Infrastructure will remain the watchword as US refiners look to further cement their role as product exporters in 2014, improving export capacity and rejigging refineries to increase their output of export-friendly diesel, sometimes at the expense of US-favored gasoline, reports energy information service Platts.
Blessed with price-advantaged domestic crudes aiding profit margins, US refiners have been nimble in using all means of transport to get that oil to their refineries, be it building rail facilities, adding or enhancing dock facilities to accommodate barges or tankers, or using more traditional transport such as pipelines, reports Janet McGurty of Platts.
