Equilon Pipeline Company Sponsors Pueblo Challenge Golf Tournament; Event to Benefit Talented Native American Students

    HOUSTON, Aug. 9 Equilon Pipeline Company LLC announced its
silver sponsorship of the Pueblo Challenge Golf Tournament, which took place
July 26 at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Championship Golf Course in
Albuquerque.  The annual event benefits the 2001 Council of Energy Resource
Tribes (CERT)-UNM Tribal Resource Institute in Business, Engineering and
Science (TRIBES).
    TRIBES is a pre-college program for Native American high school graduates
pursuing business, engineering and related fields.  The program provides
students with the opportunity to prepare for the demands of college life.
    "We've built a successful working relationship with the Zia Pueblo and
Santa Ana Pueblo tribes," said Dick Williams, Equilon Pipeline operations
support manager.  "This sponsorship gives us an opportunity to give back to a
worthwhile cause-the higher education and future of talented Native American
students."
    This is the third year that Equilon Pipeline has participated as a sponsor
of the Pueblo Challenge Golf Tournament.
    Additionally, the company has established a strategic alliance with Native
American Media, a California-based organization, to create employment
opportunities for Native Americans.  Native American Media also provides
consulting services that aid companies in understanding the importance of
environmental protection for America's first citizens.  Employment and
business opportunities are advertised in Native American publications,
including News from Indian Country.
    Equilon Pipeline Company has proposed a pipeline project, the New Mexico
Products Pipeline (NMPP), to provide a safe efficient means of transporting
gasoline and petroleum products from the Texas Gulf Coast to Albuquerque,
Santa Fe, and the Four Corners area.  The NMPP will provide New Mexico with
increased access to competitively priced fuels.
    For more information about Equilon, visit our website at http://www.equilon.com .
    For more information about the New Mexico Products Pipeline project, visit
our website at http://www.newmexicoproductspipeline.com .

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