Jim Dunmyer said the following to Mike Ross on the subject of
RE: POWER SOURCE/PUMP (29 Jan 98  07:48:39)
 > Refineries caring about efficiency?
 JD> believe me, they spend a LOT of money
 JD> to increase efficiency wherever possible.
I meant it seemed to be a contradiction that oil co's try to sell the
most oil products possible while here we were discussing their operating
efficiency. However, you're right, where the improvements make a
substantial cost savings, refineries are pretty good at improving their
efficiency.
Although, it's not exactly as if they are spending any "new" money.
Rather, they are simply making a cheap investment which will get a very
profitable return on what was a previously wastefully squandered
resource. They will naturally only make an improvement if there is a
very attractive financial incentive, especially i.e. government pgms.
Let's not even discuss what gets burned up the stack 24hrs a day...
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