No confusion here.  A list of "refineries" is widely available on the
internet.  There ARE over 100 in the USA.

Cheers, 

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Evan Mac Donald
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas Brand Preferences?

Do not confuse a local pipeline hub / distribution center with a refinery. A

refinery has all the complex chemical mojo happening, while pipeline hubs
are 
really just a collection of holding tanks and valves. The basic "gasoline" 
component is pumped out to a hub, where it is then "branded", aka has its 
specific to a proprietary� name / label additives put in. There are
thousands of 
hubs, but VERY FEW gasoline refineres in the WORLD. That's part os the
reason 
gasoline is one of America's biggest cash exports...
�Evan Mac Donald 

"...in the absence of facts, myth rushes in, the kudzu of history."
-Stacy Schiff 

________________________________
From: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Sun, February 5, 2012 4:37:28 PM
Subject: Re: Gas Brand Preferences?

Actually, there are over a hundred oil refineries in the USA with many being
in the southern US.� Unfortunately, all of them are quite old.

Cheers, 

Jeff

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