Showing posts with label oil refinery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil refinery. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Saturday, September 13, 2008
25% of Fuel Production Shutdown
13 of the 26 Texas refineries, representing a production capacity of 3.6 million barrels of fuel a day, had been shut down, the Energy Department said.
Texas accounts for more than a quarter of the nation's total capacity to produce gasoline and other petroleum fuels. In normal operation, facilities there can produce up to 4.8 million barrels a day, according to the government...
"Close to 20% of the U.S. refining capability could be lost for a long period of time," wrote Jim Rouiller, Senior Energy Meteorologist at Planalytics in an email. "Major and long term damage likely at the major refining cities from Galveston and Texas City northward to Baytown," he wrote.
After Katrina, some refineries were shut down for 6 to 9 months, according to Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service.
read the CNN story
Texas accounts for more than a quarter of the nation's total capacity to produce gasoline and other petroleum fuels. In normal operation, facilities there can produce up to 4.8 million barrels a day, according to the government...
"Close to 20% of the U.S. refining capability could be lost for a long period of time," wrote Jim Rouiller, Senior Energy Meteorologist at Planalytics in an email. "Major and long term damage likely at the major refining cities from Galveston and Texas City northward to Baytown," he wrote.
After Katrina, some refineries were shut down for 6 to 9 months, according to Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service.
read the CNN story
Thursday, June 5, 2008
New Refinery in South Dakota?
Voters in Union County on Tuesday approved rezoning for what would be the first new U.S. oil refinery in more than 30 years...
Company executives said it would help the United States reduce its dependence on overseas oil. The refinery would process 400,000 barrels of thick Canadian crude a day...
Company executives said it would help the United States reduce its dependence on overseas oil. The refinery would process 400,000 barrels of thick Canadian crude a day...
Supporters cited economic development benefits from the refinery. Hyperion officials said the project would mean 1,800 permanent jobs and another 4,500 construction jobs over a four-year period.
Hyperion called it a "green refinery" and said it would produce ultra-low sulfur gasoline and diesel and be among the cleanest and most environmentally friendly in the world...
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