What Can I Say? -- Portland, OR -- Nixes US Fossil Fuel -- Imports Gasoline From South Korea -- April 5, 2018

And, no I cannot make this up: Portland, OR -- yes, here in the United States -- imports gasoline from South Korea -- apparently the citizens of that state prefer gasoline from overseas -- LOL

From the linked article at Platts:

• gasoline cargo; 86,688 bbls of gasoline from Onsan, South Korea
• hasn't happened since summer, 2015 (last time Portland, OR, imported gasoline from South Korea)
• shipper: Phillips 66
• the tanker: Azalea Galaxy
• transit: two weeks
• not unprecedented for Portland, OR, to import a refined product: happened most recently, December 17, 2017; from Singapore; then it was renewable diesel fuel (whatever renewable diesel fuel is)
• BP Cherry Point, in Blaine, WA, is undergoing major repair work; slated to be down for the entire month of April (2018)
• I guess Portland couldn't find a tanker of gasoline from Louisiana
• [actually, there's more to the story -- at the link -- and it's not as strange / unusual as it might sound]

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