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Check the development of the shares of the two big refiners Tesoro and Valero.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:03:58 AM EST
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Don't cry too much for them.  And their situation is very different from an Asian refiner designed for max diesel.

NYMEX heat   July 3.8, Dec 3.95/gallon
NYMEX gas    July 3.45 Dec 3.3/gallon
WTI             136.8      137.1/bbl

Heat cracks are    $23/bbl prompt and $29 for winter.  That's plenty!  
gas is lower    $8/ $1.5

That's the problem for US refiners designed for max mogas like Valero and Tesoro.        

by HiD on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 06:24:07 PM EST
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Eh, I should have known...

The people at the Preem/Scanraff in Lysekil invested huge $$$ in equipment to turn Russian heavy/sour into sulfur-free diesel. They are swimming in money now.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Jun 24th, 2008 at 10:49:15 AM EST
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