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Table 2. Refinery Capacity, Number of Marketing Outlets, and Acquisitions of Selected Non-Integrated Refiner/Marketers, by Company, 1990-2001

Non-Integrated Refiner 1990 Refinery Acquisitions, 1991-2001 Marketing Acquisitions, 1991-2001 2001
Refinery Capacitya Number of Marketing Outlets Capacity Divesting Company Year of Transaction Number of Outlets Divesting Company Year of Transaction Refinery Capacitya Number of Marketing Outlets
Citgo/PDV America 435,000 9,734 28,000 Amoco 1993       705,700 13,663
76,850 Uno-Ven 1997      
76,850 Unocal 1997      
Ultramar Diamond Shamrockb 227,000 2,314 147,000 Total North America 1997 2,106 Total North America 1997 574,689 4,456
156,000 Tosco 2000          
    Diamond Shamrock 161,000 1,914                
    Ultramar 66,000 400                
Tosco (now Phillips) 131,900 0 200,000 Exxon 1993       1,302,300 6,563
84,300 BP America 1994      
172,000 BP America 1996      
      1,900 Circle K 1996
243,000 Unocal 1997 1,325 Unocal 1997
      1,740 Exxon Mobil 1999
250,000 BP Amoco 2000      
288,300 Equilon 2000      
Premcor Refining 121,600 937 185,000 Chevron 1995       518,015 0c
      123 Various 1994-2997
161,500 BP America 1998      
Tesoro Petroleum 72,000 132 108,200 Shell Oil 1998       273,000 194
95,000 BHP Ltd. 1998 32 BHP Ltd. 1998
Valero Energy 25,000 0 279,600 Basis Petroleum 1997       739,100 340
152,000 Mobil 1998      
129,500 Exxon Mobil 2000 340 Exxon Mobil 2000
98,000 El Paso Corp. 2001      
    Group total 1,012,500 13,117 2,931,100     7,566     4,112,804 25,216

a:   Refining capacity is measured by crude oil distillation capacity, which tends to be a smaller value than companies typically indicate as the capacity of their refineries.

b:   Diamond Shamrock and Ultramar merged in 1996, creating the company Ultramar Diamond Shamrock.

c:   Premcor Refining divested its retail operations during 1999, selling 863 retail outlets and the Clark brandname.

Note:   The group total increase of refining capacity and marketing outlets between 1990 and May 2001 occurred through both acquisitions and internal growth.

Sources:   Refining capacity:   Petroleum Supply Annual 1990, Volume 1, DOE/EIA-0340(90)/1 (Washington, DC, May 1991), Table 40; and Petroleum Supply Annual 1999, Volume 1, DOE/EIA-0340(99)/1 (Washington, DC, June 2000), Table 40.   Retail outlets:   National Petroleum News, 1991 Fact Book, Volume 83, Number 7 (mid-June 1991), pp. 34-40; and National Petroleum News, Market Facts 2000, Volume 92, Number 8 (mid-July 2000), pp. 40-48.   Acquisitions:   Press releases, company public disclosures, and various news sources.


Last Updated on 9/27/01
By Financial Analysis Team, Office of Energy Markets, Energy Information Administration
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