Alasan mereka Cuma satu, yakni akuisisi akan membahayakan national security keamanan nasional, sebagaimana yang dikatakan Byron Dorgan senator AS: UNOCAL berada di AS dan telah menghasilkan 1,75 miliar barrel minyak.
Their reason is only one, namely acquisition will jeopardize national security, as stated by Byron Dorgan the US senator: UNOCAL exists in the US and has produced 1.75 billion barrels of oil.