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Energyanon again: saw some questions thought I'd give a quick response.
The current refinery fires could simply be a coincidence but it's important to understand the safety protocols and redundancy that is in place. So the amount is out of the standard deviation.
The attached is gasoline futures (RBOB). Refineries go off line, shrinking supply, price rises. Biz 101
Since my original post an hour or so ago it looks like another gas incident in Louisiana is hitting the wire.
I'll be watching it an archiving the events, just thought I'd share if anyone else wants to keep a watch on it.
The US has a fairly reliable energy system, as such we turn our lights on and they come on. However, if the energy system comes under attack this will immediately affect the entire population.
Putting pressure on the refining of gasoline has enormous upstream and downstream implications. Imagine you have a tanker of oil hitting the port and now no market as the refiner is shut down, etc, etc….