The company recreated itself from a low-margin, commodity-driven, regional oil refiner into a less-cyclical, higher-margin, global specialty chemicals company.
It is home to independent crude-oil refiner Western Refining Co. and to Fort Bliss and has a rich history.
It's pretty clear if you're making products you're making products and if you're processing products like if you're an oil refiner, you're a processor.
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It is home to independent crude-oil refiner Western Refining Co.
Western Refining ( WNR - news - people ): The crude oil refiner popped up on our scanners this morning after one investor first took profits off the table by closing out a previously established long call position, and next extended bullish sentiment on Western Refining.
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John Hess (nyse: HES - news - people ), chief executive of oil producer and refiner Hess Corp.
John Hess, chief executive of oil producer and refiner Hess Corp.
Special Offer: Although oil prices have dropped from their highs, this refiner and this integrated oil company (not Exxon Mobil) are trading at dirt cheap valuations.
Another top buy was Calumet Specialty Products Partners, an Indianapolis-based refiner of crude oil into fuels and products for lubrication and paints.
Another top buy was Calumet Specialty Products Partners (nasdaq: CLMT - news - people ), an Indianapolis-based refiner of crude oil into fuels and products for lubrication and paints.
Mitsubishi Oil, the seventh-biggest refiner, expects operating losses for the second year in a row.
Valero Energy , a refiner that processes lower quality crude oil into products like gasoline and jet fuel.
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And in a year when oil prices were climbing, one has to ask what was going on at oil explorer Japan Energy Corp. (No. 49) and refiner-distributor Idemitsu Kosan (No. 51).
Marathon Oil ( MRO - news - people )(28, MRO) is the U.S.' fourth-largest integrated oil and gas firm (one, that is, combining production with refining) and the fifth-largest refiner, with a million barrels per day of capacity.
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