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Texas Refinery Is Saudi Foothold in U.S. Market
New York Times ^ | 04 April 2013 | Clifford Krauss

Posted on 09/14/2014 10:10:28 AM PDT by Lorianne

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1 posted on 09/14/2014 10:10:28 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Does that mean that ISIS will own half of it when they take over Saudi Arabia?


2 posted on 09/14/2014 10:13:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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The Saudis support ISIS.


3 posted on 09/14/2014 10:16:31 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Lorianne

Clifford hasn’t been keeping up with the business. Motiva has been in the US refining market for years.

http://www.motivaenterprises.com/terminals.html

Motiva is the third largest refiner in the Gulf Coast. We own and operate three refineries located in Covent and Norco, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas – with a combined refining capacity of over 1 million barrels of crude oil per day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiva_Enterprises


4 posted on 09/14/2014 10:18:31 AM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Lorianne

Greenpeace wouldn’t touch the Saudis with 100 mile pole.


5 posted on 09/14/2014 10:29:29 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Yeah they valve their lives LOL!

Greenpeace are bunch of metrosexuals in that group


6 posted on 09/14/2014 10:35:58 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Lorianne

We are being colonized by the Obama Caliphate.


7 posted on 09/14/2014 10:38:46 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, and we should do EXACTLY what the Saudi’s did to Britain to become who they are today,
CONFISCATE IT and THROW THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY

Or does anyone even remember how the Saudis became an Oil Producing Nation??? THEY STOLE IT FROM GREAT BRITAIN


8 posted on 09/14/2014 11:40:10 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

Almost all the history of mankind is, at root, about conquest, thievery, looting, nepotism, tribalism, intrigue and a little trade on the side.


9 posted on 09/14/2014 11:46:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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ISIS already owns a lot of hearts among our ‘peaceful’ muslim population.

They are worth more than the refinery.

The latter can easily be shut down.


10 posted on 09/14/2014 11:52:08 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Lorianne

I think that many Americans feel we should cancel ALL business with Saudi Arabia until The War on Terror has not had any incidents for 5 years.


11 posted on 09/14/2014 12:47:29 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: abb

Yes, that’s true. This is not the only refinery in the US the Saudis are involved in.

This article is about a year old but I thought it was relevant to what is going on now.

But you make a good point ... this is not the total of the Saudis involvement in US businesses and critical industries and infrastructure.


12 posted on 09/14/2014 1:05:58 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Cen-Tejas

Funny, I didn’t hear Obama talk about any of this in his ISIS speech.


13 posted on 09/14/2014 1:06:31 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: abb
It goes back to 1902 when it was Texas Company which would become Texaco. It was built to process Spindletop oil.

Then it became the Port Arthur Refinery, then Star Enterprises and finally Motiva in 2002. Saudi Arabia bought their stake in 1989.

Port Arthur Refinery

14 posted on 09/14/2014 1:09:43 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It means that Ted will give it to Valero.


15 posted on 09/14/2014 2:34:14 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Lorianne

Good point!


16 posted on 09/14/2014 6:02:15 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Cen-Tejas

Good luck with that. In addition to the refineries:

Distribution

Motiva’s Distribution business provides revenue through the receipt, storage, scheduling, accounting, and delivery of light refined products and bio-fuels to both internal and external Motiva customers.

Motiva owns and operates an extensive network of 35 terminals throughout the northeastern, southeastern, and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. These terminals, along with another 100+ contracted locations where product is stored on behalf of Motiva Distribution’s customers, provide a source of gasoline, distillate, jet and bio-fuel products that can then be further transported via tanker trucks, pipelines, railcars, and marine vessels.

As one of the largest petroleum products storage companies in the eastern United States, Motiva’s Distribution business has the depth, expertise, and experience to remain a leader in the petroleum products storage business.

Sales and Marketing

Motiva markets Shell gasoline in 49 states and the District of Columbia together with Shell Oil Products US. Together we lead the industry in national retail volume and market share in one of the world’s best known gasoline brands. We also refine and market gasoline and other petroleum products under the Shell brand across the eastern and southern parts of the US, providing product to over 8,200 Shell-branded retail outlets.

http://www.motivaenterprises.com/about.html


17 posted on 09/15/2014 5:22:13 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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.........thank you for all that information and for responding to my post.

Notwithstanding your comments, Saudi Arabia, which I have visited (Jedda) is to world wide terrorism what a nuclear reactor is to power on an aircraft carrier. Meaning, they are the biggest supplier of cash to terrorists worldwide utilizing their Wahabbi system of mosques and immams.

Obviously NOT doing business with Saudi Arabia would not be pain free. To the extent Saudis are involved in Motiva, they would have to get uninvolved or Motiva will go away.

Simultaneously, Saudi Arabia should be declared an enemy state that we are at war with due to them funding billions to our enemies! At that point, maybe some of the Princes will wise up. The next step against Saudi Arabia is military unless they change their ways, in my opinion of course.


18 posted on 09/15/2014 10:35:33 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Cen-Tejas

I would consider OPEC an enemy, but pretending we won’t do business with them is unrealistic.


19 posted on 09/16/2014 5:24:45 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: Iron Munro
We are being colonized by the Obama Caliphate.

Apparently for the last 25 years. This Saudi-U.S. company started in the late 1980's.

20 posted on 09/16/2014 5:45:37 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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