Swinging door effect: could U. S. refiners compete for product export markets

Journal Article · Wed Mar 19 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:5923355

A perspective on US refiners' problems could lead to an internationalization of the industry toward increasing product exports. US exports of petroleum are a drop in the bucket compared to its imports, but they're growing. Exports have approximately tripled since 1980 and could represent an opportunity for some refiners to effectively turn away some of the volumes of US imports toward other countries. If lower oil prices spur internal demand growth abroad, this opportunity will be enhanced. Exports remain one of the only alternatives not already taken by any US refiners coping with rising costs and heightened competition for domestic markets. This issue also contains: (1) notes on the US asphalt market: (2) ED asphalt export prices to the US; (3) US asphalt imports by country of origin; (4) ED US natural gas spot price series; (5) ED refining netback data for US Gulf and West Coasts, Rotterdam, and Singapore as of Mar. 18, 1986; (6) ED fuel price tax series for countries of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, and (7) ED principal industrial fuel prices for countries of both hemispheres for February 1986.

• OSTI ID: 5923355
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Detente; (United States) Vol. 7:3; ISSN EDETD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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