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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by donclark The reason why no one in America has expanded or built a new refinery since 1972, you read that corrrect, 1972, is costs..... Its always economic..... [/quote] I keep hearing the last refinery was built in 1976 or 1977 and now 1972. The following quote identified the last refinery built in the United States, “The last refinery built in the United States, the Louisiana Refining Division, began production for the Marathon Oil Company in Garyville, Louisiana, in 1976.” It came from this web site: http://www.rightsided.org/index.php?p=6238 The link within the above site says this: “The facility was built in 1976 and is the last major grassroots refinery built in the United States. Each unit in Garyville was the largest of its type ever constructed at the time of completion and it is the 17th largest refinery in the United States based on crude throughput.” Found at: http://www.mapllc.com/about/garyville.html Another reason refineries have not been built are the environmental regulations and environmental impact studies that could find one little bug on the endanger species list. Yet another reason refineries are not being built will center on communities who do not want one in their backyard. Yes they will bring economic life to a community but not one wants the pollution.
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