[thackney]

We could about triple the US domestic oil production before reaching the capacity of our existing refineries.

If we produce more domestic crude oil, we could import less from OPEC, which is where most of our imported oil comes from.

Also, we are expanding and upgrading many of the existing refineries. Some of those expansions are bigger than the average refinery.

[denydenydeny]

If we produce more domestic crude oil, we could import less from OPEC, which is where most of our imported oil comes from.

It would take billions off the trade deficit every month.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

FWIW,,,

Thunder Horse field has gone into production,delivery to

Port Fourchon.(local news),,,

All Louisiana refineries are running at 100% now,,,

Hackberry(IIRC),near Lake Charles,expansion is not on-line

yet,,,up to 600,000 bpd total,,,

Shell is building a new one at Baytown,Texas,,,(? CAP.)

IMHO we have a bottle-neck on the Gulf Coast,,,

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