Most if not all of the Lukoil stations found in this state are not being managed or operated by the Russian Lukoil corporation, but by individual franchisees. The Newark City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ask the city’s business administrator to suspend two Lukoil service stations’ operating licenses, because the company is based in Russia. But the action does more to hurt New Jersey residents than punish Russia, says Sal Risalvato, Executive Director of the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, Automotive Association, a nonprofit trade association representing motor fuel retailers and associ…
