Christopher Havens was named Executive Vice President, Marketing and Retail Operations in December 1999. From January 1999 through November 1999, he served as Senior Vice President, Marketing. From January 1998 through December 1998, he served as Senior Vice President, Retail Marketing and Operations. From December 1996 through December 1997, he was Senior Vice President, Marketing, Northeast and Wholesale. In October 1993, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Marketing of Ultramar Canada Inc. and served in that role until March 1996 when the additional position of President, Ultramar Energy was assumed. From July 1992 to September 1993, he served as Vice President Retail Operations for Ultramar Inc.‘s West Coast Business Unit. William R. Klesse was named Executive Vice President, Operations in January 1999. From the Merger in December 1996 through December 1998, he served as Executive Vice President, Refining, Product Supply and Logistics. In February 1995, he was named Executive Vice President of Diamond Shamrock. From June 1989 through January 1995, he was Senior Vice President / Group Executive for Diamond Shamrock. Robert S. Shapard was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on August 1, 2000. Prior to joining UDS, he was Chief Executive Officer of TXU Australia from September 1998 to August 2000. Mr. Shapard held various positions at TXU Corporation and its subsidiaries from June 1994 to September 1998. TXU is an electricity and natural gas company with significant operations in the United States, Europe and Australia. W. Paul Eisman was named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development on October 1, 2000. He served as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management from January 1999 to September 2000. From the Merger in December 1996 through December 1998, he served as Senior Vice President, Refining. During 1996, he served as Vice President, Refining, and Group Executive of Diamond Shamrock. Prior to his promotion to Vice President in 1995, he served in various senior positions within Diamond Shamrock including Director, Crude Oil Supply, Assistant to the Chairman, and Plant Manager of the McKee Refinery. H. Pete Smith, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, retired effective August 1, 2000. He had served in that capacity since the Merger in December 1996. Item 2. PropertiesWe own the McKee, Three Rivers, Quebec, Golden Eagle, Wilmington, Ardmore and Denver Refineries and related facilities in fee. In addition, we own other refinery properties in Michigan and Kansas, which are no longer operational, in fee. We also have ownership interest in approximately 2,600 miles of crude oil pipelines and over 3,400 miles of refined product pipelines as of December 31, 2000. Approximately 31 miles of crude oil pipelines and approximately 2,000 miles of refined product pipelines are jointly owned with other companies. As of December 31, 2000, we owned 65 bulk storage facilities including 28 terminals in the Northeast System and 18 refined product terminals in the US System (one of which is only 67% owned by us). We lease, under long-term operating leases, various parcels of land on which refined product terminals are located, and the Corpus Christi crude oil terminal. At December 31, 2000, our US System’s retail operations included 1,517 company-operated convenience stores, 822 of which were owned in fee and 695 of which were leased under long-term operating leases. Of the leased convenience stores, 195 were leased to us pursuant to a $190.0 million lease facility expiring in December 2003 (the Brazos Lease). At the end of the lease term, we may purchase the properties or renew the lease or arrange for a sale of the convenience stores. In 1996, we entered into a similar $100.0 million lease facility expiring in July 2003 (the Jamestown Lease). As of December 31, 2000, 19 convenience stores and the new corporate headquarters building were leased under this facility. As a result of the acquisition of Total, we assumed a $65.0 million lease facility with similar terms to the above lease facilities which expires in August 2002 (the Total Lease). As of December 31, 2000, 15 convenience stores were leased under this facility. The commitment from the lessors to provide funds under the Brazos and Jamestown lease arrangements expired on December 19, 2000. For a description of the company-operated convenience stores, see “Retail” in “Item 1 – Business” above. The principal plants and properties used in the Petrochemical/NGL segment are the hydrocarbon storage facility at Mont Belvieu and the propane/propylene splitters at Mont Belvieu which are now owned by Diamond-Koch. See “Petrochemical/NGL” in “Item 1 – Business” above. 11 |