| Valero | Ultramr
Diamond Shamrock (UDS) |
Valero/ UDS
Total |
Valero/UDS
Total as a Percent of U.S. Retail Outlets |
U.S.
Retail Outlets |
| 340 | 4,456 | 4,796a | 2.7% | 175,941 |
| aUDS has an additional 513 company-operated retail outlets (and an undisclosed number of branded dealers) in eastern Canada, which are supplied by its Quebec 167,000 barrels-per-day refinery. | ||||
| Note: Retail outlet numbers have been adjusted to reflect transactions through December 31, 2000. In particular, Valero's acquisition of 340 ExxonMobil outlets associated with the Benicia, California refinery (see "Valero Completes Final Stages of Retail Acquisition From ExxonMobil"). The presentation made by Valero (pdf file) concerning the acquisition indicates that the merged company will have 5,350 retail outlets, which represents 3.0 percent of domestic retail outlets. | ||||
| Sources: Company information: Valero Energy: "Valero Completes Final Stages of Retail Acquisition From ExxonMobil"; Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation: National Petroleum News, Market Facts 1998 (mid-July 1997), 1999 Annual Report, and 2000 Annual Report. U.S. information: National Petroleum News, Market Facts (mid-July 2000), p. 120. | ||||
Company-level motor gasoline retail outlet data by state are available in the State-level Detail Table. Although the Energy Information Administration does collect company-level retail outlet information, it is proprietary data and can only be disclosed in aggregates sufficiently large to prevent disclosure of the company-level information. Consequently, information collected by the National Petroleum News and published in its annual Market Facts plus pertinent company disclosures are used for this table and the State-level Detail Table