Fuel in Mexico after Harvey
Since Mexico is importing about 55% of its fuel right now, I am thinking a couple of gerry cans may be in order since I am crossign in mid Oct. I remember the closures last December
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It gets even better. I know of no San Francisco Bay Area refinery that does not have groups of mobile homes on site (near the administrative offices) to house management employees (and strike breakers). The idea that refineries have to shut down because employees cannot come to work is ludicrous. Refinery management staff do not have homes "down in the bogs".
Oil companies are untouchable, period. Any grief from government, there will be a refinery process "upset" and production is halted. These boys covered their tracks. They even shut down the pipelines. 16" diameter, half inch wall alloy steel pipes resting atop deep (buried) concrete piers.
San Francisco bay area refiners stagger their maintenance turnaround dates to allow refinery production to not altogether cease. Exxon, Shell, and Chevron, plus Valero all have refineries there. They are not "forced" to shutdown at any given date. The autumn turnaround is just around the corner (starts later in September). The average turnaround time is two to three weeks.
Let's see just how conspiratorial the next several weeks are with refineries outside the Texas, area. All Bay Area refineries, have crude oil docks.
As far as Mexico is concerned, only the upper part of the Baja California peninsula is utterly dependent on USA refined fuel.
We have to remember our sacred HIDDEN TAX that we have to pay on just about everything we buy - especially critical life support items like food and fuel.
Commodities Brokers are drooling saliva all over the Houston and Gulf Coast disaster. About 15% of gasoline cost is diverted to these leeches. During a contrived shortage this figure can jump to 50%. Look at the income of commodities brokers. Then remember the old saw: "This mega million dollar gambling casino complex was built with our revenue losses".
I'm not holding my breath. Big Oil loves to reassert their authority. So hang onto your shorts.
Oil companies are untouchable, period. Any grief from government, there will be a refinery process "upset" and production is halted. These boys covered their tracks. They even shut down the pipelines. 16" diameter, half inch wall alloy steel pipes resting atop deep (buried) concrete piers.
San Francisco bay area refiners stagger their maintenance turnaround dates to allow refinery production to not altogether cease. Exxon, Shell, and Chevron, plus Valero all have refineries there. They are not "forced" to shutdown at any given date. The autumn turnaround is just around the corner (starts later in September). The average turnaround time is two to three weeks.
Let's see just how conspiratorial the next several weeks are with refineries outside the Texas, area. All Bay Area refineries, have crude oil docks.
As far as Mexico is concerned, only the upper part of the Baja California peninsula is utterly dependent on USA refined fuel.
We have to remember our sacred HIDDEN TAX that we have to pay on just about everything we buy - especially critical life support items like food and fuel.
Commodities Brokers are drooling saliva all over the Houston and Gulf Coast disaster. About 15% of gasoline cost is diverted to these leeches. During a contrived shortage this figure can jump to 50%. Look at the income of commodities brokers. Then remember the old saw: "This mega million dollar gambling casino complex was built with our revenue losses".
I'm not holding my breath. Big Oil loves to reassert their authority. So hang onto your shorts.
