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Leanan on April 20, 2006 - 11:36pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
 The corn is as high as an elephant's eye...

Here's another story on the gas shortages:

Out of gas

With roughly 40% of refineries in the area currently going through the changeover, you still have to be concerned about other potential shortages when the other refineries decide to change over as well. They all have to convert to the ethanol based gasoline by June 1st.

So, this could be going on until June?

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nth on April 21, 2006 - 2:21pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Don't forget these refineries are going through triple wammy!
1. Ethanol instead of MTBE
2. Sulfur emmissions must be reduced to meet new regulations that are due this year.
3. Shortage of contractors who are incharge of installing, reconfigurations, and repairing.

Most of these work are one time events, so the refineries contract these workers and don't do it internally.  Also, these refineries have to compete with the same contract pool as electric powerplants who are also going through spring cleaning and need lots of repairs and installation of new equipment.

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nth on April 21, 2006 - 2:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Need to clarify that the utilities also need to meet these new sulfur reduction emmissions that refineries must meet- thus they are competing for some contractors, etc....
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