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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8342)8/24/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) of 9818
 
CK,

I think I mentioned the 4 hour shutdown issue when this article first appeared back in April.

Btw, the article was one of the reasons that I began to get a sense that the refinery industry may not see Y2K be a show stopper.

As far as being able to bill customers, that seems a fairly easy issue to deal with. They pump product from one tank through the system into tanker trucks or via pipeline to another storage tank.

It is fairly common to "dip" the tanks on a daily basis to see how much product you have left. As for filling tanker trucks, that's pretty simple as well. Since these trucks have a limited capacity, they can either fill them up, or use their "dipstick" to determine the quantities.

Regards,

Ron
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