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To: oldbeachlvr who wrote (4351)	6/9/2022 8:39:15 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10744

yes, west coast if heavy crude. Most of it comes from alaska i believe. if we are getting any product from venezuela it would most likely be refined gasoline, heating oil etc. I believe it was the clinton administration that changed environmental laws as to refineries. prior that could make changes structural and continue to process crude. the clinton administration invoked new requirements for refineries. if any change was made in one then everything in the refinery has to be brought up present environmental standards. i assume if they were processing a cut of crude for a by-product and it require different processing they would retool. Now under clinton environmental rules the whole refinery would have to be retooled to meet new standards vs grandfathered until something broke down elsewhere in the refinery. This cause massive movement of crude to south america and other countries vs investing massive dollars in old refineries. Most of these refineries were barely profitable and therefore closed. I assume the administration got what they wanted. cleaner air at a cost of thousands of job shipped to other countries. I don't judge if it was right or wrong EXCEPT you see we don't have the refinery capacity NOW to keep up with current demand never mind future demand.