Unfulfilling stations -- Citgo boycott leads owners to drop Venezuelan supplier

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 3/4/8 | Hugh Willet

[FreedomProtector]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[fredhead]

The Navy Exchange system used to sell Citgo gas. After Hugo’s statement, they changed their supplier, and badged their stations as NEX (Navy Exchange).

[Phantom Lord]

I quit filling up at my local citgo over a year ago. It costs me a couple of bucks but hey,

Where I live, Citgo is always the most expensive gas. And usually by 5 to 8 cents a gallon.

[G L Tirebiter]

A number of the C stores in N. Georgia with Citgo logos have switched their signage to “Kangaroo”. The fuel supply is probably unchanged but I’ve little doubt that the Chavez effect was the driver for the re-branding.

[SuziQ]

I was looking at the HESS info, and it doesn't look like Hugo owns any of the HESS corporation, itself. Petroleos de Venezuela is a partner in HOVENSA, which owns the refinery in the Virgin Islands. From the info on the website, HESS does its own oil exploration and recovery, and sends it to the HOVENSA refinery. Doesn't sound, from the info on the website, like they get any of their crude oil from Venezuela.

[SuziQ]

See my post #25. I didn't find anything on the HESS site that mentioned ownership of any kind by Hugo. The HESS corporation owns a 1/2 share, along with Petroleos of Venezuela , of HOVENSA, which has an oil refinery in the Virgin Islands.

[SmithL]

I was traveling through the South last Summer, and I’m pretty sure I bought Amoco at the Kangaroo stations.

[TLI]

Calls by some across the country to boycott gasoline sold by Venezuelan-owned Citgo are cutting into sales, prompting some station owners to move to other suppliers.

Oh HECK yes I will ping that!

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[TLI]

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[Southerngl]

I haven’t bought Citgo gas in several years now.

[McKayopectate]

Good for him!

I’ve been boycotting Citgo, too. Glad to see that many have taken up the cause as well. Let’s hope the other gas station owners wise-up and switch.

[MinuteGal]

Good detective work, Suzie.

Okay troops, let's continue working on Citgo.

Consider this an automobile freep that every freeper reading this can participate in.

I have a Citgo in my neighborhood. I'm going to drop in and nicely say I don't buy gas at your place because of Chavez, etc. This is just as effective, maybe more than just driving past.

I wouldn't buy gas there, anyhow, LOL, as it has substantially higher prices than our friendly Hess.

Leni

[Living Free in NH]

I’m not sure about the rest of the country, or even the rest of the state, but the 7-11s in Nashua, NH aren’t using Citgo any longer.

[TLI]

I will check around here in Dallas - DFW area to see if they are here but that pic looks very familiar.

[Tex Pete]

“Shortly after the U.N. speech, 7-Eleven stores announced they would cancel a 20-year contract with Citgo that supplied 2,100 stations.”

They have all changed over here in my part of Texas.

[WoofDog123]

Correct me if I am wrong, but what gas Citgo doesn’t sell to retailers, cannot they just resell it to other distributors and move it that way? What are the implications of this, if true?

[Grunthor]

How do I tell if my local gas station is selling CITGO?

[BfloGuy]

I understand the sentiments expressed here, but Citgo will merely start wholesaling its gas to other suppliers who will then sell it under their names. There unfortunately isn't enough gasoline to supply the market without Venezuela's.

Oil is fungible.

[Bigg Red]

Calls by some across the country to boycott gasoline sold by Venezuelan-owned Citgo are cutting into sales, prompting some station owners to move to other suppliers.

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Good! I have been boycotting ever since I heard who the supplier was, even before Hugo’s UN speech.

[Bigg Red]

Venzuela own half of Hess? For real?