Exxon Mobil
The company now known as Exxon Mobil had its roots in the 1911 U.S. Supreme Court Standard Oil anti-trust ruling. In 1931, two of the “Baby Standard Oils” – Vacuum Oil and Standard Oil of NY merged to form Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. Vacuum’s leading product was called “Mobilgas” and Standard had been using the red Pegasus that would later become the iconic Mobil logo.
The name of the company was changed to Socony Mobil Oil in 1955, and 11 years later it was simplified to Mobil Oil. By this time, Mobil had expanded and was seeing great success in Europe. In the 1980s, Mobil entered a joint venture with British Petroleum (BP) to provide fuels, lubricants and other products to organizations and consumers. In 1999 Mobil Oil merged with Exxon, and today the company is the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company. Exxon/Mobil explores for, produces and sells crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products.
Asbestos and Exxon Mobil
Before its dangers were widely known, asbestos was used in countless products for both industrial and consumer use. Because of its excellent insulation and fireproofing properties, asbestos was included in any sort of container or machine that used flammable or high heat materials, such as oil and gas. Many oil companies, including Mobil used asbestos insulation to line their equipment. Examples include tanks, pipes, pumps, reactors, furnaces, ovens, boilers and heat exchanges.
In many years that asbestos was used in its equipment and products, countless Mobil workers were exposed to the deadly asbestos fibers. Once inhaled or swallowed, microscopic asbestos fibers can become embedded in the delicate lining of the lungs and other internal organs and are not easily removed by the body’s macrophages. Over many years and decades, the embedded fibers cause scarring and irritation, a condition that is a precursor to
mesothelioma, a deadly but rare form of cancer. Although the company knew early on that the asbestos fibers were deadly, they did nothing to protect their workers.
Mobil workers were not the only ones to be exposed to asbestos and develop mesothelioma as a result –
mesothelioma lawsuits have been filed by wives of workers who washed the dusty clothing brought home from Mobil facilities.
Countless asbestos lawsuits have been filed against Exxon Mobil since the 1970s. If you or a loved one were exposed to asbestos and developed mesothelioma or any asbestos-related disease as a result, you may be eligible for compensation.
Mesothelioma attorneys have helped thousands of families win the compensation they need and deserve.