Author Topic: gas companies...you got to read this (Read 5304 times)

PipeRat · « **on:** Apr 11, 2005, 09:25:00 PM »

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>I got this emai from a friend today. I don't know if it's 100% true ? If anyone has info to disprove this....please let me know OK. Otherwise........pass it on!
>Subject: FW: Gasoline
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>If you are wondering where to buy gas that is NOT imported from the Saudi's, read on..................................
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> I called Quik Trip to find out where they got their gas and they get it from Sunoco, Conoco....to name a few, so that was a relief!
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>Gas is UP!!! This email makes sense to me. Let's pass it on.
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>WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS,
>THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
>READ ON--
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>Why didn't George W.. think of this?
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>Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it.
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>It might even be good for us!
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>The Saudis are boycotting American goods.
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>We should return the favor.
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>An interesting thought it to boycott their GAS.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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 :
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>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
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>If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION!
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>(Gas is now over $56/barrel, that's almost $36 Billion)
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>Here are some large companies that do not import Middle E! astern oil:
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>Citgo......................0 barrels
>Sunoco...................0 barrels
>Conoco...................0 barrels
>Sinclair....................0 barrels
>BP/Phillips............0 barrels
>Hess........................0 barrels ARC0.0 barrels
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>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.
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>But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers.
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>It's really simple to do.
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>Now, don't wimp out at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
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>I'm sending this note to about thirty people.
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>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!
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>If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
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>If it goes one level further, you guessed it ..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
>PEOPLE!!!
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>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people.
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>How long would all that take?
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>If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next eight days!
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lilbuddy · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 09:30:18 PM »

Great info I am passing this on...

oddball · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 09:43:31 PM »

good to know, I buy from Arco

lilbuddy · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 09:45:09 PM »

I think I buy from the M.E. because my buddys dad is a trucker and he puts the same Chevron gas in the tanks as he puts into the Safeway gas Tanks. I buy from safeway because its cheap and my motor runs pretty good with it...

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 09:59:30 PM »

intresting thing I got in email a few months ago is that a lot of CA's gas comesfrom off shorerigs in... youguessed it CA. So why is CA gas higher?

MiniSimp · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 11, 2005, 10:00:24 PM »

76 all the way!

Huhwhye · « **Reply #6 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 12:00:22 AM »

What about Unocal 76?

That's interesting but as far as I know ARCO is the only company around me here in SoCal on that list. But my vehicles run like

on ARCO, that crap clogged up the injectors on one car in the past. All that car ran was ARCO for 2 years and it barely ran. Cleaned it out changed gas and ran it for 5 more years without issue. I'd rather buy from someone else and am open to suggestion, just no ARCO.

BigMike · « **Reply #7 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 12:53:06 AM »

ARCO gets their gas from my garden hose

MiniSimp · « **Reply #8 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 07:09:06 AM »

Quote from: Huhwhye on Apr 12, 2005, 12:00:22 AM

What about Unocal 76?

76 is conoco

brainlessfool · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 09:15:55 AM »

Quote from: BigMike on Apr 12, 2005, 12:53:06 AM

ARCO gets their gas from my garden hose

gonzo · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 09:39:35 AM »

I use ARCO only. Never had trouble with it. It is usually the cheapest price. Here in AZ it's at $ 2.33 (87) last time I checked

Quote from: Huhwhye on Apr 12, 2005, 12:00:22 AM

What about Unocal 76?

That's interesting but as far as I know ARCO is the only company around me here in SoCal on that list. But my vehicles run like on ARCO, that crap clogged up the injectors on one car in the past. All that car ran was ARCO for 2 years and it barely ran. Cleaned it out changed gas and ran it for 5 more years without issue. I'd rather buy from someone else and am open to suggestion, just no ARCO.

Huhwhye · « **Reply #11 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 11:58:21 AM »

If 76 is Conoco that is my new gas. I like that stuff anyway, run it every now an again.

MiniSimp · « **Reply #12 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 12:43:38 PM »

http://p66conoco76.conocophillips.com/index.htm

*FFC* · « **Reply #13 on:** Apr 12, 2005, 12:56:19 PM »

All I can say is I try to stick to Arco or Safeway around here, averaging $2.50 a gallon.

7-11 can kiss my a$$ cuz I went to them and their gas messed up my car's performance, too watered down so I was told, so I stopped using it and now my vehicles run a LOT better.

Cheesemaker · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 02:15:06 AM »

I have some friends that work and own a business that directly deals with fuel from the refineries, and the fuel we buy on the west coast, is actually from mexico, off shore derricks out in the pacific off of Califronia, and alaska! The mid state's is from mexico, gulf of mexico and persian gulf, and all of the east coast is basically dependent from the persian gulf! There is a National Geographic mag that supports this too!

87_Yotaman · « **Reply #15 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 07:33:56 AM »

Quote from: FordFreakChik on Apr 12, 2005, 12:56:19 PM

All I can say is I try to stick to Arco or Safeway around here, averaging $2.50 a gallon.

