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To: LindyBill who wrote (183631)10/22/2006 7:23:18 AM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (1) of 793871
 
one example of large distributors or smaller family businesses operate service stations , not big oil companies. if citgo volume drops off through stations they will sell it on the open market and it will come back in competitive service stations. one big circle due to limited supply and large demand for gasoline .

Who Sells Motor Fuels in Maine?

When you're driving in Maine and see an Exxon Station, Texaco Station, CITGO Station, or Mobil station, chances are you think you're buying directly from those companies. For the most part, since the 1970's, that is no longer true.

For much of the past 20 years the so-called "major oil companies" have left Maine for more profitable pastures. The average service station in Maine sells about 750,000 gallons of gasoline in a year. Most of the "major" oil companies seek stations which sell 2 million or more gallons per year.

So when you pull into a Mobil station in Maine, chances are that station is really owned and operated by a company such as the C.N. Brown Company of South Paris, or the R.H. Foster Company of Machias. The Texaco station is likely owned and operated by the M.W. Sewall Company of Bath. The CITGO station is likely owned and operated by the Maritime Energy Company of Rockland. Most of Maine's 1,400 service stations are owned and operated by Maine companies who lease the right to use a major oil company brand name and sell that major oil company's products.

Maine's service stations are predominantly owned by and operated by Maine citizens.
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