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CITGO History
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CITGO Becomes Wholly Owned by PDVSA
| 1990 | Fox Television’s animated program “The Simpsons” made its television debut; “America’s Funniest Home Videos” was the most popular television show. |
| 1990 | CITGO became wholly owned by PDVSA. |
| 1990 | The former Champlin Refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, which was purchased by PDVSA from Union Pacific was integrated into the CITGO refining network. |
| 1990 | CITGO acquires the Seaview Asphalt Company, headquartered in Blue Bell, PA with a refinery in Paulsboro, NJ. |
| 1990 | CITGO honored with the prestigious Petroleum Marketers Association of America Supplier Cup. |
| 1991 | Soviet Union collapses. |
| 1991 | CITGO reports increase in income from operations while its competition reports losses. |
| 1991 | CITGO spends $283 million for construction of new refinery units and upgrades. |
| 1991 | CITGO invests more than $40 million in environmental protection projects. |
| 1991 | Six persons are killed in explosion and fire at CITGO’s Lake Charles Refinery “A” Catalytic Cracking Unit. |
| 1991 | Persian Gulf War. |
| 1992 | In the largest world summit meeting ever held, representatives of 178 nations meet in Brazil to discuss environmental problems. |
| 1992 | CITGO posts a record low OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate of less than 2.0-among the best in the industry. |
| 1992 | CITGO lubricants sales volumes increase a record 10 percent. |
| 1992 | Branded gasoline sales volumes increase eight percent. |
| 1992 | CITGO signs a Letter of Intent to purchase the Amoco Asphalt Refinery in Savannah, GA. |
| 1993 | Congress ratifies the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. |
| 1993 | CITGO sets financial performance record of $340.1 million in income from operations. |
| 1993 | Nearly $100 million invested in environmental protection projects |
| 1993 | CITGO President Ron Hall announces $1.7 billion capital investment program. |
| 1993 | Gasoline sales to distributors increase 19 percent despite an industry-wide decline in sales. |
| 1993 | CITGO enters into joint venture agreement with LYONDELL Chemical to form the Lyondell-CITGO Refinery Company in Houston; CITGO owns 41 percent. |
| 1993 | First Web browser, Mosaic, invented. |
| 1994 | The World Wide Web, a computer network that allows users to utilize graphical interfaces through Web browsers, makes the Internet much more accessible. |
| 1994 | CITGO President and CEO Ron Hall announces his retirement. |
| 1994 | Branded retail outlets increase to more than 13,100. |
| 1994 | CITGO is awarded the prestigious PMAA Supplier Cup for an unprecedented third time. |
| 1994 | CITGO Asphalt Refining (CARCO) increases its sales volumes 17 percent. |
| 1994 | Construction begins on the billion dollar plus revamp of the joint venture Lyondell-CITGO Refinery in Houston. |
| 1995 | CITGO has record earnings of $379 million. |
| 1995 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland; Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia dies. |
| 1995 | Ralph Cunningham becomes President and CEO of CITGO succeeding the retiring Ron Hall. |
| 1995 | CITGO has a record year in safety with an OSHA Recordable Rate of 1.5. |
| 1995 | CITGO-Branded retail outlets exceed 14,000. |
| 1995 | 72 Percent of the crude oil and feedstocks delivered to CITGO's refineries is from Venezuela. |
| 1996 | Microsoft Corporation transmits the Academy Awards over the World Wide Web as a "Webcast." |
| 1996 | CITGO has its best safety year ever with a 1.3 OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate. |
| 1996 | CITGO announces plans to install SAP-a $100 million-plus enterprise-wide software package. |
| 1996 | CITGO was asked by PDVSA to operate the former Uno-Ven Refinery in Lemont, IL. |
| 1996 | Upgrade of the Lyondell-CITGO Refinery is mechanically complete. |
| 1996 | The Corpus Christi Refinery is recognized as the “Automated Plant of the Year” by Control Magazine. |
| 1997 | The comet Hale-Bopp comes to within 122 million miles of Earth-the closest a comet has come to Earth since 2000 BC. |
| 1997 | David Tippeconnic named President and CEO of CITGO. |
| 1997 | CITGO reports record income from operations of $423 million. |
| 1997 | At year’s end, CITGO had 14,885 branded retail outlets, more than any other company in the nation. |
| 1997 | CARCO reports record throughput, sales and earnings. |
| 1997 | Enterprise-wide software SAP implemented. |
| 1997 | The newly revamped CITGO.com Web site was launched with the Extranet for CITGO Marketers following shortly. |
| 1998 | Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías elected President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. |
| 1998 | Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits 70 home runs, and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs slugs 66. Both players break Roger Maris' old single-season record of 61, set in 1961. |
| 1998 | CITGO launches Total Facilities Management and Image Enhancement projects. |
| 1999 | Impeachment hearings of Bill Clinton held. |
| 1999 | CITGO sets all-time safety record with an OSHA Recordable Rate of 1.1. |
| 1999 | CITGO Executive Vice President Roberto Mandini is named President of PDVSA to be succeeded later in the year by Dr. Hector Ciavaldini. |
| 1999 | New European Currency, the Euro, was introduced. |
CITGO History
Through The Decades
The 1900s
The 1910s
The 1920s
The 1930s
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
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