he retained control of the stock even after it went public.
"Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North America Arctic", Kevin Krajick, Open Road Media, Feb 2, 2016. Quote: "This was Howard Keck. Keck was not just any Houston oil billionaire; his father had been William Keck, the world's greatest oil prospector, a man whose instincts about the location of petroleum were so uncanny, some believed him clairvoyant. Starting as a penniless roustabout, he rose in the 1920s to found the Superior Oil Company. He pioneered deep offshore drilling, was first to find commercial deposits in the Gulf of Mexico, and practically ran the oil-rich nation of Venezuela. Even in his later years, when a drilling rig brought up a slimy core, old man Keck sniffed and tasted the rock to gauge the prospect."
"We Gambled Everything: The Life and Times of an Oilman", Arne Nielsen

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"Mobil Plans To Sell Gold Mine In Idaho", Chicago Tribune, February 22, 1985, United Press International

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"Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 1998" (PDF). Energy Information Administration, United States Department of Energy. January 2000. p. 39, note 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-04. Finally, in March 1984, Mobil acquired Superior Oil for $5.7 billion in an intra-FRS company transaction.

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"Howard B. Keck". 20th Century American Leaders Database. Harvard Business School. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

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"Turmoil Plagues Wealthy Keck Family : Whodunit Reveals Problems of the Rich and Feuding", Edwin Chen, Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1989
"'50s-Era Downtown High-Rise Slated to Be Turned Into Hotel", Jesus Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2000

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"William Myron Keck II, grandson of legendary wildcatter, dies at 72", Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, May 14, 2014

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"History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana" (PDF). Minerals Management Service, United States Department of the Interior. July 2004. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2009-07-04. In 1937 and 1938, Pure Oil and Superior Oil together built a large wooden platform about a mile offshore in approximately 14 feet of water. This Creole field became the first producing property in the Gulf.

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"Will of Superior Oil's Founder Reflects Lifelong Tax Wisdom", Robert Metz, The New York Times, August 28, 1964
"Family Feud at Superior Oil", The New York Times, April 30, 1983
"Ex-Chairman Offering His Superior Oil Stock", Thomas J. Lueck, November 22, 1983
"Superior Oil Chief Quits; Executive Rift Hinted", Phillip H. Wiggins, The New York Times, September 5, 1981
"Superior Oil Gets Offer From Mobil", Robert J. Cole, The New York Times, March 12, 1984

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United States Office of Technology Assessment (June 1980). An Assessment of Oil Shale Technologies (PDF). DIANE Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-4289-2463-5. NTIS order #PB80-210115. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

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"Mobile completes Superior Takeover", September 28, 1984, UPI.com

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"Mobil Agrees To Buy Superior For $5.7 Billion", Mark Potts, The Washington Post, March 12, 1984

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"Biography of William Myron Keck". W. M. Keck Foundation. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
"History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana" (PDF). Minerals Management Service, United States Department of the Interior. July 2004. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2009-07-04. In 1937 and 1938, Pure Oil and Superior Oil together built a large wooden platform about a mile offshore in approximately 14 feet of water. This Creole field became the first producing property in the Gulf.
"Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 1998" (PDF). Energy Information Administration, United States Department of Energy. January 2000. p. 39, note 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-04. Finally, in March 1984, Mobil acquired Superior Oil for $5.7 billion in an intra-FRS company transaction.
"2003 Annual Report" (PDF). W. M. Keck Foundation. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-07-04. In time, Superior became the largest independent oil producing company in North America.

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"Biography of William Myron Keck". W. M. Keck Foundation. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
"2000 Annual Report" (PDF). W. M. Keck Foundation. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
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"2003 Annual Report" (PDF). W. M. Keck Foundation. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-07-04. In time, Superior became the largest independent oil producing company in North America.