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>So for the petroleum products used within the US need the heavy oil that is imported. Is that really true? I've heard experts say that sweet crude is easy to
by hollerith 7mo ago
>So for the petroleum products used within the US need the heavy oil that is imported.
Is that really true? I've heard experts say that sweet crude is easy to refine. I've always thought that the reason US refiners bother with sour crude is that they're better at refining it than non-US refiners are, so they make a little more money that way.
- dylan604 7mo agohttps://www.nasdaq.com/articles/america-produces-enough-oil-to-meet-its-needs-so-why-do-we-import-crude https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/america-produces-enough-oil-... This link is just one of many that all suggest that the US is just not set up to refine light crude.
- hollerith 7mo agoThat link doesn't clear up anything for me
- dylan604 7mo agoI'm not going to lmgtfy with other links. If you have something contradictory to show, then by all means show. I'm never one to be unwilling to learn something new, but I will not just accept the comment of a random stranger on the interweb providing no supporting evidence for their position that opposes my current understanding.
- hollerith 7mo agohttps://g.co/gemini/share/7bdebd15decb https://g.co/gemini/share/7bdebd15decb
- hollerith 7mo agoI didn't downvote you. In fact, I upvoted because you didn't dig in when challenged, but rather acknowledged the possibility that you might be wrong, which is more than the writers of most comments on here can manage. (I, too, might be mistaken on this topic.)
- rainsford 7mo agoAs I understand it, light sweet crude is in fact easier to refine, but refineries still have to be set up for it to get optimal or economically viable results, which US refineries largely are not. US refineries certainly could switch, but the process of doing so would be expensive and time consuming.