20 Quotes by Bob Slaughter

Many of them, given the supply situation last year, delayed maintenance. So we're at the point right now where they had to do it to get ready for summer driving season.

Some of the executive leadership of our industry was contacted with essentially four business days to go before the hearing. Given the demands of running some of America's largest companies, it is no surprise that all schedules could not be accommodated on such short notice.

It follows that U.S. energy policy must continue to target its efforts on increasing domestic production of petroleum products and natural gas supplies, and the efficient usage of these fuels while maintaining environmental progress.

When it comes to ethanol, Congress is guilty of more irrational exuberance than on any other issue.

The experience we went through with Katrina is about as difficult as we can imagine. The truth of the matter is that things came out fairly well. There were some spot shortages involved. They were being mitigated. Save for Rita, the prices were being mitigated.

There are many factors driving the transportation fuels market.

We all want cleaner fuels, but we have to be sure we can deliver on our promises. And we're not sure we can deliver on the promises EPA is making with this rule.

This year presents the refining industry with several significant challenges. But we are experts at trying to make the whole supply system work.

What's happened can be explained by the higher cost of crude oil, the difficulties in building new refineries and the disaster that cut right through the heart of the industry.