I Googled "BP Station Locations in Seattle" and a listing of Chevron stations came up.

[gateley]

Did Chevron acquire some BP stations? Are they affiliated in any way w/BP? Thanks!

[Oceansaway]

1. here in illinois, 7-11 bought a slew of

BP Mother Hubbards...not sure where the petro comes from tho...

[Taverner]

2. Just because the station is BP or Chevron doesn't mean that's where the oil comes from

Often it has no tracking - and who knows what you're getting when the distributor delivers it to the stations

This is in the design: Gas Companies knew there might be some reaction....

[NYC_SKP]

3. Where you live, you might be buying BP, or Shell, or Conoco, or others...

...and not know it, because they all have refineries in your state.

BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips, Tesoro, US Oil, have refineries in Washington State.

There are refineries in Ferndale, Tacoma, and Anacortes.

The gas you get at a 76 station might come from a BP refinery in a tanker that came from a distribution center, usually near one of these refineries.

You have no control over that wholesale profit point, but you can still hurt them a little at the retail end by avoiding these retailers:

ARCO

BP

ARAL

AMOCO

CASTROL

Wild Bean Cafe (?)

AM/PM Stores (the profit from which is greater than the ARCO fuel sales at these sites)

:hi:

List of US Refineries HERE: http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/refineries.htm

:patriot:

[Juneboarder]

4. Thank you for that info

:)

[gateley]

5. Wow - way more complicated (and incestuous) than I'd imagined! My head hurts!

Thanks for the list and the link!

Just like switching my money (essentially zip) from B of A. I know they won't notice it's gone, but I'll know I'm not supporting greedy jerks.

:hi: