alt Hacker NewsWhere are you people getting your information that the USA somehow has idle heavy oil processing despite record production levels?
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gbnwl • last Monday at 8:55 PM
Hey Abigail, just following up. Were you able to find the information you needed? Where'd ya go?
I literally linked my source. It's less than 7 minutes long. It's not that refineries are idle, it's that we have to import the heavy crude to keep them producing. Heavy crude went from 12% of imports to 70% as of 2025. The most relevant graphs, if you really can't stomach 7 minutes of video, are shown from 3:30 - 4:30ish in the video. And again, record production levels of shale oil is producing LIGHT crude. The information you're seeking has already been provided to you.