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7-Eleven chain stores stop procurement by Citgo

No more gasoline will be bought by 7-Eleven chain stores from Citgo, a subsidiary of state-run holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) based in the United States. Instead, the retail chain is to find another fuel supplier.

7-Eleven Inc., a group of stores of basic commodities with about 5,300 outlets across the United States, announced Wednesday that will buy gasoline from several vendors, including Tower Energy Group, located in Torrance, California; Sinclair Oil, of Salt Lake City and Houston firm Frontier Oil Corp, AP quoted.

A speaker of the company seated in Dallas explained that the 20-year agreement with Citgo Petroleum Corp. will expire next week. About 2,100 out of the 5,300 stores property of 7-Eleven sell gasoline.

The Pdvsa subsidiary felt the impact of the comments made by President Hugo Chávez last week during the opening session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York City. There, Chávez labeled his US counterpart George W. Bush as "the devil".


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