Originally Posted By: lexus114
Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? In addition, they are gouging us on oil prices.
Shouldn't we return the favor?
An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up your car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco..........................0 barrels
Conoco.........................0 barrels
0A Sinclair.......................0 barrels
BP / Phillips................. 0 barrels
Hess..............................0 barrels
ARC0.............................0 barrels
Maverick........................0 barrels
Flying J.........................0 barrels
Valero..........................0 barrels
Murphy Oil USA*.........0 barrels
*Murphy is sold at Wal-Mart , their gas is from South Arkansas and fully USA owned and produced. *Not only that but they give scholarships to all children in their town who finish high school and are legal US citizens..
The following gas companies DO import Middle Eastern oil:
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
And CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela, whose dictator, Hugo Chavez, hates America and openly avows our economic destruction. (We pay Chavez's regime nearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues.)
I buy Marathon/Speedway, Sunoco....and sometimes get Shell also.
I was under the impression that Marathon got most of it's crude from SA, the far east and other areas outside the mideast. I know they as a corporation dont do any exploring/in house crude production in the mid east. Just curious where the imported barrel numbers come from and kind of surprised that Marathon imports that much crude from the ME.