Which four companies were Aramco partners?

• A. Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, Texaco
• B. Chevron, BP, Exxon, Texaco
• C. Chevron, Exxon, Shell, Texaco
• D. Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Amoco

Answer: (A)

Aramco’s early development was a four-way collaboration among major American oil companies. The four partners were Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, and Texaco. Chevron represents the modern line of the original SOCAL group, Exxon comes from Standard Oil of New Jersey, Mobil from Standard Oil of New York, and Texaco from The Texas Company. These four pooled resources to form the Arabian American Oil Company, which later became known simply as Aramco. Saudi Arabia eventually bought out the American partners, and Aramco became fully Saudi-owned. Other listed companies (like BP or Shell) were not part of this original Aramco partnership.