Actually, these little emails that go around the internet that certain
gas from certain stations comes from a specific place is way off. The
oil pipelines that are used here all use crude from all over. Once it
gets to the refinery level there is no way to really know where it is
coming from unless it's from and offshore refinery. Here's the real
kicker. All of the oil companies either refine or buy there gas from
only a few refineries across the country and offshore. What this means
is Hess or Exxon/ Mobil, or even Texaco could be refining the gas you
are buying no matter what brand it is it's just relative to the refinery
that is near the distribution point or port where your gas comes form.
The only thing that makes the various gas, including grades, is the
additives that each company adds to the truck. Heck, the gas is even
determined to be a specific octane until the additive is added.
Best example I can use is the one near me. Hess operates a very large
refinery in St. Croix part of the US Virgin Islands. They then ship it
up to Port Everglades and the Port of Tampa. Form there it is stored in
their, and everyone elses, storage tanks (meaning they sell their gas to
Mobil, Texaco, Citgo and whomever else sells gas near these ports). Each
company loads their trucks and adds the additive afterwards.
I used to work for Hess and learned the in and outs of the oil industry
for distributing gas in this country. It amazing how inter-related the
whole industry is. If I remember correctly there are only 20 or so
refineries that are owned by various oil and energy conglomerates that
refine fuel for the US.
I'm not saying that there isn't Alaskan, of middle east, or even S.
American fuel at the gas station that you use but it's really far more
mixed that is being made out by these chain letters.
Jeff Durling
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of BARRY
OLIVER
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:29 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Oil sources OT (sort of)
Found this...
Who do YOU support when you fill up your gas tank?
I am happy to report that the gas that I buy at 7-11 in Seattle comes
from
South America. I attained this info by calling the number on my gas
receipt. First, they told me that 7-11 sells CITGO gas.
(Did I know this?)
(No)
Then, I was given a number to call to determine where CITGO gas comes
from,
which lead me immediately to the answer to my question. CITGO gets its
oil
from South America.
Now, here's the "forward"........
Why didn't George W. think of this?
Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It
might
even be good for us!
The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.
An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up
the
car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia.
Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up
the
tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my
family,
and my friends.
I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies
are
the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern
oil.
(For the period 09/01/00 - 08/31/01):
Shell............................205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco..........144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil...............130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway....117,740,000 barrels
Amoco...........................62,231,000 barrels
If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18
BILLION!
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Citgo....................0 barrels
Sunoco.................0 barrels
Conoco................0 barrels
Sinclair.................0 barrels
BP/Phillips............0 barrels
Hess....................0 barrels
All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and
each
is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are
importing. They report on a monthly basis. Keep this list in your car;
share it with friends. Stop paying for terrorism.........
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas
buyers.
It's really simple to do!! Now, don't wimp out at this point...keep
reading
and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
at
least ten more (30 x 10 = 300), and those 300 send it to at least ten
more
(300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
If
those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,
then
30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level
further,
you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
-Barry
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