Gulf Storms Renew Call to Diversify Petchem Sector

摘要

The specter of two tropical storms threatening a vast energy and petrochemical complex stretching from Lake Charles to Houston has led to stronger calls for developing a duplicate footprint in Appalachia."Certainly it does look like we have dodged a bullet,"American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers said after Tropical Storm Marco and days later Hurricane Laura targeted 40% of the nation's refining capacity,much of the gas and oil produced from the Gulf of Mexico,and numerous port-based industrial facilities.