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0 pointsgbnwl5mo ago0 comments

It is heavy crude but it's what our refineries are set up to use. There was a very informative news report on this recently posted to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgwny1BiCYk

Apparently shale oil mostly comes out as light, so our own production doesn't feed our refineries and we've increasingly taken to importing heavy crude.

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abigail955mo ago· 2 in thread

Where are you people getting your information that the USA somehow has idle heavy oil processing despite record production levels?

gbnwlOP5mo ago

I literally linked my source. It's less than 7 minutes long. It's not that refineries are idle, it's that we have to import the heavy crude to keep them producing. Heavy crude went from 12% of imports to 70% as of 2025. The most relevant graphs, if you really can't stomach 7 minutes of video, are shown from 3:30 - 4:30ish in the video. And again, record production levels of shale oil is producing LIGHT crude. The information you're seeking has already been provided to you.

gbnwlOP5mo ago

Hey Abigail, just following up. Were you able to find the information you needed? Where'd ya go?

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