Definition of treasurer for English Language Learners. : someone who is officially in charge of the money that is taken in and paid out by a government, business, organization, etc.
On Aug. 27, 1955, an explosion at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., destroyed much of the plant and dozens of homes. The explosion occurred in a âhydroformer,â a 26-story-high tank used to convert low-octane gasoline into high-octane gasoline at what is now a BP refinery.
Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company (Indiana) , was a global chemical and oil company that was founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States.n 1947 Indiana Standard was the first company to drill off-shore, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in 1948 Stanolind Oil invented Hydrafrac, a hydraulic well fracturing process that increased oil production worldwide.