Pemex Fuel Pricing Caught Red Handed

Puerto Rico is an ideal place to build a titanic oil refinery. It is USA territory, awash in large rivers, and the people would be delighted to work at the fraction of the cost of mainland USA labor. Don't try and convince me the refinery shortage is inevitable - such statements would give me fits of laughter.

We lived in Puerto Rico for 6 years after visiting many times. The largest oil refinery in the western hemisphere was located on St. Croix in the US Virgins - belong to Hess - Amarada Hess I think. Tankers in and out everyday - we used to go over to SCUBA dive under the pier. They closed it down. I have no idea why but could probably find out by Googling. Tankers used to sit off shore loaded with crude until the price was right and then they pulled into port - wheeler dealers just used the ships as storage facilities - still do - until they get their price. There are many tanks in Antigua where they offload and reload crude to confuse where it came from and what it is. Yes I know someone could easily figure it out - but of course they don't if there is profit in it - and there is. Not sure if there would be any difference between a refinery in PR - there probably is - but the one in St. Croix which is technically sort of US too did not work out it would appear. Maybe they will fire it up again - maybe they already did - I have not idea as I quit following all that a couple years ago.