Can Gulf Coast Refineries Handle Another Katrina?
The Journal Record › September 21, 2005
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Summary
Ask any oil and gas industry analyst and they'll tell you the problem isn't getting oil out of the ground, it's all about refining it.
There hasn't been a refinery built in the United States since 1976, and 46 percent of the total barrels of oils refined daily in the country come from Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.See the full content of this document
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Can Gulf Coast Refineries Handle Another Katrina?
In other words, there's a big hurricane bull's-eye on much of the lifeblood and livelihood of the nation.
Refineries have been welcomed for decades in the Gulf area, which explains the high concentration.And when catastrophic events such as...See the full content of this document
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