The only problem? Many of the country’s major refineries aren’t configured to process sweet, light oils – like shale – that constitute the majority of the sharp production hike. Most of the light, sweet crude infrastructure is moving crude into the US Gulf Coast, where refineries had invested in complex configurations that allowed them to use cheaper feedstock (read: heavy, sour crude imported from Canada, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia) in order to produce the large quantities of gasoline Americans demanded.
Light on the Top, Heavy on the Bottom: A Crude Oil Refinery Primer
The only problem? Many of the country’s major refineries aren’t configured to process sweet, light oils – like shale – that constitute the majority of the sharp production hike. Most of the light, sweet crude infrastructure is moving crude into the US Gulf Coast, where refineries had invested in complex configurations that allowed them to…
