Here it is:
Yeah here it is.
CNN says that since 1976 demand for gasoline has increased considerably US no new refineries have been built in the US and US output has flatlined.
…Nothing really happens. Next year, repeat story.
So why hasn’t a new refinery been built in the U.S. since 1976?
“There have been calls every year this decade for new refining capacity, yet no new projects initiated,” said Geoff Sundstrom, a spokesman for AAA, the motorist organization. “Refining capacity has not kept pace with demand for gasoline.”…
…In 1995 American drivers burned about 17 million more gallons of gasoline a day than the country produced…
By 2005, the latest figures available, the gap had widened considerably to about 36 million.
From the hippies at the EIA
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=8_NA_8D0_NUS_4&f=A
US Crude oil refining capacity:
In 1983 was 17,889,734 barrels per day.
In 1993 was 15,120,630 barrels per day.
In 2003 was 16,757,370 barrels per day.
In 2013 was 17,823,659 barrels per day.
In 2017 was 18,617,027.
How do you spell bottleneck?
