It also had two pump stations to supply its own water and a coal-fired engine plant to generate its own electricity. [read post]

The problem is that refiners, including Shell/Pemex, Lyondell/CITCO, Exxon Mobil, and Valero, spent billions of dollars each primarily in the 1990s, as domestic sweet production declined, to modify their refineries to process heavy, sour crude from sources including Mexico (Maya), Venezuela (Orinoco), and Saudi heavy-sour. [read post]

As Exxon Mobil, BP and other big oil companies announce record profits in the coming days, we urge you to schedule an up-or-down vote on the House Floor providing members with the opportunity to vote to repeal some of the most egregious tax subsidies. [read post]

Supporters & Their Arguments for Proposition 23 Prop 23 is supported by businesses, union groups, the trucking industry, the California Republican Party, local chambers of commerce, and taxpayer groups.[10] Its top funding sources are oil companies such as Valero Energy Corporation, Tesoro Corporation, and Koch Industries, which have contributed the majority of Prop 23's approximately $8.2 million funding to date.[11] Other major oil companies, such as Chevron… [read post]