-—The 5 year project cost $3.8 billion——
Which I take to mean the Raven refinery at $500 million is not a really big effort
Which I take to mean the Raven refinery at $500 million is not a really big effort
Per the article:
The facility — located in the southwest corner of Duval County off of Texas Highway 359 — will be able to process up to 50,000 barrels of Eagle Ford shale light crude oil a day, and will have up to 4 million barrels of available storage, the company said in a news release.
The Whiting project INCREASED overall production 15% to 410,000 barrels per day. Of which 260,000 is Canadian crude.
The 260,000 barrels is what the project was SPECIFICALLY designed for. Canadian crude.
High sulfur, very corrosive to piping systems.
That is why the project was $3.8 billion.
Basically ripping down about half the refinery and building a whole new one in its place.
Production value wise, the BP WRMP is over 5 times the size of this new refinery in Texas.
The entire Whiting refinery produces over 8 times what the Texas plant will.
But...workers will love the work for the 12-15 months that it goes for.