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The Anderson-Prichard Oil Company was originally founded in the late 1910s in Oklahoma, and served a major role in the oil and gas industry for over the next fifty years. After successful early petroleum oil discoveries in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas, the corporation expanded quickly, building a large refinery in Cyril, Oklahoma. The company later went public in the 1940s and acquired Kanotex Refining in 1953. By 1955, the corporation was listed as a Fortune 500 company. In 1960, the company’s assets were broken up and sold off for over $123 million. The assets were bought by a few different groups, including Occidental and Seagram corporations. One portion which included included the Anderson-Prichard marketing and distribution units was incorporated in Delaware as a completely new organization, named “APCO Oil Corporation”. The initial, family-owned company ceased existence in 1960, and APCO Oil was a completely different company.