Which company merged with Conoco in 2002 to create ConocoPhillips?

Phillips Petroleum merged with Conoco in 2002 to create ConocoPhillips.

Phillips Petroleum was founded in 1917 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and became a major integrated oil company. Conoco originated in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Company and later developed substantial refining, marketing, and exploration operations.

Their 2002 merger created ConocoPhillips, then one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies. The combination brought together upstream exploration and production with refining, chemicals, and fuel-marketing businesses.

ConocoPhillips later separated its downstream operations in 2012, when those assets became Phillips 66. As a result, the modern ConocoPhillips is primarily an exploration and production company rather than the fully integrated business created in 2002.