It's going to be tough to build products with the number of refineries off line.

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It's taking a long time to get the answer. Educated guess: No news is bad news.

240

We're in an information vacuum because it's going to be another couple of days until we get a meaningful damage assessment.

204

It's possible (we'll see $4), but I don't think so.

203

I hate to be an alarmist, but we're in a situation without much precedent. With the gasoline market as tight as it is, people complain about $3 gas but they'll put $5 gas in their car if they suddenly think it's not available.

178

It's more of a feel-good bill than anything else. The bill does nothing to reduce our dependence on imported oil and the only winners will be those that benefit from high energy prices.

105

There's a fair amount of visibility that the refineries that haven't come back on yet will be down for a while. That makes the market nervous.

88

The markets will treat it like it's Tyrannosaurus rex, but bigger.

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