What of all the shuttered refineries. They are just dormant superfund
sites. I am sure that somebody will get the bright idea to fire them
back up.
Oh, wait, that would mean cutting into the profits, and might flood the
market with fuel, thereby lowering profits per barrel
On Thursday, April 6, 2006, at 04:49 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:
Two more 50-100 million gallon per year refineries were announced
today, in
the same small town. There are refineries popping up at the rate of
several a month. It is just that they are making ethanol or biod.
We do need some new oil refineries.
At 04:58 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
You;re right - it's been close to 30 years since a new refinery came
on
line - 1978 IIRC....
I'd like to see some new refineries with modern technology built (and
some
nuclear power stations) but I fear we'll let the foreigners provide
our oil
for the foreseeable future. I read a few years ago about the cost to
build
something as innocuous as a warehouse built on land in Ca. already
owned by
a company needed for expansion (and more jobs) - after spending over
$1
million in fees and studies over a 10 year period, the company gave
up.
Then they moved the whole operation to Idaho who welcomed them with
open
arms.
A refinery doesn't have a chance --
David Brodbeck wrote:
Christopher McCann wrote:
"ULSD has almost NO sulfur but better lubricity than than ANY
#1 diesel and than MOST #2."
Becuase a lubricity agent is added, I assume...
I don't believe any lubricity additive is necessary (even for use
with
fuel lubricated distributor type pumps) IF they put back all they
took
out when removing the sulfur (or they could modify the blend), but
that
can't easily be done economically in many of the OLD facilities that
exist in the US. I don't think there has been a NEW refinery built in
the US in 25-30 years. The Europeans have been doing it for years.
Their
facilities are far more modern than ours I'm told.
Marshall
--
Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
