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To: rktman

The problem with building a new refinery is that most potential sites respond with “not in my back yard”. Combine that with EPA foot dragging and the result is the current bottleneck of mass production but limited refinement equals high prices domestically. But higher world demand for oil products helps our balance of payments problem, especially given the lower output of OPEC for various reasons.


10 posted on 05/24/2018 10:20:00 AM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: vigilence

And the switch over from winter to summer mandated blends doesn’t help.


11 posted on 05/24/2018 10:22:38 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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