It's Friday and that means it's time for another weekly refinery explainer. Bur first - we remind you again that USOGA are not refiners. We just bring it out of the ground. That's someone else's job and their economics are different from ours. So yelling at us about "price gouging" or "mid-term meddling to elect Democrats" just isn't very astute. (That means smart BTW.) But the vast majority of our loyal followers ARE incredibly smart and we want you know what is going on - so here is the bottom line. 1- The U.S. needs its small refineries now more than ever. They provide regional markets with affordable products. It would help if we had more of them. 2- The U.S. needs permit reform if we expect climb out of this hole we have dug for ourselves. 3- Biden Administration regs saying we could get rid of 64 billion gallons of refined products and no one would notice was stupid. Hope this helps. And remember. The farmer just raises the chickens and grows the potatoes but he doesn't control the cost of your chicken tenders and fries at the gas station -- so to, we produced the oil but we don't control the price at the pump. Enjoy!