[thackney]

Since it has always went to the West Coast refineries, where is the increase?

The Japan export is basically a false legend. Look at a map.

It is 3,577 miles from Valdez, Alaska to Tokyo, Japan.

It is 1,274 miles from Valdez, Alaska to Anacortes, Washington. (largest Washington refineries)

It is 2,253 miles from Valdez, Alaska to El Segundo, California (major refinery near Los Angeles)

Until 1996 it was illegal to export Alaskan North Slope Crude oil because of the Congressional Approval used to create the pipeline.

In the mid-late 1990's, because of a glut of oil on the West coast, this was relieved and less than 5% of ANS crude was exported. That quit by 2000.

[RFEngineer]

I assumed the poster who stated that some crude goes to japan was correct - I see he retracted that.

Your comment “Make that none” I presumed was a statement that we should not export any crude to japan, rather than a correction of the poster that said that crude goes to japan.

If you say it all goes to the west coast I believe you.

My point was environmentalism sending planned West Coast Petroleum facilities (LNG and others) to Mexico - and was commenting on the impact to information that wasn’t correct.