80 Lucky Drivers Get Free Gas for Five Years, Courtesy of CITGO

By the End of Summer, CITGO Petroleum Corporation Will Give Away $1 Million in Free Gas

TULSA, Okla., July 8 -- Between Memorial Day and Independence Day -- one of the busiest driving seasons of the year -- 80 lucky drivers got a break from rising fuel prices by drawing and winning five years worth of free gas each from CITGO Petroleum Corporation during the CITGO Million Dollar Great Gas Giveaway. The CITGO summer promotion featured two ways to win free gas, traveling prize patrols and a sweepstakes.

From Memorial Day to Independence Day weekend, the CITGO Great Gas Giveaway Prize Patrols made unannounced visits to CITGO retail locations. Prize Patrols awarded gas prizes to the first 20 customers who participated in a random drawing conducted on-site during the visit. During each Prize Patrol stop, one customer won a five-year supply of gas while 19 others won CITGO Cash Cards ranging in value from $10-$50.

Even more people will win free gas prizes through their entries in the CITGO Million Dollar Great Gas Giveaway Sweepstakes. Those customers completed an entry form at their local CITGO location or online at http://www.citgo.com/ . Customers were also automatically registered to win each time they made a purchase using their CITGO Plus Credit Card. The drawing for free gas prizes will take place in late August.

The following people each won five years worth of free gas courtesy of CITGO, via the Prize Patrols:

  --  Mamie Beale, Crawfordsville, Ark.
  --  Greg Pournillon, Chesterfield, Mo.
  --  Ivan Williams, Covington, Tenn.
  --  Diane Karrenbrock, St. Peters, Mo.
  --  Christine Rogers, Bloomington, Ill.
  --  Steve Flanigan , Tuscumbia, Ala.
  --  Quintressa Williams, Memphis, Tenn.
  --  Milbray Winn, Atlanta, Ga.
  --  Walter Spinks, Villa Rica, Ga.
  --  James Simms, Indianapolis, Ind.
  --  John Martin, Atlanta, Ga.
  --  Harold McKinney, West Liberty, Ky.
  --  Timothy Parker, Atlanta, Ga.
  --  Bonnie Agee, Columbus, Ohio
  --  Crystal Lamb, Covington, Ga.
  --  Jacob Evans, Coxs Mills, W. Va.
  --  John Mitcheson, New Kensington, Pa.
  --  Terry Johnson, Dearing, Ga.
  --  Diane Price, McBee, S.C.
  --  William Adams III, Augusta, Ga.
  --  Steve Keziah, Charlotte, N.C.
  --  Robert Young, Charlotte, N.C.
  --  James Huntley, Lancaster, S.C.
  --  Steven Gallagher, Wading River, N.Y.
  --  Geraldine Butler, Hickory, N.C.
  --  Mary Bickelhaupt, Brookfield, Conn.
  --  Kathy Johansen, New Milford, Conn.
  --  Barbara Owellet, Naugatuck, Conn.
  --  Jennifer Warner, Raleigh, N.C.
  --  Travis Kennedy, New London, N.C.
  --  Winston Poyer, Charlotte, N.C.
  --  Wilfred Anderson Jr., Bloomfield, Conn.
  --  Donald Lee, Deep River, Conn.
  --  Susan Trudeau, Goshen, Mass.
  --  Anthony Jacobs, Jacksonville, N.C.
  --  Hipolito Quiles, Tampa Bay, Fla.
  --  Johnny Simmons, Jacksonville, Fla.
  --  William Burteh, Acushnet, Mass.
  --  William Shirk, Corinna, Maine
  --  Robert Ellis, Sanford, Fla.
  --  Benjamin Beard Jr., Portland, Maine
  --  Cheryl Chambers, Elkton, Fla.
  --  Rebekah Johnson, Bristol, N.H.
  --  Malik Budhwani, Orlando, Fla.
  --  Roosevelt Breedlove, Orlando, Fla.
  --  Sanveen Kang, Columbus, Ohio
  --  Nicholas Neyer, Essex Junction, Vt.
  --  James Redding, Oneida, N.Y.
  --  Donald Lamarine, Palm Bay, Fla.
  --  Kyle McGovern, Carrollton, Ga.
  --  Kevin Goskowsky, Coral Springs, Fla.
  --  Joyce Averill, West Palm Beach, Fla.
  --  Mique Craig, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  --  William Lawton, New Port Richey, Fla.
  --  Edward Packard, Harrison, Mich.
  --  Robert Graves, Brooksville, Fla.
  --  Robert Cates, Harrietta, Mich.
  --  Dorothy Rogers, Leesburg, Fla.
  --  Jann Patterson, Kentwood, Mich.
  --  Steve Smith, Three Oaks, Mich.
  --  Charita Vickers, Fairfield, Ala.
  --  Joshua Warner, Churubusco, Ind.
  --  Manuel Ramos, Ashdown, Ark.
  --  Chad Verdin, Bernice, La.
  --  Rodger Severns, Bedias, Texas
  --  Debbie Micolabonfurstenrecht, Elkhart, Ind.
  --  Tim Balasz, Chicago, Ill.
  --  Mike Fielder, Highland, Ind.
  --  William Berning, Corpus Christi, Texas
  --  William Cohagan, Arlington, Texas
  --  Katie Conley, Chicago, Ill.
  --  Ruben Banda, Dallas, Texas
  --  Walter Walas, Oak Forest, Ill.
  --  Shirley Atkison, Alsip, Ill.
  --  Michelle Cox, Altus, Okla.
  --  Doug Ciota, Willow Springs, Ill.
  --  Kaylan Taiati, Greendale, Wisc.
  --  Nancy Clickner, Beloit, Wisc.
  --  Chris Mowery, West Allis, Wisc.
  --  Barbara Wright, Central City, Iowa

CITGO, based in Tulsa, Okla., is a refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. For more information, see CITGO's website at http://www.citgo.com/ .

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