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For more than half a century, the world has understood the problems related to air pollution and diminishing resources. During at least the last 20-30 years, alternatives to fossil fuels have been developed, but multinational corporations and their cohorts in government have failed to implement policies allowing for a smooth transition from obsolete technologies to modern methods for producing the energy that sustains the modern world . . . and now we at war for oil.
Chevron - Mobil - Exxon - Shell - Texaco
As seen by the chart below, Motiva Enterprises, LLC, is by far and away the largest importer of oil from the Persian Gulf. Its products are sold as Texaco and Shell gasoline. Second is Chevron—in reality ChevronTexaco, the corporate entity that resulted from the merger of two giants. Their brands also include Caltex, a pizza empire, and convenience store chain Star Mart.
Major Conflicts of Interest
National
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was not only on the board
of Chevron before joining the Bush cabinet (right up through January
15, 2001), but she was specifically involved in oil development
projects in Central Asia. An oil
tanker was named after her but it was recently renamed Altair
Voyager. |
In
addition to exploration and production operations on six continents,
Chevron owns, wholly or in part, 4,178 miles of crude oil pipelines,
950 miles of which lie outside the United States. The company also
has ownership interests in 961 miles of natural gas pipelines, of
which 325 miles lie outside of U.S. borders.
But the company’s overseas crude oil pipeline mileage would nearly double upon completion of the Caspian Pipeline, a proposed 900-mile project stretching from western Kazakhstan to the Black Sea. To be completed in mid-2001, the pipeline would primarily benefit Chevron by connecting the Tengiz oil field to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia. Chevron, the largest oil company member of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, holds a 45 percent ownership interest with the Republic of Kazakhstan in Tengizchevroil. The 40-year, $20 billion joint-venture company was formed in 1993 to develop the Tengiz field. Tengiz is one of the world’s largest oil fields with 6 to 9 billion barrels of recoverable oil. |
Vice President Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliburton Corp. Halliburton announced in May that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - a government watchdog - was investigating its accounting practices over how it reported cost overruns on construction jobs. |
Halliburton's global network of investments includes projects in politically volatile areas including the Caspian Sea region. Dick Cheney was instrumental in negotiating a Caspian Sea pipeline for Chevron. The crude oil pipeline is a 900-mile project stretching from western Kazakhstan to the Black Sea that will primarily benefit Chevron by connecting the Tengiz oil field to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia. Chevron, the largest oil company member of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, holds a 55 percent ownership interest with the Republic of Kazakhstan in Tengizchevroil. The 40-year, $20 billion joint-venture company was formed in 1993 to develop the Tengiz field. Tengiz is one of the world’s largest oil fields with 6 to 9 billion barrels of recoverable oil. |
2002
Crude Oil Imports From Persian Gulf Highlights: Released on March 14,
2003
| JANUARY
- DECEMBER 2002 (Thousands of Barrels) |
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| Totals: | 3,302,012 | 802,891 | 24% |
| Company | Total | Persian Gulf | % Persian Gulf |
| CHEVRON CORP | 264,555 | 133,243 | 50% |
| MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC | 246,619 | 203,527 | 83% |
| PHILLIPS 66 CO | 233,958 | 24,842 | 11% |
| EXXON CO USA | 219,197 | 70,758 | 32% |
| MOBIL OIL CORP | 201,803 | 9,204 | 5% |
| SUNOCO INC | 198,113 | 2,428 | 1% |
| VALERO MKTG & SUPPLY CO | 195,576 | 120,088 | 61% |
| MARATHON ASHLAND PETRO LLC | 170,267 | 77,313 | 45% |
