Category Archives: Esso

1970 Imperial Oil Report: Today’s Climate of Canadian Concern About Pollution

Summary This October 1970 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is an analysis of “Today’s climate of Canadian concern about pollution and its actionable significance in response to Standard’s ‘F-310’ and to ‘lead free gas,’” conducted by the research group Albert Shepard Associates. This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial […]

1954 Imperial Oil Experiences in Corrosion Control on a Products Pipe Line

Summary This 1954 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a transcribed speech by A.R. Murdison to the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. Murdison detailed corrosion control efforts on the “Sarnia Products Pipe Line.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the […]

1967 Imperial Oil Air/Water Pollution in Canada: a Public Relations Assessment

Summary This 1967 document from Imperial Oil Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon, is a “Public Relations Assessment for Imperial Oil Limited” concerning “Air/Water Pollution in Canada.” This document is part of the ClimateFiles Imperial Oil document set, gleaned by DeSmog researchers from the Glenbow Imperial Oil Archive Collection. The report includes sections on “Public […]

1961 Esso Standard Report on the Petroleum Industries’ Air Pollution Control Program

Summary This document is a 1961 report by G.A. Lloyd, the coordinator of public affairs for Esso Standard of ExxonMobil titled “The Petroleum Industries’ Air Pollution Control Program.”  Lloyd was also the chairman of the Information Committee of the American Petroleum Institute’s Smoke and Fumes Committee. In this piece, Lloyd details API’s air pollution research, […]

1953 Esso Standard Oil Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting Minutes

Summary The 1953 Esso Standard Oil (Exxon) Central Refinery Loss Committee Meeting Minutes provided an update on the company’s Subcommittee for Fundamental Research on Air and Water Pollution Abatement. The subcommittee was created to for the purpose of developing a program for researching air and water pollution, with the goal of reducing “losses” from pollution, […]