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From: TimF	10/11/2006 5:34:51 PM
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India To Refine America's Gasoline America has not built a new refinery in almost 30 years, and the increaded demand for gasoline has our existing refineries operating at near-maximum capacity. The Bush administration has often proposed easing environmental rules that handcuff refiners from opening new facilities in order to meet the new and varied demands for different mixtures for regional requirements, but to no avail. Now a massive new refinery has been built for American production of gasoline, but Americans might be surprised to discover its location:... captainsquartersblog.com - America's dirty secret: India becomes the gasoline gusher Subcontinent to fill the petrol production gap in the United States and Europe Randeep Ramesh in Jamnagar, Gujarat Wednesday October 11, 2006 The Guardian Sitting on the edge of the water in the Gulf of Kutch on India's western shore is one of America's dirty secrets. A mass of steel pipes and concrete boxes stretches across 13 square miles (33sq km) - a third of the area of Manhattan - which will eventually become the world's largest petrochemical refinery. The products from the Jamnagar complex are for foreign consumption. When complete, the facility will be able to refine 1.24m barrels of crude a day. Two-fifths of this gasoline will be sent 9,000 miles (15,000km) by sea to America. guardian.co.uk

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