To: "Bio Fuels at Yahoogroups.com" <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> From: "Hanns B. Wetzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 02:07:29 +1000 Send reply to: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Oil Refineries
> Hi All, > > Does anyone have knowledge of a web site or sites which gives details > of CO2 and other greenhouse and noxious gases and/or liquid wastes > etc. released by the operations of oil refineries, in particular those > with older technology. > > Have any U.S. refineries been shut down because of non compliance with > the Energy Policy Act (EpAct)? Does anyone know anything about a > company called InterOil, and why it is shipping a refinery it owns, > presently located near Houston, Texas, to Papua New Guinea? For your > info, every geologist knows that all of Papua New Guinea's present and > possibly as yet undiscovered conventional oil reserves are very small > and will be totally depleted in 12 years or less. So why enter into a > 30 year contract with the PNG government and build a refinery there. > Could it be that oil will be sourced from elsewhere e.g. East Timor > etc. and the particular type of refinery would not be allowed to > operate in other countries? > > Regards, > > Hanns Speak to Clough Engineering in Perth, they are the people doing the engineering on the job. Just out of interest, where did you get the info in PNG reserves? I was in PNG in the mid eighties and was told that up in the highlands, just about every rock you turned over had gold/oil/gas/copper under it. When I was up there, the highlands, it was like a scene out of Apocolypse Now, with the number of heavy lift helicopters moving exploration stuff around. Regards, Andrew //*******************************************************\\ || "Two things get me out of the water quickly: || || sharks and toilet paper." || || Billy Connelly || ||*******************************************************|| || Andrew Lowe B.Eng.(Civil) GradIEAust PEng || || Wombat High Tech *|* Eng. App. Programming || || [EMAIL PROTECTED] *|* Perth, Australia || || www.wht.com.au *|* C, C++, MDL, Java || \\*******************************************************// ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/MDsVHB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/