| AMOCO OIL CO | 156,733 | 32,861 | 21% |
| FLINT HILLS RESOURCES LP | 138,454 | 7,898 | 6% |
| CITGO PETRO CORP | 130,634 | 13,421 | 10% |
| SHELL OIL CO | 110,102 | ||
| CONOCO INC | 95,155 | 617 | 1% |
| LYONDELL CITGO REFG LP | 89,117 | 9,525 | 11% |
| PHILLIPS PETRO CO | 85,454 | 14,564 | 17% |
| PORT ARTHUR COKER CO | 61,243 | 2,969 | 5% |
| BP OIL SUPPLY CO | 52,970 | 2,260 | 4% |
| ATOFINA PETROCHEMICALS INC | 46,018 | 19,009 | 41% |
| PREMCOR REFG GROUP INC THE | 44,039 | 6,313 | 14% |
| ORION RFNG CORP | 44,007 | 1,447 | 3% |
| EL PASO MERCHANT ENERGY-PETRO | 42,490 | ||
| ARCO PROD CO | 38,080 | 6,095 | 16% |
| MURPHY OIL USA INC | 36,810 | 7,012 | 19% |
| CHALMETTE REFG LLC | 32,387 | ||
| TESORO PETRO CORP | 30,311 | ||
| CITGO ASPH REFG CO | 23,978 | ||
| PDV MIDWEST REFG LLC | 23,794 | 517 | 2% |
| EQUIVA TRADG CO | 21,383 | ||
| UNITED REFG CO | 21,286 | ||
| TESORO HAWAII CORP | 19,233 | ||
| WILLIAMS REFG & MKTG LLC | 18,628 | ||
| CENEX HARVEST STATES COOP | 16,827 | ||
| SHELL CHEM LP | 16,766 | ||
| DIAMOND SHAMROCK REFG & MKTG | 15,522 | 2,415 | 16% |
| LION OIL CO | 12,508 | 12,508 | 100% |
| SHELL US TRADG CO | 12,161 | ||
| CROWN CENTRAL PETRO CORP | 11,774 | ||
| ULTRAMAR INC | 11,249 | 632 | 6% |
| HUNT CRUDE OIL SUPPLY CO | 10,627 | 5,370 | 51% |
| SINCLAIR OIL CORP | 10,460 | ||
| TPI PETRO INC | 9,805 | 7,515 | 77% |
| GIANT YORKTOWN INC | 9,007 | ||
| FINA OIL & CHEM CO | 8,882 | 4,039 | 45% |
| FRONTIER OIL & REFG | 8,438 | ||
| ERGON REFG INC | 6,638 | ||
| STRATEGIC PETRO RESERVE | 5,767 | ||
| KOCH SUPPLY & TRDG CO | 5,656 | 1,039 | 18% |
| TRIGEANT LTD | 5,421 | ||
| VITOL S A INC | 4,667 | ||
| SHELL OIL PRODTS US | 4,499 | ||
| BAYOIL USA INC | 3,462 | 3,462 | 100% |
| EDGINGTON OIL CO | 3,235 | ||
| FARMLAND INDUS INC CRA | 2,553 | ||
| MONTANA REFG CO | 2,183 | ||
| NEXEN MKTG | 1,903 | ||
| FLYING PETRO INC | 1,653 | ||
| STATOIL MKTG & TRDG (US) INC | 1,096 | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL GRP INC | 1,074 | ||
| HUSKY TRDG CO | 1,004 | ||
| NCRA | 971 | ||
| ATLANTIC TRDG & MKTG INC | 948 | ||
| EQUILON ENTERPRISES LLC | 882 | ||
| CANNAT ENERGY INC | 664 | ||
| HESS ENERGY TRADING CO LLC | 548 | ||
| MARQUEST LTD PTNRSHP | 406 | ||
| EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP | 252 | ||
| TEXACO REFG & MKTG INC | 110 | ||
| Source: Department of Energy | |||
Motiva Enterprises LLC is an oil refining, lubricants and retail business operation owned by Shell and Saudi Refining Inc. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, we refine and market gasoline to more than 22,000 Shell-branded and Texaco-branded gasoline stations together with our affiliate Shell Oil Products US.
Company assets include four refineries, capable of refining approximately 860,000 barrels per day (bpd) and ownership or partial interest in 50 products terminals.
The company is headed by John Boles, president and CEO.
http://www.motivaenterprises.com/
Valero has approximately 4,200 retail sites in the United States and Canada, branded as Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon and Total. The company markets on a wholesale basis through a bulk and rack marketing network in 40 U.S. states, Canada and Latin America.
There is no question but that the world is addicted to oil, but it is not a renewable resource . . . and now people are dying so that multinational corporations can make their last desperate effort to lay siege to remaining reserves. It is at these times that we have to ask ourselves what our personal ethics are and whether we are willing to pay blood so as to drive our cars.
We probably all admit that the transition from dependency to independence is slow and sometimes painful. However, it is necessary. A logical interim measure is bi-fuel or hybrid cars, all electric cars, and serious effort to avoid driving unnecessarily: using public transportation, car pooling, biking, walking and simply not moving about as much.
For more information:
http://www.turtletrack.org/ManyVoices/V_2/Issue_07/AlternateFuels_0427.htm
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