Posted on 11/04/2007 7:34:44 PM PST by Flavius
TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Iran says it plans to build eight new oil refineries in a joint venture with private investors.
"The refineries are intended to supply domestic market needs but the surplus will be exported to neighboring countries," Amin-allah Eskandari, an Iranian Oil Ministry official, told Iran's PressTV in Tehran.
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Lessee... We got oil, but no refining capacity.
Let’s build a nuke.
That’s more refineries than the U.S. has built in the last 20 years.
Who will build the refineries? Chinese? French? Russians?
The Iranians sure won’t build it.
8 new targets.
That’s more refineries than the U.S. has built in the last 20 years...
One would be more.
The Mexicans—doing the jobs the Iranians won’t do
I’m sure the Chinese will be glad to get a large chunk of this action, helping make Iran an overwhelming power center in the region, with China having an important geo-political toehold and insured access to petrol while diminishing U. S./European influence and status.
They can barely keep the petchem plants they have up and running. And when they are running, the quality of product is usually useless for export.
Those plants will be 10-20 years in the building — if at all.
But IF they get just on new plant “On Line”; They will have done more for their folks than Our Government has let Industry do for US folks in the last 30 years.
Egad, a new refinery? Don’t you know there is an endangered cockroach living in that district?
Like you tagline, btw. What? A messy-smelly refinery in our neighborhood? Gas up the SUV! It’s time to man the protest barricades!
Chinese major chunk---correct!! And for the reasons you mention
I suspect their refinery tech lags so Europeans will also be brought in. Royal Dutch Shell perhaps
No Muslim-tard nation has every built an oil refinery. Not even if they were given flawless blue prints for one
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