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Damage at Phiilips66 Bayway refinery could prolong northeast's gas crisis

GasBuddy Blog -- According to the utility companies in New York and New Jersey, power is being restored and significant progress is being made with each passing day. Why then, do we still see gas lines?

Because, the severity of the storm damage to area refineries has reduced their output to just 58.5 percent of capacity. And that may be the lowest level of east coast refinery output recorded in many years.

Apparently, damage sustained by Sandy at the Phillips 66 Bayway refinery in NJ was more extensive than the company had initially discussed.

When Sandy came ashore last week, the Bayway Refinery in Linden, N.J. took on 12 feet of salt water, according to Rich Johnson, a spokesman for Phillips 66, the refinery’s parent company...

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Submitted Nov 09, 2012 By: PD

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TXRanger09 Champion Author Dallas Posts:2,511 Points:892,150 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Nov 10, 2012 4:16:48 AM Ignore TXRanger09 Report Abuse When Sandy came ashore last week, the Bayway Refinery in Linden, N.J. took on 12 feet of salt water, according to Rich Johnson, a spokesman for Phillips 66, the refinery’s parent company. Floodwaters damaged critical equipment, hampering the facility’s ability to pump gasoline into pipelines that are typically accessed by tanker trucks.-------------- Wow, 12 feet of salt water! What a mess.
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