Is Valero owned or in partnership with Venezuela?
Valero is absolutely not owned by Venezuela. Valero is the
largest U.S. independent refiner and it's based in San Antonio,
Texas. The U.S. company that Venezuela owns is called CITGO, which
used to be partnered with 7-Eleven stores.
According to wikipedia, Valero gets its name from Mision San
Antonio de Valero (which is actually better known as The
Alamo).