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Spurning gasoline from Shell, Chevron, Texaco, Exxon, and Mobil?
By the time crude oil gets from the ground into our gasoline tanks, there's no telling exactly where it came from. A good deal of the crude oil purchased from Russia, for example, is oil from Iraqi fields sold through Russian middlemen. Oil companies sell their output through a variety of outlets other than their branded stations. When you buy gasoline from a gas station other than a Shell-branded gas station, it doesn't mean that you're not necessarily sending money to Shell (or, by extension, the Middle East).

Only 31% of the USA's imports came from Arab OPEC countries (Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) in January 2002. The top six countries (by percentage of total USA imports) supplying crude oil to the USA in January 2002 were:
- Saudi Arabia: 16.9%
- Mexico: 15.1%
- Canada: 15.0%
- Venezuela: 14.4%
- Iraq: 11.4%
- Nigeria: 5.9.%

Sinclair imports from Canada, not the Middle East. Sunoco imports primarily from Canada, Angola, and Nigeria, not Middle Eastern countries.

CITGO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national oil company of Venezuela, so naturally most of its crude oil comes from there. However, in February 2002, CITGO also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
- Iraq: 1,342,000 barrels
- Kuwait: 437,000 barrels

Conoco imports primarily from Mexico, Venezuela, and Canada, and not from Middle Eastern countries. However, they are planning to merge with Phillips, which does import from Middle Eastern countries.

BP imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002, BP North America also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
- Iraq: 470,000 barrels
- Kuwait: 415,000 barrels
- Saudi Arabia: 2,123,000 barrels
- Algeria: 3,853,000 barrels

Phillips also imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002, Phillips imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
- Iraq: 717,000 barrels
- Saudi Arabia: 1,100,000 barrels

posted by Hal 2:47 PM