gas prices?? - Page 2

I saw this on a forum "Autopia" that I frequently visit. I assume the source has accurate information. Very interesting

"I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil :

Arab 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


If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION!
Remember It's about $60/barrel now so it's around $36 BILLION!!!



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

Other oil:

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


All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing."

Sad to say but this article is flawed. For example, Citgo is Venezuelan oil, and if you keep up with the news, you'd know that Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president is extremely anti-U.S, anti-Bush. If I were to follow the advice of this article I would only be able to go to Conoco (that's excluding the Citgo too) being that the ones that supposedly don't import from the middle east, don't exist in my city.

even arco, typically one of the cheapest, was at $2.70 for regular today. i think it's time to get used to these prices, and wait 'til it goes above $3.00 to really start complaining. but even then , what do you do? i'm not buying a prius.

I wouldn't drive a Prius even if they gave me one for free. Just make sure you have a lock on that gas cap. With gas prices the way they are, some people might want to start syphoning gas from cars. Nowadays, I've had people ask me for money for gas and also I've seen more people on the side of the road because they ran out of gas.

i agree, on the prius and the locking gas cap. it could end up like the 70's again, except for the lines at the pump. this would be lines wanting to steal my gas. i gotta remember to take a picture of my buddies prius next to the hummer next time he's here. tried to get him to bet that i couldn't drive over it in the bus, he wouldn't bite. i would have gladly lost the bet just to do that . . . .

Before you know it we will be ravenging for gas. Quite possibly a "Mad Max" society!!

hey, shortbus, if you decide to do it, take a picture and post it! he he!

I hear you guys, I am driving from Jersey to North Carolina this weekend, and I am afraid of what the gas bill will be....

Gas price just jumped from $2.34 to $2.79 overnight! What next?!

I lowest I've seen here lately is $2.69. I heard today that if the Hurricane hits Galviston Texas and those refineries go down we could possibly see $5.00 a gal.!!! Yikes!!

I guess we've been lucky here in Laredo with low gas prices ($2.34). I'm sure there are gas stations out there already selling for $5.00 doing some price gouging. With all those evacuees needing gas so desperately. We've already had a few thousand people here coming from the coast including from the Houston area.

we haven't seen a jump yet, but then again we never dropped below $2.90. with the government spending so much on reconstruction efforts, they won't have the cash to subsidize the oil companies, and we'll have to make that up at the pump.

someone from another forum emailed me yesterday morning and said that he was already seeing 6.00+ a gallon, in the southern texas area..but im not sure exactly where...i got gas, just in case...

sams club,, all the way

Southern texas? They're probably gouging the evacuees!

yes, i do believe that he is in southern texas...he said that his car gets around 38mpg (must be nice), but he was almost empty when he realized that the prices had gone up so much

Thought I'd respark this thread since gas is slowly coming down. Wonder if we'll go back to under $2.00 a gal.???
Anyways were at $2.35 for a low price here in my area. NH.

Currently $2.13 here in hot and beautiful Laredo, Texas.

stop rubbing it in, lowest i've seen lately is 2.71 for 87 octane. the one thing i hate about kelliforneeya

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ORIGINAL: shortbus

stop rubbing it in, lowest i've seen lately is 2.71 for 87 octane. the one thing i hate about kelliforneeya

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Wow $2.13, you may get below $2.00 soon!!!

Its funny how we were getting used to these high prices, They brain washed us!! $2.13 sounds like a steal!!

To think that not to long ago $1.59 or $1.79 were very high prices! You are right!

don't make me have arnie come be governator of your state, you'll feel the pain for sure . . . .

its still 2.39-2.59 here.

you're not helping either . . .

Just came back from Brownsville this afternoon. Filled my gas tank at the Citgo for $1.96 a gallon. Laredo still at a high of $2.13, darn it!. Towns in between varied to a high of $2.59.

Yes, you read right. I said, "one, ninety-six"!