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Article: All American fuel: CountryMark refines oil from the Midwest, not the Middle East. And Hoosier farmers reap the rewards.(Cover story)
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- Indiana Business Magazine
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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IT WAS EASY TO DESPISE the oil industry last summer, when gas prices were in the stratosphere and it felt like there was a direct pipeline emptying your wallet into the sands of the Middle East. Consider, though, that your neighbor here in Indiana might own a piece of the petroleum business--and depending upon which pump you pull up to for a fill-up, you might actually be powering your car with Indiana fuel.
Sure, Indianapolis-based CountryMark Cooperative is no ExxonMobil or BP; it's just a drop in the barrel in the oil business. But it's our drop in the barrel, and it's pumping oil from the ground right here in the Midwest, instead of the Middle East. ...