[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”” China and India have been actively purchasing U.S. sour crude oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico”””

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For those who do not know, sour crude has a high percent of sulfur.

I guess it is ok to have China and India refine sour crude oil and pollute their air with sulfur dioxide.

[Bikkuri]

Just throw in the brimstone to top it off ;^)

[Hootowl99]

US refineries run sour crude with air emissions controlled just fine as long as they are designed for this feedstock.

Sour crude is commonly blended with a sweet crude to hit the optimum crude oil properties a given refinery runs most efficient at. The blend ratio is also varied to achieve the most economic mix of refined products at the backend.