No New Refineries in 29 Years, but Project Tries to Find a Way. Jad Mouawad.
by Mouawad, Jad; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 77Environment. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Gasoline -- Prices | Petroleum industry and trade | Petroleum products -- Prices | Petroleum refineriesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "About 100 miles southwest of Phoenix, in a remote patch off Interstate 8, Glenn McGinnis is seeking to do something that has not been done for 29 years in the United States. He is trying to build an oil refinery. Part of his job is to persuade local officials and residents to allow a 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery in their backyard--no small task. Another is to find investors ready to risk $2.5 billion in a volatile industry. So far, the effort has consumed six years and $30 million, with precious little to show for it." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the renewed interest in refineries and addresses the challenges of building one.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: No New Refineries in 29 Years, but Project Tries to Find a Way, May 9, 2005; pp. A1+.
"About 100 miles southwest of Phoenix, in a remote patch off Interstate 8, Glenn McGinnis is seeking to do something that has not been done for 29 years in the United States. He is trying to build an oil refinery. Part of his job is to persuade local officials and residents to allow a 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery in their backyard--no small task. Another is to find investors ready to risk $2.5 billion in a volatile industry. So far, the effort has consumed six years and $30 million, with precious little to show for it." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses the renewed interest in refineries and addresses the challenges of building one.
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