From the get-go CITGO Petroleum has been refining and marketing petroleum products, including jet fuel, diesel fuel, heating oils, and lubricants. It markets CITGO branded gasoline through 14,000 independent retail outlets in the US, mainly east of the Rockies. CITGO Petroleum owns oil refineries in Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas, and 41% of the LYONDELL-CITGO Refinery in Houston, which produces light fuels. It also owns asphalt refineries in Georgia and New Jersey. The company also owns a 142-mile crude oil pipeline and has stakes in three crude oil pipeline companies and six refined product pipeline firms. CITGO Petroleum is the operating