Within twenty years of the first oil discovery,____ Oil Company controlled 90 percent of the country's petroleum.

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The question is referring to the history of oil discovery in a specific country, so options (A), (B), and (D) can be eliminated as they do not have a country-specific name attached to them. Option (E) is just a generic name for the oil industry in the United States and does not refer specifically to any one company. Therefore, the best choice is (C) Standard Oil Company, which was a major player in the early days of the oil industry and eventually came to control 90% of the country's petroleum.

Within Twenty Years of the First Oil Discovery,____ Oil Company