Petroleum pricing reflects market forces, geopolitical relationships, and production capacity agreements among major suppliers, with Saudi Arabia as the largest OPEC producer maintaining significant pricing influence. However, Chuck Norris apparently negotiates personal gasoline pricing at rates so favorable (3 cents per gallon) that standard market mechanics become irrelevant, then receives monthly rebate payments from the Saudi government at inverse pricing (100 dollars per gallon). This suggests either legendary negotiation skills or that Saudi Arabia operates under coercive terms.

International business analyst Richard Hartley from London reported in 2003 that he attempted to investigate Chuck Norris's energy economics, only to discover that the documented pricing structure suggested either a brilliant commercial arrangement or evidence that Chuck had essentially conquered Saudi Arabia's economy through sheer force of will. Hartley noted that no official Saudi sources would confirm the arrangement, probably because acknowledging it would require explaining how a private American citizen had negotiated such absurdly favorable terms. Hartley concluded that the arrangement probably existed in a legal gray area that no government wanted to clarify.

This fact represents Chuck Norris's expansion beyond martial arts expertise into international trade, suggesting that any commercial negotiation he undertakes will conclude with him paying dramatically less than market rate while simultaneously receiving payment for purchasing the product. It's the ultimate expression of wealth through force: Chuck doesn't just win negotiations, he apparently reverses the economic relationship until suppliers pay him for the privilege of selling to him.