Commercial Fuel Customers Now Using Equilon and Motiva Website

  New Sales Channel Provides Added Flexibility to Take Advantage of Special
                            Prices and Promotions

    HOUSTON, Sept. 5 The Houston-based alliance of Shell Oil
Company, Texaco and Saudi Refining announced today that commercial customers
have successfully tested the alliance's new proprietary internet portal,
fuelWINDOW(TM).  The new web-enabled technology gives commercial customers the
ability to purchase fuel online and maintain their account information.
fuelWINDOW(TM), which can be found at http://www.FuelWINDOW.com , is a joint project
of Motiva Commercial Marketing and Equilon Commercial Fuels.

    "fuelWINDOW(TM) is an additional sales channel that offers our customers
value through streamlined business processes, ready access to account
information, and pricing flexibility they demand in today's competitive fuel
market," said Mr. Jim Overman, fuelWINDOW(TM) project manager.

    Some of the integrated business functions in fuelWINDOW(TM) are short-term
deals, risk managed pricing, real-time pricing, and online ordering.  In
addition, fuelWINDOW(TM) gives customers the ability to maintain all aspects
of their account -- locations, products, tax, credit, invoices, etc.  The site
allows customers to now conduct business activities online at their
convenience.

    Any user coming to fuelWINDOW.com can view general information on Equilon,
Motiva and specifically Commercial Marketing; review descriptions of the
products and services offered by Motiva and Equilon; search for terminals by
location and product; and, find safety information such as Material Safety
Data Sheets.  The user then has the opportunity to register in fuelWINDOW.com
to view more information such as daily rack prices and account manager contact
information.  After registering, the user can sign up to become a new customer
with Motiva and Equilon in four quick and easy steps.
 
   Equilon Enterprises LLC is a joint venture between Shell Oil Company and
Texaco Inc. and Motiva Enterprises LLC is a joint venture among Shell, Texaco,
and Saudi Refining Inc.