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Table 1. Number of States in Which U.S. Majors' Motor Gasoline Outlets Are Located, Selected Years, 1983-1999

Non-Integrated Refiners 1983 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
CITGO 31 39 42 46 46 46 45 46 46 48 48 48 47
Clark Refining (now Premcor) n.a. 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 10
Equilona                       32 32
Motivaa                       26 26
Sunocob                     19 18 18
Tesoro Petroleum 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5
Toscoc, d 0 n.a. n.a. 0 n.a. n.a. 2 4 4 27 37 36 36
    Circle K n.a. n.a. 23   18 n.a. 5 27 27        
Ultramar Diamond Shamrocke                   10 19 7 17
    Diamond Shamrock 25 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 9        
    Total Petroleum 22 19 22   22 20 18 17 18 19      
    Ultramar/Beacon 3 n.a. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1        
Valero Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Integrated Refiners 1983 1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Amocof 35 30 31 33 32 30 29 30 30 33 33   0
ARCOg 24 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
Ashlandh 7 16 18 18 18 13 11 11 11 11      
BP/Sohio 20 29 26 33 33 28 25 27 27 21 21 37 42
Chevron 39 33 33 33 32 31 33 27 27 25 30 28 29
Coastal n.a. n.a. 23 28 34 36 36 37 36 36 36 32 34
Conoco 40 40 37 37 36 28 28 41 41 41 41 20 20
Exxoni 41 37 38 40 39 37 37 37 37 41 40 36 36
Fina (now Atofina Petrochemical) 20 24 23 25 25 11 11 12 12 15 15 15 15
Hess n.a. n.a. n.a. 6 n.a. n.a. n.a. 6 6 6 6 6 n.a.
Kerr-McGee 21 22 20 20 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0
Marathon 5 6 8 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 16
Mobil 43 40 33 33 34 32 30 27 32 29 30 34  
Phillips 37 37 35 29 29 32 33 33 32 32 32 31 32
Shell Oil 40 41 40 41 41 39 40 41 40 41 39    
Sunocob 27 29 28 28 27 n.a. 20 19 19 19      
Texaco 45 46 49 49 24 24 24 23 24 25 19    
Unocald 44 41 43 41 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0

a:   Operations of Shell Oil and Texaco were merged into the joint ventures Equilon and Motiva beginning in 1998.

b:   Sunoco, then known as Sun, was an integrated refiner through 1996 when it sold its oil and gas production operations.

c:   Circle K was acquired by Tosco in 1996.

d:   Tosco acquired Unocal's West Coast operations in 1997.

e:   Diamond Shamrock and Ultramar merged in 1996, forming Ultramar Diamond Shamrock.

f:   Amoco is included in BP/Sohio total beginning in 1998 due to BP's acquisition of Amoco.

g:   ARCO is included in BP/Sohio total beginning in 1999 due to BP's acquisition of ARCO.

h:   Ashland is included in Marathon total beginning in 1998 due to the Marathon Ashland Petroleum joint venture operated by Marathon.

i:   Mobil is included in Exxon total beginning in 1999 due to Exxon's acquisition of Mobil.

n.a.:   Data not available.

Sources:   1983 - 1990: National Petroleum News (NPN), Fact Book, (mid-June 1984-1991); 1991 - 1999: NPN, Market Facts, (mid-June 1992 -1995; mid-July 1996-2000).


Last Updated on 09/25/2001
By Financial Analysis Team, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Energy Information Administration
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