The pipeline run adjacent to North Pole near Fairbanks.
Posted on 04/11/2012 5:00:38 AM PDT by thackney
Knock on the refinery’s door.
C’mon...freight costs to North Pole have to be sky high. What do they do? Move the oil in on flying sleighs?
It is very near the Alaskan Pipeline. They only get oil from it.
The pipeline run adjacent to North Pole near Fairbanks.
Remember all the Repub Politicians that went to jail or resigned from office during the Palin Administration over corruption with the oil companies. We've had high oil prices for years here in Alaska. Personally, I fill up my truck maybe twice a month; don't drive too many miles in our rural community; so the higher prices don't hit me as hard as it does urban Alaskans.
Every day, 6-8 double tankers go up the Taylor hauling diesel & gas into Canada. They must have had excess capacity at Flint Hill. I hate seeing anybody layed off, but I really believe there must be much more to the picture than what is usually portrayed; been watching this game for the last 20 years up here.
Snow's a meltin, thinking about putting the snowmachines away, pulling the 4 wheelers out and setting up the bear stands.
This is also going to cut into the Rail Road dollars losing money hauling to Anchorage.
Not a good thing, cutting workforce at flint hills, but I thought I read production would stay the same. Might have to do with making the place more efficient with less overhead. I’ve seen that happen in Alaska more times than not. They might be wanting some tax relief too; might hear more down the road. I once heard somebody mention that the state should buy flint hills and develop it themselves, but nobody wants another state failure. Having a refinery here might be crucial for Alaska also.
Thanks. So North Pole really isn’t at the North Pole, then? I wasn’t aware of that.
The production through unit #1 will stop. The production through unit #2 will continue. The will still deliver products but less of them.
The true North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
Many years ago this town near Fairbanks was in talks with a Toy Manufacture. They changed the town name to North Pole trying to increase the deal as the manufacture would get unique marketing advantage. The manufacturing never happened but the name remains.
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