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The commenter your replying to is talking about "sweet" oil. According to this adage, US refineries are setup to process sour oil but in the US we drill for swe
by codazoda 4y ago
The commenter your replying to is talking about "sweet" oil. According to this adage, US refineries are setup to process sour oil but in the US we drill for sweet oil. As a result we need to export sweet oil and import sour oil.
I've heard from one person, who delivers oil, that our refineries are able to switch relatively easily. So, I'm unsure what the whole story is, but that's what the other comment was referring to. We definitely do refining in the US and there are several refineries near me.
- b112 4y agoI'm sure the story is, "Tell em anything just keep the profits high".
- marcosdumay 4y agoIf your refineries can process cheap sour oil, they can easily be repurposed into processing expensive sweet oil. But why would you do that, instead of selling the expensive oil and buying some cheap one back?