Talk:Esso/Archives/2013

Pictures

I inserted a third picture. Maybe three pics are too much, but personally (although I'm biased, seeing as I took the third picture) I think the Toronto picture should go, if any. Punkmorten 12:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Winter Scene Picture

I truly thought the ESSO picture was taken in Canada until I saw the Norwegian text and the header. The ESSO stations in Canada look almost exactly the same. Even the 2m snowbank is very Canadian as is the bright yellow house. rasblue 02:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I heard of a case of an Esso station in Vancouver, when it opened, had all its signage in German, and with a giant German flag. Turns out it was a big corporate mistake... Kirjtc2 18:07, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Marketing name

Are there any Esso stations in the old Standard of NJ territory in the USA? I thought their "claim" to the Esso name was putting the Esso logo on motor oil products sold in those states. (For what its worth, there's an Exxon station in Windsor, Ontario, which I can only assume is there for the same legal reasons...) Kirjtc2 18:07, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Shitty Employer

I worked as an attendant for ESSO in Ottawa, Ontario for a couple of years in the late 90's to make some extra cash. They are not fun to work for. They made me pay 50 bucks for a fill and run, that was not my fault. All they care about is $$$$!

Stop E$$O

Sorry to be a bore. However, this is an important FACT. eSSO lost a legal case in france to which allowed environmental groups to use the E$$O logo. THis MUST be refelected in this Stub. user:sci-fry2001

Well, I saw a Facebook event devoted to an oil strike in Ontario; and Esso was depicted in it. --Roadstaa (talk) 19:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Japan?

Why is there no section for Japan? I know for a fact Esso is in Japan; my girlfriend's great grandfather (who lived in Japan) was the president of Esso Asia or whatever it was called; he had close ties to rockefeller. I saw Esso stations in Japan when I went there in Jan of 2007. -ChristopherMannMcKay 18:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Corporate name

The official corporate name is Exxon Mobil Corporation, with the space between Exxon and Mobil.[See corporate website. When used standalone, it is then ExxonMobil. — ERcheck (talk) 02:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

"The Esso Reporter"

I'd like to see someone put up some historical info about Esso sponsoring local newscasts in the 50s and 60s - a Wikipedia search for "Esso reporter" brings up a lot of TV station articles. I'm curious to know more about these early days in broadcasting when a single company could sponsor a newscast for naming rights! 66.140.72.239 (talk) 19:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Esso Reporter isn't the only case where the newscast was named after a product...

WDAF-TV (Kansas City) had "The Pepsi-Cola Report" from 1953 to 1961; NBC had the "Camel News Caravan" (sometimes the "Plymouth News Caravan") from 1949 to 1956.

Just noted something about branding here: Chrysler gave the Caravan to Dodge, not Plymouth (Plymouth got the Voyager, some times called the V'Ger by hardcore Star Trek fans)....

Sneakers55 (talk) 02:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

first paragraph font is wrong

something is messing up the font of the first paragraph! -24.98.65.137 (talk) 10:27, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Seven Sisters?

Under history the article states "In 1911, Standard Oil was broken up into seven regional companies" with a link to Seven Sisters (oil companies) but as far as I can tell four of those companies have no historical link to Standard in 1911 - BP, Gulf, Shell, Texaco. I'm confused. What exactly were the seven regional companies that Standard Oil became, and why did this happen? I doubt it was because of Iran. NevarMaor (talk) 00:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)