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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (41735)9/16/2005 4:17:43 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110194
 
Blaming the lack of High Sulfur (Sour Crude) refining on environmentalists is completely false.

well, that's not exactly what i said. i was referring to the great favor environmentalists do by pushing for low-sulfur regulations throughout the world.


Only one of Chevron's refineries can handle sour crude, Pascagoula Mississippi.


unfortunately not all refiners had the foresight of Valero to acquire the remaining North American sour refineries while they were still cheap. the difference is apparent in their stock performance.
finance.yahoo.com



To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (41735)9/16/2005 4:49:51 PM
From: Oblomov  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
The energy crisis has been solved:
news.yahoo.com



To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (41735)9/16/2005 11:23:48 PM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110194
 
<<The greatest growth in sour crude refineries are in China, simply because all of the good crude is already under contract>>

... and also because China has a large stock of refineries able to handle the same