DAG UM

I'm glad I live near Chesnee, SC

Gas is $2.09/gallon

If I had to pay that much for gas i'd go

But I agree that people that but water in their gas can

my

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #16 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 07:43:47 AM »

that info is soo outdated, $30 a barrel yea its closer to $60

i get my gas mostlyfrom citgo or phillips aka Venezuala

Huhwhye · « **Reply #17 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 07:21:24 PM »

I just heard from a friend that 76 is responsible for creating the car crusher program that destroyed collectable classics as well as junkers. So I changed my mind I don't like 76 anymore. :bull crap: Still don't like ARCO. So I guess I'm stuck

mudguts · « **Reply #18 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 09:01:23 PM »

Quote from: Huhwhye on Apr 23, 2005, 07:21:24 PM

I just heard from a friend that 76 is responsible for creating the car crusher program that destroyed collectable classics as well as junkers. So I changed my mind I don't like 76 anymore. :bull crap: Still don't like ARCO. So I guess I'm stuck

1991, Unocal helps start the car crusher program.
1996, Unocal sells their west coast pipelines and terminals, refineries, 76 products and Circle K stores to the Tosco Corp.
2001, Tosco Corp, is bought out by Phillips 66
2003-4, Phillips and Conoco merge to form ConocoPhillips who now own the 76, 66, Kendal and Conoco product lines.
Circa 2005, Unocal is bought by ChevronTexaco who inherited the a$$hats who started the car crusher program here in Cali.
You can still purchase 76 products with a somewhat clear conscious (I think

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blackdiamond · « **Reply #19 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 09:09:32 PM »

Isn't BP, Philips, Conoco (listed as non-ME) AND Amaco (listed as Me) all the same company?

mudguts · « **Reply #20 on:** Apr 23, 2005, 09:23:05 PM »

Quote from: blackdiamond on Apr 23, 2005, 09:09:32 PM

Isn't BP, Philips, Conoco (listed as non-ME) AND Amaco (listed as Me) all the same company?

Conoco and Phillips merged to form ConocoPhillips and Amoco is part of BP.
ConocoPhillips and BP are rivals.

Huhwhye · « **Reply #21 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 12:39:04 AM »

Thanks toecutter

blackdiamond · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 12:53:48 PM »

that is correct, I may switch to 76 if they are not ME gas.

Huhwhye · « **Reply #23 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 02:02:10 PM »

Excuse my ignorance but what is ME?

blackdiamond · « **Reply #24 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 04:19:38 PM »

I thought I saw someone above use ME for Middle Eastern, but maybe I started it on accident.

Huhwhye · « **Reply #25 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 05:00:01 PM »

OK, I got it now. I think I need a new head. Bad gasket.

blackdiamond · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 24, 2005, 08:14:21 PM »

does this also apply to motor oil since most of the major gas/fuel companies are also associated with motor/gear oil?

Huhwhye · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 25, 2005, 12:08:38 PM »

That's a very good question. I have no idea where most of the oil products I buy come from. I buy stuff from many companies like Amsoil, Redline, Shaeffers and some big oil companies like Mobil1 and Shell Rotella.

blackdiamond · « **Reply #28 on:** Apr 25, 2005, 03:51:54 PM »

Quote from: Huhwhye on Apr 25, 2005, 12:08:38 PM

That's a very good question. I have no idea where most of the oil products I buy come from. I buy stuff from many companies like Amsoil, Redline, Shaeffers and some big oil companies like Mobil1 and Shell Rotella.

It sounds like you are using a lot of synthetic products that are made in the lab so I not sure they count. Here is some expanded information that I checked out and a link for brand ties:

Middle Eastern oil as listed above:
Shell
Chevron/Texaco/Unocal/CalTex
Exxon /Mobil/Esso/On The Run/Speed Pass
Marathon/Ashland
Speedway/Super America (I couldn't link Marathon and Speedway online as shown above)
Amoco (http://subsites.bp.com/ultimate/us/default.asp) is part of BP that is listed below

Non-Middle Eastern oil as listed above:
Citgo
Sunoco
Conoco/Philips/76
Sinclair
BP/Arco
Hess

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_fuel_brands

burnyota · « **Reply #29 on:** Apr 25, 2005, 10:25:41 PM »

Its funny how most people in the US think that we get all, or at least most of our oil from the gulf region. Well, all those barrels that major companies like Shell, Exxon, etc import to the US only accounts for about 10% of the oil that the USA imports. It is way to expensive to ship that black gold all the way across the world. However, about 80% of Japans oil comes from the gulf, and European oil demands only about 30% from the same region. The majority of the oil that the US imports is comming from South America, which is much closer to our borders, and is cheaper. True, the price of oil per barrel is extremly high, and will more than likely to continue to follow an upward momentum. Gas prices are high, and will soon hit $3.00 a gal here in Texas. But what I want to know is why is diesel prices so darn high? Diesel is a byproduct , and it is more expensive than regular unleaded gasoline. I will continue to fill up at Shell and Exxon stations because of the quality of their product and services. Oh - the middle east accounts for 64% of the worlds oil withholdings, and Saudi Arabia accounts for nearly 27% of that 64% figure themselves. Wonder why we are at war, look at any statistics and go figure where are interests lay. Just don't let Bush drill all over Alaska. my


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