Petroleum Cooperatives, 1995

摘要

Agricultural cooperatives play a vital role in providing petroleum products to211u001eU.S. farmers and rural markets. In 1993, cooperatives provided petroleum products 211u001evalued at $5.2 billion. Much of it was used for farm production. Cooperatives 211u001ewere involved at all levels in petroleum product production and distribution, 211u001efrom crude oil well exploration, development, and production, to the wholesale 211u001eand retail distribution of refined petroleum products. The operations of 17 211u001eregional and interregional cooperatives that handle petroleum were surveyed. Two 211u001eof those responding either no longer sold petroleum products or sold only a small 211u001eamount of lubricating oil and grease.