| mac4440 - 5/16/2026 18:25
Too bad AI didn't understand refining..........
One paragraph says cat cracking and alky units remove hydrogen, next paragraph say they require hydrogen.
Neither is true. I spent a lot of years around those processes
You also cannot just take heavy gas oil and make diesel. It needs to be cracked.
But yes they do make operating adjustments to all units to maximize whatever product has the most profit, and that gets looked at daily
Duly noted.. still it's a trade off between output processes.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=9971
A/I.. "all models are wrong.. but some are useful."
If the refiners want to continue to duke it out with ethanol.. (ethanol is cheaper, cleaner and a superior additive) so be it.. the American consumer will pay more for the carcinogenic Octanes.. in “regular” gasoline as well as more for a smaller pool of refined distillates as a portion of those feedstocks will CONTINUE to be diverted to make more expensive gasoline.. vs what cheaper ethanol blended gasolines can provide.
At the VERY LEAST let the consumer choose at the pump.. eliminate the rules which prevent higher ethanol blends from being provided to the marketplace.
Edited by JonSCKs 5/17/2026 09:47
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