The US has plenty of oil, not as much as we used to. We still have a lot, especially relative to most countries in the world. But we cannot produce the things we need just from our oil. It has to be either build different types of refineries or merge it with heavier fractions that we get from other countries. The smart money doesn't believe there's 30 or 40 years of investment life in an oil refinery.
On this episode, petroleum geologist Arthur Berman returns to discuss recent diesel shortages and go into depth on the importance of diesel and the complexity of getting it and other products from a barrel of crude oil. He and Nate also talk about the nuances of the global oil market as it shifts from the effects of the Russian/Ukraine war. Is the USA really a net exporter of petroleum and energy independent? And would making every car and truck on the road electric powered free us from needing crude oil?
About Arthur Berman:
Arthur E. Berman is a petroleum geologist with 36 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is an expert on U.S. shale plays and is currently consulting for several E&P companies and capital groups in the energy sector.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/44-art-berman