The drawdown in crude inventories came at a time when refinery utilization remained low due to scheduled maintenance shutdowns.
Quotes about shutdowns (11 Quotes)
The goal of this is multiple - to avoid unplanned shutdowns, improve operating efficiency and quality of the product, and to get at maintenance and make sure that the maintenance dollars are spent efficiently.
We certainly need to pump in the meantime, keep low pressure and conserve, but I don't believe there is any imminent threat to having to shut down the water supply. Some unforeseen event would have to occur before there are shutdowns.
It is impossible to tell how much of the drop simply reflects the inability of the seasonal adjustment to cope with the end of the auto retooling shutdowns, and how much is due to the underlying trend.
We're here today to demand accountability and an end to government shutdowns. We're here to tell legislators that our public services are not for sale.
Republicans carried the blame for the last shutdowns, andwould be asking for real trouble,
My message today is that shutdowns of industry facilities could impact the flow of gasoline and other fuels,
Natural gas has been more impacted by weather than ever before because of strong non-heat-related demand, lost production and pipeline shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico.
We tried that in America. Jimmy Carter gave us price controls on natural gas. Remember what it gave us Shortages, shutdowns, a horrible situation in parts of the country where factories couldn't operate and people went unemployed. Price caps Prices caps mean shortages, less energy.
In the summertime, we have a lot of plant shutdowns, especially in the auto industry. Despite that, we saw a drop in initial claims, ... That's indicating that the employment market has not only stabilized, but has begun to improve slightly.
Austin aides have their focus groups too, and they claim the vice president's aggressiveness only rankles, reminding voters of the ugly noises from the past four or five years in Washington, the showdowns and shutdowns. The less partisan voters, says the campaign, like Bush's happy soundings of cooperation. Among swing voters, they don't care about the party labels, ... They want things solved.