How an Oil Refinery Works

Re:How an Oil Refinery Works by alephnerd on Friday May 01, 2026 @06:17AM (#47973037)

Tech bros who don't know the industries they talk about should honestly STFU. It's the one annoying thing about HN. Y'all feel you need to talk but aren't actually contributing anything of value to the conversation.

Rebuilding refinery capacity within the US is hard, especially given that a net new refinery hasn't been built in the US in 50 years.

Honestly if YC agrees to delete my comments I'd be glad to leave this forum. Host HNers just aren't worth dealing with at this point.

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Re:How an Oil Refinery Works by caminante on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:07AM (#47973826)

Hey.

You're obviously having a bad couple days, which seems to have nothing to do with this discussion or HN.

I hope you can recover and feel better.

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Re:How an Oil Refinery Works by flumpmaster on Friday May 01, 2026 @01:15PM (#47977339)

“especially given that a net new refinery hasn't been built in the US in 50 years.”

Existing large refineries have done some massive expansion projects in the last couple of decades, adding the equivalent of a several new refineries. It is often easier to do this than build a new grass roots refinery.

Example projects:

MPC Garyville +180 MBD (2009) Motiva Port Arthur +325 MBD (2012) XOM Beaumont +250 MBD (2023)

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Re:How an Oil Refinery Works by eiee on Friday May 01, 2026 @08:10PM (#47981971)

There are many topics where you come across as an over confident plank too.

So I agree - delete your account. Ciao

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