Oil-refining subsidiary Reliance Petroleum, in which Chevron has 5% stake, listed in May.

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Oil-refining subsidiary Reliance Petroleum, in which Chevron (nyse: CVX - news - people ) has 5% stake, listed in May.

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He wanted the contract to carry Reliance Petroleum's crude oil, but the billionaire controlling owner Mukesh Ambani told him that the railways were just too expensive and he was using the pipelines of his competitors at a 10% discount on IR's price.

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While windmills cannot power cars directly, motor gasoline accounts for less than half of the consumption of petroleum products in America, so if wind reduces only non-vehicular use of petroleum it will still reduce reliance on petroleum products from the Middle East.

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Mabus says U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a strategic vulnerability that can only be alleviated by reducing our reliance on petroleum as the sole military fuel.

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That would be the case if the nation were finally impelled to do the one practical, near-term and affordable thing that would, over time, dramatically reduce our dependence on oil: Wean the U.S. automotive fleet from its current, almost complete reliance on petroleum-derived gasoline.

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America needs to reduce its reliance on foreign petroleum, but growing oil production here at home will come hand-in-hand with an even larger glut of associated gas and even lower gas prices.

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And breaking that down a little further, cars and light trucks are the largest users of petroleum, given the reliance on foreign supply of oil.

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