The two worst-case scenarios for the impact on the refining industry would be what happened with Katrina and what looks like could happen with this one.
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It's potentially a bigger threat than Katrina because there is more refining capacity in the Houston area. This is a double whammy for the industry it's an amazing thing to contemplate.
Bob Slaughter
Some of the executive leadership of our industry was contacted with essentially four business days to go before the hearing. Given the demands of running some of America's largest companies, it is no surprise that all schedules could not be accommodated on such short notice.
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You're going to have to be careful that you're not upsetting a plan that already is in the last stage of implementation.
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The ones that are not on yet are probably the ones that are going to require more time and attention. Now we are really getting into the tougher part of the job. I don't think that people really understand the magnitude of the damage that's been done.
Bob Slaughter
The experience we went through with Katrina is about as difficult as we can imagine. The truth of the matter is that things came out fairly well. There were some spot shortages involved. They were being mitigated. Save for Rita, the prices were being mitigated.
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