Update On The New Saudi Refinery On The Red Sea -- September 27, 2020

Re-posting:

All that talk about the end of oil. Sorry. Not sorry. Saudi Aramco ships first cargo from Jizan refinery; headed to Singapore. Link here. 

Breaking down that article:

Name of refinery:

• Jizan, also spelled Jazan

Location of refinery:

• in the far south of Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea
• about 35 miles from the Yemeni border

Capacity and timeline of refinery:

• construction completed in 2020; operations ramp up in 2020
• operations will start with 200,000 bpd before ramping up to 400,000 bopd
• refinery about one year behind planned date of completion; full operations

Currently:

• first shipment on its way
• UACC Eagle: 475,000 bbls of gasoil
• destination: Singapore

How rebels feel about this refinery:

• several missile attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
• Saudi says they have intercepted each attempted strike

Transit of tankers from this refinery:

• through the narrow strait of Bab el-Mandeb
• 18 miles wide at its narrowest point
• connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea
• limits tanker traffic to two 2-mile-wide channels for inbound and outbound shipments

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Sunday Afternoon Movie

The Great Gatsby.

I finally understand re-makes. I would like to see a re-make of The Great Gatsby. 

From the most recent issue of The New York Review of Books: "The Oracle of Our Unease," an essay by Sarah Churchwell, October 8, 2020. 

So, I'll watch the 2013 re-make of "The Great Gatsby," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, et al. Like Sunset Boulevard, the movie begins with the voice-over.

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Just Waitin'
Just Waitin', John Prine, cover, Hank Williams