Reason Number 33

Forget the City Council.  These are the folks who call the shots in Corpus Christi:

1. Arco

2. Citgo

3. Lyondell

4. Air Liquide

5. Flint Hills 

6. Valero

7. Manco

8. EOG Resources

9. Cologne Production

10. MarkWest Javelina

11. Savage

12. Celanese

13. Trigeant Petroleum

14. Elementis Chromium

15. Magellan Midstream

16. Sherwin Alumina

17. DuPont

18. OxyChem

19. Kiewit

20. Topaz Power

21. Champlin

22. Coastal

23. Koch

24. Dorado Oil

25. Manti

26. ADA Crude

27. LMP Petroleum

28. Norco Crude

29. Pioneer Natural Resources

30. Dixie Exploration

31. Gierhart Exploration

32. Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas

33. Presidio SWD