You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive?
Makes one think, and puts things in perspective.
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ......... $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ....... $ 9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ............. $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 .......... $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 .......... $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ......... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .......... $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 .............. $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 ............... $84.48 per gallon this is the REAL KICKER...Evian water 9 oz for $1.49 ....... $21.19 per gallon. $21.19 FOR WATER! ....and the buyers don't even know the source. But then again Evian spelled backwards is naďve. So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, PEPTO BISMOL or NYQUIL!!!!
Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...
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Major companies that import Middle Eastern oil for the period 9/1/00 -8/31/01.
Shell . . . . . . . . . . . 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco . . . 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon/Mobil . . . . . 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon . . . . . . . . 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco . . . . . . . . . . .62,231,000 barrelsIf you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
(I checked the websites of the following companies, and while Mideast oil was not mentioned, with the exception of Sinclair, which buys from Libya, the rest buy from South American countries and Africa, where oil exploration has involved terrible destruction of both the environment and indigenous communities; same on Native American lands in the U.S. A couple of the companies have done exploration in the North Sea, another area of environmental devastation. I then emailed these companies asking point-blank if they buy mid-east oil. Received no reply from Conoco or BP.)
“0 barrel” is part of original post, meaning 0 barrels from Mideast.
*CITGO . . . . . . 12% from Mideast (rest from Venezuela, Mexico, Canada)
Sunoco . . . . . . 0 barrels (West Africa, Texas, Oklahoma, South America, Canada, North Sea
Conoco . . . . . . 0 barrels
*Sinclair . . . . . . 0 barrels (Libya, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana)
BP/Phillips . . . .0 barrels (Believe BP took over Amoco)
All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and can be easily documented.
(I nosed around the DOE website but if the documentation is there I couldn’t “easily” find it. I emailed DOE and got this.
From: "Chambers, Cynthia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Oil Imports Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:50:19 -0400
You have contacted the Office of Fossil Energy at the Energy Department. We conduct research to develop new or to improve existing exploration and extraction technologies that will recover remaining American gas and crude oil reserves in ways that make them economical on today's market. The Office of Fossil Energy does not keep statistics on foreign imports of oil. However, the Energy Information Administration the statistical arm of the Department of Energy does keep a vast array of data on energy sources and consumption. Their web site is located at http://eia.doe.gov/ Their latest company level import data is found at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imp orts/cli.html To see the 2001 summary of crude oil imports by company from the Persian Gulf click on "HTML" in the first line. You can also go to the most recent list of import data by company (usually only a partial year) by clicking on "HTML" in the first line. If you have any problems with this web page or have more questions about imports, contact Jennifer Fama of the EIA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also contact the general information center at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please keep in mind that import statistics change constantly. Due to new contracts and shipments, the information you see one month will not necessarily be the same the next month. If you look at just one month's statistics, you might think that a company only imports from the countries listed that particular month. Therefore, it is generally better to look at the data for a year to get an idea of the import levels and sources for a company. As mentioned previously, the EIA Internet link above takes you to a page where you can access the summary for 2001 imports from Persian Gulf countries. Unfortunately, an email about companies importing crude oil from the Persian Gulf is currently being circulated with out-of-date and misleading statistics. It is possible the information resulted from the originator only considering one month's data. On the other hand, even if the import statistics in this email were current, a direct purchase from a Persian Gulf country is not the only way that gasoline might have originated from crude oil there. Crude oil goes through a purifying process ("refining") to become gasoline and other products in a place called a refinery. Some oil companies have their own refineries. However, an oil compay may also purchase refined products (gasoline, jet fuel, etc.) from independent (not owned by their company) oil refineries anywhere in the world. Gasoline sold by a refinery may have been produced from petroleum (crude oil) from several countries because it can be mixed before refining as long as properties of the oil are the same. If the refinery is outside the U.S., the American oil company's purchase will be listed as an import coming from the country in which the refinery is located. However, the record will not reflect where the foreign refinery obtained the petroleum it used to refine into gasoline. So if a U.S. company's gasoline purchase is listed as from the Bahamas, you still might not know if crude oil from the Persian Gulf was used. Once the gasoline leaves the refinery, it goes into the purchaser's distribution system for delivery to marketers (service stations, convenience stores, etc.) across the United States. It might be mixed with gasoline purchased from other refineries. Given all these factors, it is very difficult to determine if the gasoline at the pump at your specific gas station originated in the Persian Gulf. The best way to determine the import policy of a company is to contact the specific oil company directly. You can find a list of major petroleum (including gasoline) marketers at http://pmaa.org/public/partners/index.html Click on the name of the company to obtain the name and address of a person to contact. Thank you for contacting the Department of Energy, Fossil Energy WebMaster
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