US OIL REFINERY INDUSTRY LEARNS TO DEAL WITH HURRICANES, AND IS STAYING PUT FOR NOW
October 1st, 2008
BY LUCY JONES
ALMOST 20% of the United States' oil refining capacity was shut after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Gulf Coast in September.
The effects were felt immediately. In Texas, petrol prices spiked around
US$5 a gallon and that is assuming you could find any fuel. Many petrol stations ran dry leading storm-weary drivers on a desperate hunt to fill up.
Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico has led to the development of one of the world's largest concentration of petroleum refining facilities, extending from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Pascagoula, ...
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