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Originally posted by AnchorAlum
Aurora, I'll keep looking for references to those Alaskan refineries, but even now, the API (American Petroleum Institute) web site article dated 6/3/04 says no new refineries in the US since '76.
Perhaps the Alaskan sites are categorized a different way.
Thanks for the info!
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AnchorAlum I think
this is the article you are referencing? It is a .pdf file, so I am not sure if it will link correctly, but it is the same date you mentioned.
As far as the two refineries I mentioned, they are smaller, and produce things other than just gasoline. They are also owned by
Petro Star Inc., which is part of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. It is actually a Native Corporation, that resulted from the Alaska Native Claims act of 1971 (this is why Alaska doesn't have a reservation system like in the Lower 48).
A lot of what is refined in Alaska, stays there for local usage. A lot of aviation fuel is kept for planes that stop for refueling in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and there are two Air Force bases that need jet fuel. On a whole the refineries are smaller than the CONUS ones.
As far as the Royal Saudi family is concerned, not a fan of the many levels of hypocrisy at all.
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