Utah Oil Company was incorporated on June 3, 1909, and was the first commercially successful petroleum company in the state. An early predecessor company of Utah Oil Company was Bennett Gas and Oil Company, which had stations in Salt Lake City and Ogden. Utoco relied upon crude oil delivered by Union Pacific in tank cars until a pipeline was it built between Salt Lake City and Wyoming oil fields in 1939. Utah Oil Company integrated Utah Oil Refining Company in 1909 which was owned by John C. Howard

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