Biden Tells Oil Companies in Letter ‘Well Above Normal' Refinery Profit Margins Are ‘Not Acceptable'

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This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refining companies to produce more, saying they need to help alleviate the burden of high prices on consumers. “At a time of war – historically high refinery profit margins being passed directly onto American families are not acceptable,” the president said in…

Refining capacity has dropped since the pandemic took hold, which is a factor in the rapid advance of fuel prices. Demand has returned as economies restart and people travel once again, but supply remains tight.

Loss of Russian refined products has exacerbated the imbalance, with Europe now looking elsewhere for fuel. Refiners can't just ramp up output, and utilization rates are already above 90%. Additionally, some refiners are now being reconfigured to make alternate products like biofuel. Biden noted in his letter that the refining shortage is a"global challenge and global concern," with around 3 million barrels per day of global capacity offline since the start of the pandemic."Since the beginning of the year, refiners' margins for refining gasoline and diesel have tripled, and are currently at their highest levels ever recorded."

The president's letter was also addressed to global giants BP and Shell, as well as refiners Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy and Phillips 66.

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شكرًا لك على تعليقك. سيتم نشر تعليقك بعد مراجعته.

This is from the person who said a new refinery will never be built and they are an endangered species.

Your making too much money and giving me none! Is what he really saying!! Burisma!!!

And they all laughed.....

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