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To: aquila48; beancounter13

The electric grid may be largely recovered, but the longer term problems are still huge. The broken water pipes and water damage over a very large region are going to take time & money to repair. And apparently, many refineries’ operations went down and are slow to restart:

(dated 2/19)

https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/021921-motiva-assesses-port-arthur-refinery-for-restart-other-plants-could-face-delay


172 posted on 02/22/2021 9:14:07 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Paul R.; All

Good post about the refineries, here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3936683/posts?page=6#6

Now, that said, gasoline prices in the region mostly supplied by Texas refineries have not shot past most of the rest of the US, so, I’m guessing low demand is modifying the shock?

https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=38.822395&lng=-96.591588&z=4


173 posted on 02/22/2021 9:35:29 AM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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