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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 120782" data-attributes="member: 389">Oil, like every single other commodity comes in a near endless quantity of quality.&nbsp; Some refineries have been designed to convert light sweet crude (like the Bakken crude) into gasoline and diesel fuel, while others have been optimized to convert heavy crude into tar and asphalt.&nbsp; Bottom line here is that you would probably rather pay for shipping of crude to you that fits with your business plan than to convert your refinery into something that you have no room in the market for more.&nbsp; Another &quot;export&quot; of American crude can come in the form of sending crude down to Mexican ports where it can be loaded onto tankers headed for the U.S. east coast.&nbsp; Technically, it's being exported to Mexico first.&nbsp; Same thing with using Canadian pipelines or trains to ship American crude to the east or west coast refineries.Bottom line is that the U.S. is still a net importer of crude oil, before we worry so much about restricting free trade on the one commodity, let's try to simply use what we have efficiently.&nbsp; Personally, I'd love for the U.S. to have a neutral balance sheet on energy imports/exports.&nbsp; But restricting exports is just titty sprinkling stupid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 120782, member: 389"] Oil, like every single other commodity comes in a near endless quantity of quality. Some refineries have been designed to convert light sweet crude (like the Bakken crude) into gasoline and diesel fuel, while others have been optimized to convert heavy crude into tar and asphalt. Bottom line here is that you would probably rather pay for shipping of crude to you that fits with your business plan than to convert your refinery into something that you have no room in the market for more. Another "export" of American crude can come in the form of sending crude down to Mexican ports where it can be loaded onto tankers headed for the U.S. east coast. Technically, it's being exported to Mexico first. Same thing with using Canadian pipelines or trains to ship American crude to the east or west coast refineries. Bottom line is that the U.S. is still a net importer of crude oil, before we worry so much about restricting free trade on the one commodity, let's try to simply use what we have efficiently. Personally, I'd love for the U.S. to have a neutral balance sheet on energy imports/exports. But restricting exports is just titty sprinkling stupid. [/QUOTE]

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