It is implied as land refineries would be much more economical. Not to mention the increased risk to the tankers carrying refined gas rather than crude.
Not oil. Natural gas. Although there are likely to be some "heavies" (C2, C3, C4, and sometimes even out to C8, but rarely higher).
Not very economical in the USA, given the recent gigantic finds of shale gas.
The U.S. has also loaned $2.84 billion for upgrades to an oil refinery in Cartagena, Columbia. Because the permitting regulations are so excessively onerous and radical environmentalists keep proposed projects tied up in litigation, there has not been a new major refinery built in the U.S. in 35 years, so increasingly we are forced to not only import crude oil, but refined gasoline, as well.
He could remove Lisa Jackson at the EPA who has turned a “regulatory firehose” on the energy industry and U.S. business according to the Wall Street Journal. In just two years, Jackson has proposed or finalized 29 major regulations and 172 policy rules.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2722605/posts
this as regarding crude oil,not natgas...but we get the picture.