Cascade Crew

blue89 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: Importing Oil

I got a chain mail deal from a friend of mine. Most of it was bs chain mail type stuff, but this one was based on numbers. Could anyone confirm this? I know we import oil and I found a list a while ago that shows who doesn't import oil, but this is the first time I've seen it put together. I know ARCO gas isn't the best, but i would rather put my money towards a gas company that ISN'T supporting an area of the world where so much controversy is spawning from. Not to mention I think we import most of our oil from Canada anyway?

These companies 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

Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel)

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco..................0 barrels

Conoco..................0 barrels
Sinclair.................0 barrels
BP/Phillips............0 barrels
Hess.......................0 barrels
ARCO....................0 barrels

Dewey316 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:39 am Post subject:

This has been popping up for years.

It isn't correct at all.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/saudigas.asp

blue89 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:28 am Post subject:

well dang it all. Glad you could shed some light on that one. I've seen it pop up for a while and haven't been able to find anything disproving it. You must have a better keyword searching brain than I do. Very Happy

mrpopo573 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

Funny how that false report makes all the cheap injector fouling gas companies seem better.

305 302eater · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

mrpopo573 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:

Arco saves you money. When you break down you walk or take the bus.

I wish people knew better.....

305 302eater · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:50 am Post subject:

Walk

Bus

iansane · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:20 am Post subject:

mrpopo573 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

He's lucky. I've seen some horrendous things, especially involving Vortec truck motors that are prone to fuel delivery issues anyway. But then again, I see about 300 cars a year so its probably a low percentage, just sticks with you when you think about that 2.00 bucks you saved from not going to Chevron.

iansane · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Well I guess since my dealership tries to sell an FI Cleaning to every single car/truck that rolls through here I don't see as many of them. Laughing

mrpopo573 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

speaking of oil stuff,

Did anyone notice that the price of oil jumped again today by $10 dollars per barrel?! Shocked

That is the biggest spike in oil prices in a single day ever!

It has risen over $15 in the past 2 days! I can't believe this, why the hell are we not drilling in california and alaska? I'm sorry, but thousands of miles of frozen tundra and a few caribou are not worth it.

there once was a saying:
"at $35 per barrel, people care about the caribou. at $65 per barrel, people are much less concerned for the caribou. And at over $100 per barrel, F*** the caribou, i'll kill em myself"

~JAKE

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:

Because if we pump the middle east dry first, then we have the oil that is left.

Come on, Canadian Shale oil FTW!!!

Xophertony · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:08 am Post subject:

hybrid engine swaps? Crying or Very sad

chevymad · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

Spotted one glaring error in that chart right off the bat. BP/ARCO/Union 76 are all the same company. If you look at the pumps at a 76 or arco station it will say right on it that its BP gas.

mrpopo573 · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:30 am Post subject:

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

mmmmm, caribou steak FTW!!!!

305 302eater · Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: