Gas shortages reported

I think everyone should calm down. There are refineries all over the country.

There are refineries all over the country. Take a look at all of these refineries.

U.S. Refineries Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity

Well, if everyone rushes out to top off their tank, then you can expect shortages.

Yes, there are refineries but you also have to look at distribution. It was dependent on two major pipelines that have no power for their pump stations in the Louisiana/Mississippi leg. I am sure it is a priority to restore power and will happen shortly but in the meantime . . .

Yes there are but the pumps to the pipelines along the east coast were destroyed along the Gulf coast.

Sounds like things are heating up.
I wonder when we'll build more refineries

When you are sitting in a gas line, be sure to thank the enviro nuts for all the new refineries that have built in the last 20 years.

I think it would be prudent to declare a school holiday for Thurs. and maybe Fri.

It was dependent on two major pipelines that have no power for their pump stations in the Louisiana/Mississippi leg. I am sure it is a priority to restore power and will happen shortly but in the meantime . . .

Pipeline pumping stations that I'm aware of are powered by big gas turbines. I wonder where they get their fuel...

If you're right, and those pumping stations are under water, well, I suppose that might take a few or even a week to put right. But even so... not panic time, IMO FWIW.

(steely)

Lucky you. I filled up at $2.89 per gallon here in central Missouri. While I was standing in line to pay I found out the price had just gone up 23 cents per gallon while I was filling my tank. If only I had filled up this morning or even 15 minutes earilier.

You live in a tornado prone area Mister - I'm surprised you let your vehicles get below half full........ ok, I do occasionally, but I honestly try not to.

I've been watching tv and crying half the day -

Dream on. No one can build a new refinery in this country because of environmental constraints.

Well, I guess there's an advantage to having that huge Colonial Pipeline "tank farm" in Greensboro after all.

The tank farm was shut down around 3pm today...

Why?

I read a study (can't remember from whom, maybe Texas Trans. Institute) that said we waste > billions of gallons of gas per year in this country due to ill-timed and unnecessary traffic lights.

But what you are asking is for local and state governments to actually do something that makes sense. Remember, these people are drooling imbeciles.

There is underground rumors that by end of day tommorrow most stations will be out.

The key word there being RUMOR. We had one started here in Georgia. It was stated on the news that the pipelines from LA that supply Atlanta were down. What they failed to mention is that we get a lot of our gas from the Georgia ports. So a panic was created, and there is a now a rush on the gas stations, long lines, and there will be a shortage. A completely media created shortage.

No gas coming in, no gas going out.

Not picking up the trash is an annual event in Baltimore, Tenacious 1.

Happens about a month before contracts come up for re-negotiation. It also helps in the tracking of the migration of rats from Sparrows Point down to the Inner Harbor.

Jack.

I filled up earlier today in Fairfax, VA .. paid only one cent more than I paid at the same station a week ago ($2.79 v. $2.78)

US Petroleum Refineries (Louisiana not included)

Alabama -
Refineries: Operable distillation capacity of 113,500 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Hunt Refining Co. (Tuscaloosa @ 33,500 BCD)
Shell Chemical LP (Saraland @ 80,000 BCD)
Trigeant EP LTD (Mobile @ -0- BCD*) *16,700 BCD Idle on 1/1/05

Alaska -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 373,500 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
BP Exploration Inc. (Prudhoe Bay @ 12,500 BCD)
Petro Star Inc. (Valdez @ 48,000 BCD)
Petro Star Inc. (North Pole @ 17,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (Kuparuk @ 14,000 BCD)
Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (Kenai @ 72,000 BCD)
Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC. (North Pole @ 210,000 BCD)

Arizona -
No Refineries

Arkansas -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 76,800 Barrels per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Cross Oil Refining & Marketing Inc.(Smackover @ 6,800 BCD)
Lion Oil Co. (El Dorado @ 70,000 BCD)

California -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 2,004,788 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
BP West Coast Products LLC (Los Angeles @ 260,000 BCD)
Chevron USA Inc. (El Segundo @ 260,000 BCD)
Chevron USA Inc. (Richmond @ 242,901 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Arroyo Grand @ 41,800 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Rodeo @ 73,200 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Wilmington @ 139,000 BCD)
Edgington Oil Co. (Long Beach @ 14,000 BCD)
ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. (Torrance @ 149,500 BCD)
Greka Energy (Santa Maria @ 9,500 BCD)
Kern Oil & Refining Co. (Bakersfield @ 25,000 BCD)
Lunday Thagard (South Gate @ 8,500 BCD)
Paramount Petroleum Corp. (Paramount @ 50,000 BCD)
San Joaquin Refining Co Inc. (Bakersfield @ 14,300 BCD)
Shell Oil Products US (Bakersfield @ 66,000 BCD)
Shell Oil Products US (Martinez @ 152,700 BCD)
Shell Oil Products US (Wilmington @ 98,500 BCD)
Tenby Inc. (Oxnard @ 2,800 BCD)
Tesoro Refining & Marketing (Martinez @ 166,000 BCD)
Ultramar Inc. (Wilmington @ 80,887 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. California (Benicia @ 144,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. California (Wilmington @ 6,200 BCD)

Colorado -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 87,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Colorado Refining Co. (Commerce City @ 27,000 BCD)
Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. (Commerce City @ 60,000 BCD)

Connecticut -
No Refineries

Delaware -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 175,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Premcore Refining Group Inc. (Delaware City @ 175,000 BCD)

Florida -
No Refineries

Georgia -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of -0- Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Citgo Asphalt Refining Co. (Savannah @ -0- BCD*) *28,000 BCD Idle on 1/1/04

Hawaii -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 147,500 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Honolulu @ 54,000 BCD)
Tesoro Hawaii Corp. (Ewa Beach @ 93,500 BCD)

Idaho -
No Refineries

Illinois -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 896,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
ConocoPhillips (Wood River @ 306,000 BCD)
ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. (Joliet @ 238,000 BCD)
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC ( Robinson @ 192,000 BCD)
PDV Midwest Refining LLC (Lemont @ 160,000 BCD)

Indiana -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 433,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
BP Products North America Inc. (Whiting @ 410,000 BCD)
Countrymark Cooperative Inc. (Mount Vernon @ 23,000 BCD)

Iowa -
No Refineries

Kansas -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 296,200 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Coffeyville Resources Refining & Mkg (Coffeyville @ 112,000 BCD)
Frontier Refining & Marketing Inc. (El Dorado @ 103,000 BCD)
NCRA (McPherson @ 81,200 BCD)

Kentucky -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 227,500 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (Catlettsburg @ 222,000 BCD)
Somerset Refinery Inc. (Somerset @ 5,500 BCD)

Maine -
No Refineries

Maryland -
No Refineries

Massachusetts -
No Refineries

Michigan -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 74,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (Detroit @ 74,000 BCD)

Minnesota -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 335,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Flint Hills Resources LP (Saint Paul @ 265,000 BCD)
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (Saint Paul Park @ 70,000 BCD)

Mississippi -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 364,800 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Pascagoula @ 325,000 BCD)
Ergon Refining Inc. (Vicksburg @ 23,000 BCD)
Hunt Southland Refining Co. (Lumberton @ 5,800 BCD)
Hunt Southland Refining Co. (Sandersville @ 11,000 BCD)

Missouri -
No Refineries

Montana -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 181,200 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Cenex Harvest States Coop (Laurel @ 55,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Billings @ 58,000 BCD)
ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. (Billings @ 60,000 BCD)
Montana Refining Co. (Great Falls @ 8,200 BCD)

Nebraska -
No Refineries

New Hampshire -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 1,707 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Foreland Refining Corp. (Eagle Springs @ 1,707 BCD)

New Jersey -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 615,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Amerada Hess Corp. (Port Reading @ -0- BCD*) *Downstream capacity only
Chevron USA Inc. (Perth Amboy @ 80,000 BCD)
Citgo Asphalt Refining Co. (Paulsboro @ -0- BCD*) * 51,000 BCD Idle on 1/1/05
Sunoco Inc. (Westville @ 145,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Linden @ 230,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. New Jersey (Paulsboro @ 160,000 BCD)

New Mexico -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 112,600 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Giant Industries Inc. (Bloomfield @ 16,800 BCD)
Giant Industries Inc. (Gallup @ 20,800 BCD)
Navajo Refining Co. (Artesia @ 75,000 BCD)

New York -
No Refineries

North Carolina -
No Refineries

North Dakota -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 58,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Tesoro West Coast (Mandan @ 58,000 BCD)

Ohio -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 551,400 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
BP Products North America Inc. (Toledo @ 160,000 BCD)
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (Canton @ 73,000 BCD)
Premcor Refining Group Inc. (Lima @ 158,400 BCD)
Sunoco Inc. (Toledo @ 160,000 BCD)

Oklahoma -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 484,961 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
ConocoPhillips. (Ponca City @ 194,000 BCD)
Sinclair Oil Corp. (Tulsa @ 70,300 BCD)
Sunoco Inc. (Tulsa @ 83,161 BCD)
TPI Petro Inc. (Ardmore @ 74,705 BCD)
Wynnewood Refining Co. (Wynnewood @ 52,500 BCD)

Oregon -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of -0- Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Chevron USA Inc. (Portland @ -0- BCD*) *Asphalt Plant

Pennsylvania -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 770,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
American Refining Group Inc. (Bradford @ 10,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Trainer @ 185,000 BCD)
Sunoco Inc. (Marcus Hook @ 175,000 BCD)
Sunoco Inc. (Philadelphia @ 335,000 BCD)
United Refining Co. (Warren @ 65,000 BCD)

Rhode Island -
No Refineries

South Carolina -
No Refineries

South Dakota -
No Refineries

Tennessee -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 180,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Premcor Refining Group Inc. (Memphis @ 180,000 BCD)

Texas -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 4,627,611 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Age Refining, Inc. (San Antonio @ 10,308 BCD)
Alon USA LP (Big Spring @ 61,000 BCD)
BP Products North America, Inc. (Texas City @ 437,000 BCD)
Citgo Refining & Chemical Inc. (Corpus Christi @ 156,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Borger @ 146,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Sweeny @ 229,000 BCD)
Crown Central Petroleum Corp. (Pasadena @ 100,000 BCD)
Deer Park Refining LTD Ptnrshp (Deer Park @ 333,700 BCD)
Dow Haltermann Products (Channelview @ -0- BCD*) *880 BCD Idle on 1/1/05
ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. (Baytown @ 557,000 BCD)
ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Co. (Beaumont @ 348,500 BCD)
Flint Hills Resources LP (Corpus Christi @ 288,126 BCD)
La Gloria Oil & Gas Co. (Tyler @ 55,000 BCD)
Lyondell Citgo Refining Co. LTD (Houston @ 270,200 BCD)
Marathon Ashland Petroeum LLC (Texas City @ 72,000 BCD)
Motiva Enterprises LLC (Port Arthur @ 285,000 BCD)
Premcor Refining Group Inc. (Port Arthur @ 255,000 BCD)
South Hampton Refining Co. (Silsbee @ -0- BCD*) *Asphalt plant
Total Petrochemicals Inc (Port Arthur @ 233,500 BCD)
Trigeant LTD (Corpus Christi @ -0- BCD*) *Downstream capacity only
Valero Energy Corp. (Sunray @ 158,327 BCD)
Valero Energy Corp. (Three Rivers @ 90,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. Texas (Corpus Christi @ 142,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. Texas (Houston @ 83,000 BCD)
Valero Refining Co. Texas (Texas City @ 209,950 BCD)
Western Refining Co. LP (El Paso @ 107,000 BCD)

Utah -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 167,350 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Big West Oil Co. (North Salt Lake @ 24,400 BCD)
Chevron USA Inc. (Salt Lake City @ 45,000 BCD)
Holly Corp. Refining & Marketing (Woods Cross @ 24,700 BCD)
Silver Eagle Refining (Woods Cross @ 10,250 BCD)
Tesoro West Coast (Salt Lake City @ 58,000 BCD)

Vermont -
No Refineries

Virginia -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 58,600 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Giant Yorktown Refining. (Yorktown @ 58,600 BCD)

Washington -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 616,150 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
BP West Coast Products LLC (Ferndale @ 225,000 BCD)
ConocoPhillips (Ferndale @ 96,000 BCD)
Shell Oil Products US (Anacortes @ 145,000 BCD)
Tesoro West Coast (Anacortes @ 115,000 BCD)
U.S. Oil & Refining Co. (Tacoma @ 35,150 BCD)

West Virginia -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 19,400 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Ergon West Virginia Inc. (Newell @ 19,400 BCD)

Wisconsin -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 33,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Murphy Oil USA Inc. (Superior @ 33,000 BCD)

Wyoming -
Refineries: Distillation capacity of 152,000 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
Frontier Refining Inc. (Cheyenne @ 46,000 BCD)
Little America Refining Co. (Evansville @ 24,500 BCD)
Silver Eagle Refining (Evanston @ 3,000 BCD)
Sinclair Oil Corp. (Sinclair @ 66,000 BCD)
Wyoming Refining Co. (Newcastle @ 12,500 BCD)

Pilot Truckstops relesed a news story that their pimps will be dry in 48 hours unless pipelines are restored

LOL! I'm not a good speller and I don't like to point out mistakes because of it, but, DANG! LOL!

I bet mom sheehan knows how difficult things can get when one's pimp goes dry...

Why are folk rushing to the gas pumps when they should just chill and wait for things to settle.

I personally rushed to the station because I was on empty. My local Fred Meyer had premium for $2.73, but the lines were too long. I went to the much higher-priced Shell, where I paid $3.09 for premium, but there were no lines. That was the most expensive fill-up of my life, but I can adapt and overcome.