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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (49819)	9/23/2005 10:25:31 PM
From: schrodingers_cat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206114

Aromatics are a class of chemical compound, and I think you will find that gasoline contains some, as indeed does crude oil. There are several specific aromatic molecules which the chemical industry makes in large quantity. The ones I have in mind are benzene, toluene and xylene. When an oil or chemical company refers to their "Aromatics business" those chemicals and their derivatives are what they are refering to. They are made by reforming naphtha and then the aromatics have to be extracted and purified, which is expensive. They are also made inadvertently in other parts of refineries, but extracting and selling them is often not worth the cost. There are millions of different aromatic molecules, found in a wide range of settings. They are called aromatics cause they tend to be smelly. Going back to my original point, by relaxing enviromental rules the refiners have more options for blending gasoline and I think this has lead to an increase in supply.