Do not buy gas from CITGO!

I did not know this, but my father-in-law mentioned it this week and I decided to look into it.


Citgo gasoline is produced from oil from Venezuela. Actually, it is a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company, is a United States-incorporated firm refiner and marketer of gasoline, lubricants, petrochemicals and other petroleum products. PDVSA is controlled by the Venezuelan government.


For those of you that don't know, Hugo Chávez is the President of Venezuela, and has recently said some unkind things about Bush and the U.S., * and pissed off a lot of Americans. Actually, 7-Eleven used to be partnered with Citgo and did not renew their contract with Citgo, stating

"we sympathize with many Americans' concern over derogatory comments about our country and its leadership recently made by Venezuela's president. Certainly Chavez's position and statements over the past year or so didn't tempt us to stay with Citgo."


So just keep in mind next time you need to get gas, just go past Citgo. Funny thing is, by my house, there is a Citgo right across from a Shell, and the Citgo station is ALWAYS almost 10-12 cents higher.



* I know a lot of people do not like Bush, and probably agree with Chavez when he called Bush "the devil", but Chavez is a potential threat to US oil and even more so that it has been rumored that he and Iran have been talking.