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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.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk

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.

http://aztlan.net/oiltanker.htm

 

2002 Crude Oil Imports From Persian Gulf Highlights: Released on March 14, 2003

Persian Gulf includes = Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
JANUARY - DECEMBER 2002
(Thousands of Barrels)
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.

http://www.valero.com/con1.php?p=About+Valero

 

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.

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