Saudi Refining, Inc., with headquarters in Houston, purchases and sells crude oil and maintains a significant inventory of crude oil outside the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. SRI has an interest in a limited liability company known as Motiva Enterprises

Motiva Enterprises

Motiva Enterprises, LLC, is a 50–50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining...

, LLC. Motiva refines and markets petroleum products in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of the United States under the Shell

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...

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