US refiner Valero Energy continued to harness its use of steeply discounted sour crude for earnings growth,reporting Apr 21 that first quarter net income more than doubled to us534-mil.And Valero's CEO Bill Greehey used his analysts conference to douse rumors swirling about possible acquisition of Citgo Petroleum assets by Valero,telling them:"No one's talked to us about Citgo and we don't know anything about it."
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