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Petroleum capacity determination signed

Activate the refinery authority and await the refinery

The emergency paperwork can now move faster than a construction crew.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Energy / Defense
Status
Petroleum capacity determination signed
Due
Project selection and construction schedules still to follow
Paying for it
Federal energy-project support and participating producers

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office9:57 AM

Refiners reported national utilization approaching 98%.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:59 AM

I understand Capacity, fill Arenas beyond anybody's Capacity (Fire Marshal disagrees!). Refineries tell me Limits, are the Limits really the LIMITS??

EO
Executive Office10:06 AM

The White House asked for more output than nearly all of it.

EO
Executive Office10:18 AM

Refiners suggested improving the plants they already have.

DJT
Donald J. Trump10:20 AM

A HUNDRED PERCENT of the Possible, very ambitious Refinerying.

E
Energy10:29 AM

Energy began discussing emergency powers. Drivers are still paying more.

DJT
Donald J. Trump10:31 AM

Ninety-eight..... there's TWO MORE!

E
EnergyOct 23 · 6:02 AM

The capacity file has moved from Considering authority to Authority available.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 23 · 6:05 AM

I signed it. The pen has done its part.

PF
Project FinanceOct 23 · 6:11 AM

The determination does not identify individual projects or their delivery dates.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 23 · 6:18 AM

I know how to build, I built things people take photographs of. A refinery is pipes, tremendous amount of pipes, and somebody always arrives with a schedule that goes past the thing I need it FOR. Tell the pipes we are in an Emergency.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 23 · 6:23 AM

My signature should count toward the completion percentage. Very difficult signature.

E
EngineeringOct 23 · 6:29 AM

Signature credit can be recorded without adding barrels to the output forecast.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 23 · 6:36 AM

Fine, two columns. Barrels and Presidential Contribution. I expect mine to fill up considerably faster..... it already has.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Ask for the delivery schedule in barrels as well as milestones.

PUBLIC RECORD

The White House is considering using the Defense Production Act to expand oil-refining capacity as fuel prices rise. Refiners are already operating near 98% utilization, and no final decision has been made. On October 22, Trump signed a Defense Production Act determination covering petroleum production, refining and logistics. It authorizes federal purchases, commitments and financial support and waives specified Section 303 requirements under the declared emergency. Reuters reported that the memo named no specific projects. The action establishes authority for support; it does not establish that additional capacity has been built.

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