[raisincane]

Is ANWR oil heavy or sweet? It is my understanding that we do not have the refineries to process the heavy crude, only the sweet. That is why our Alaska oil goes to Japan for refining. Heard this on WOWO radio last week. We need new refineries built in other spots except for the blue state coastal areas.

[M. Espinola]

If it's oil, even sour is sweet

Crude Oil Quality a Growing Issue for U.S. Refiners

[konaice]

Is ANWR oil heavy or sweet?

Don't confuse light/heavy with sweet/sour. One is thickness, the other is sulfer content.

Alaskan Crude has less sulfer than Saudi Crude, but much more than Texas sweet.

The light/heavy affects pumping, but we've licked this problem in alaska by heating the oil prior to putting it in the pipe. (Using gas that otherwise would be flared).

[thackney]

It is my understanding that we do not have the refineries to process the heavy crude, only the sweet.

Your understanding is incorrect.

That is why our Alaska oil goes to Japan for refining.

That is a flat out lie.