In
2010, there were 149 operable U.S. refineries with a combined capacity of 17.6
million barrels (2,800,000 m3) per day. Something odd started happening in late
2010-early 2011. The US oil refinery industry quietly announced the closure of
numerous US oil refineries. Many are completely unaware the US ships oil
overseas to be processed. We do so, as we do not have enough refineries to
process the vast amounts here, and, we are barred from building anymore
refineries. All refineries perform three basic
steps: separation, conversion, and treatment. Pretty
simple.
Several
reasons include technical and economic factors as to why we ship it overseas to
be processed.
1. The
crude petroleum is sold to the highest bidder, NOT the nearest
bidder
2.
There are different kinds of crude oil, such as sweet/light and dark/heavy. They
have different applications and uses.
3.
Different kinds of refining processes are needed to make different products from
the crude oil. Petroleum is processed to make lots of products other than
gasoline, like plastics and asphalt.
4.
Politics, unions and the "environmentalists"
How
many of you are aware Sunoco, ConocoPhillips and The HESS Corp are all closing
US oil refineries? Not many, as the media refuses to give this HUGE story
coverage. My guess is that if Americans understood the complete truth to how we
are being sold out, and enslaved there just might be the much needed revolution
to turn this country around.
Last
September, both Sunoco & COP announced plant closing, effecting thousands of
workers. Sunoco announced they are completely getting out of the oil industry.
Closing up shop. They are done with the US oil industry.
Sunoco
is closing it's 2 oil refineries in July 2012 in Philadelphia and Marcus Hook,
Pa. Those 2 facilities alone process over 500,000 barrels a day.
Also
last year, ConocoPhillips announced 2 plant closings for sure in Trainer, PA
and Bayway, NJ., the other 3 plants are undecided as of
today.
Conoco
also announced they were closing their Alaskan refining facility:
Just a
week ago, the US 3rd largest oil refinery owned and operated by The HESS Corp
just announced it's permanent closure. Costing over 2,000 jobs, and affecting
950 contractors:
Refineries
on the East Coast of the US supply 40% of the gasoline sales and 60% of the
diesel and other fuel oils.
Of
that, HALF that comes from the Sunoco & ConocoPhillips plant
closures.
When
ConocoPhillips announced that it was closing the Trainer refinery, Willie
Chiang, then ConocoPhillips' Senior Vice President of Refining, Marketing,
Transportation and Commercial, noted that their decision to sell, like Sunoco's,
was based on unfavorable economics caused by a competitive and difficult market
environment characterized by "...product imports, weakness in motor fuel demand,
and costly regulatory requirements."
They
are ALL closing up shop due to gov regulations, union demands and excessive
operating costs brought on by the Gov regulations.
Then
you have the unions, led by Barry's buddy, Leo Gerard, saying they will close
ALL US oil refineries starting from the east coast to west coast
today.
The
unions are shutting down ports, rail and air across the pond right now......the
SAME EXACT thing they plan on doing here. When the ships stop importing, the
rails & air stop delivering....how much is everything you consume going to
cost? Remember...we are a CONSUMING country, no longer a producing
one.
The
excessive and costly gov regulations on the US oil refinery market has forced
companies to re-evaluate the cost of doing business in the US .
Why
have operations in the US where you bleed money via regulations & demands,
when you can have refineries built in Columbia , Mexico or Brazil for pennies on
the dollar, and less regulations?
It's
all business America ...nothing personal.
Besides.....your
gov is giving BILLIONS to Columbia and Brazil to build refineries to process all
that oil the US is losing.
We are
building up every country on earth, while destroying our own....all in the name
of redistribution of wealth.
You do
the math. When the US oil refineries finally close up shop, who will process all
that oil....and how much do YOU think that oil will cost when it's ALL processed
overseas?
Think
gas and energy costs are high right now.......wait 6 months. You haven't seen
anything yet.
How
can anyone expect any company to do business with an anti-American, hostile government
out of control? You can't. That is why we are seeing a mass exodus, across the
board in every industry in the US.
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