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December 18, 2007

Motiva cuts 24 jobs in Providence in wake of retail sale

Motiva Enterprise LLC, a Texas-based supplier of fuel to Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, has eliminated 52 trucking jobs, including 24 in Providence, as part of the sale of its retail operations, a company spokesman confirmed today.

Motiva, which operates a gas supply terminal on Allens Avenue, Providence, said that 9 of the 52 union truck drivers at the company’s Providence, Bridgeport, Conn., and Brooklyn, N.Y., terminals accepted other jobs within the company; the remaining 43 received “enhanced severance packages,” said Motiva spokesman Stan Mays.

Motiva last week announced that it sold its interest in 34 Shell gasoline stations in Rhode Island to Colbea Enterprises LLC, which is owned by a Rhode Island family. The sale is part of what Motiva has said is an effort to refocus its business on wholesale operations. The new owners of the gas stations are expected to provide transportation of the fuels from the terminals to the stations, said Mays.

Motiva will continue to operate the fuel terminals which supply its wholesale customers.

-- Journal staff writer Lynn Arditi

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