D. G. Scofield

Demetrius Gustavus Scofield (January 28, 1843 – July 31, 1917)[1] was a pioneer of the oil business in California who founded a number of companies in that state and became the first president of Standard Oil of California.

[1] The facility, located at Lyon Station in Los Angeles County was the first refinery in California.

[5][6] By 1879 he was a key employee of the Pacific Coast Oil Company[7] responsible for bringing other skilled workers to California.

In that year, the Pacific Coast Oil Company completed a five-mile (8 km) long, 2-inch-diameter (51 mm) pipeline from Pico Canyon to a new refinery near Newhall.

With the 1911 breakup of that corporation, Scofield became president of the new Standard Oil of California.