There are many businesses in and around Big Sandy some of which are; Two Rivers Grocery, Austin Bank, Certified Electrical LLC, Sandy Center Market, Maxies Auto Lube and Tire Shop, Valero, and Dollar Store.
Aviation Jet A1 fuel is available 24 hours a day via Valero Bonaire Fuels Co N.V., owned by Valero Energy Corporation.
The refinery, now owned by Valero, was later purchased, reopened, then sut down again; in December 2010, Valero announced that the refinery was reopening.
The Cuban officials were meeting U.S. energy executives from organizations that included Valero, the United States' biggest oil refiner, the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, and the Texas port of Corpus Christi.
However, the unclassified road that runs through the village is used as the main route to the Valero oil refinery and Pembroke Power Station.
From there, SH-142 progresses as a two-lane highway approximately 2 miles (3.2 kilometers), passes by Ardmore Middle and High Schools, makes a fairly sharp right turn to the south (near the Valero refinery), and terminates 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) to the south at an intersection with State Highway 199.
The route travels east, passing the headquarters of Valero Energy Corporation, before the Spur 53 designation ends at Interstate 10 Exit #557.
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The 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl, the 19th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 29, 2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
Her work is contained in such private and corporate collections as the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Laredo National Bank, TAMIU, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Valero Energy and the San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team anchored at the Alamodome.