Industry | Oil industry |
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Headquarters | |
Products | Illuminating oil |
Owners | Charles Pratt |
Astral Oil Works was an American oil company specializing in illuminating oil, and based in Brooklyn, New York. Astral Oil was a high-quality kerosene used in lamps and noted for being relatively safe.[1] It was founded by Charles Pratt. Charles Pratt and Company (including Astral Oil) became part of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust in 1874,[2] although the fact that Astral Oil was a New York branch of Standard Oil in Ohio was not made public until 1892.[1]