The main supplier of jet fuel for the Israeli military.
Valero Energy Corporation is a Texas-based fuel company with over a dozen refineries in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and the Caribbean. It is one of the main suppliers of military-grade jet and diesel fuel to the U.S. military and has been the main supplier of jet fuel to the Israeli military.
For decades, the U.S. has been gifting Israel jet fuel (JP-8) for its air force using the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. In 2020, the U.S. State Department approved a multi-year $3 billion sale of 990 million gallons of JP-8 aviation for its aircraft, as well as diesel fuel and unleaded gasoline for ground vehicles. Valero received most of these contracts, including the latest one from 2025, which is valid until January 2027. Shipment records reveal that a JP-8 tanker has been sent about every other month from Valero's Bill Greehey refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Israel between 2020-2024.
Before 2020, Valero received major FMS contracts to supply Israel with jet fuel in 2017 and 2014. Earlier contracts from 2002-2008 were documented by Amnesty International.