Anger as Shell reduces renewables investment

The Times ^ | 3/18/2009 | Robin Pagnamenta

[thackney]

Who is RDS?

[thackney]

Okay, foolish question given the context of the Article above. Royal Dutch Shell.

Shell imports crude oil from Libya, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Columbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad, Venezuela, Oman, Angola, Iraq, South Africa and UAE.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/historical/2007/data/impa07d.xls

But what you should understand is regardless of who imports it or refines it, essential all gasoline is mixed. Importers sell to multiple refinery companies, Refineries sell to multiple distributors, distributors sell to multiple local retailers.

The local Shell gasoline station could likely be selling gasoline made in a Citgo refinery imported by ExxonMobil from Saudi Aramco.

[tomkat]

Thanks for the informative response, thackney !