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There are 4 different pipelines that can handle about 50% of the current loads through Hormuz as they’re built out right now. (Don’t quote me on the 50%. But, I think that’s close.) These can be expanded. But, they’ll still be easy targets for disruption in a volatile region, and the ME politics always makes a kink in usage/transport deals between the States & countries. There was talk of rail between Saudi, Israel, and up north after the Abraham Accords. But, I don’t know how the relations are between Israel & Saudi right now after Gaza. I don’t think they’re great. Land bridges are already being used to a small extent by MSC (the shipping magnate). They could be expanded. Other water routes are pretty shallow and dangerous for the supertankers. The major benefactor is the Americas. Our routes are safe, easily insurable, and dependable without stressing over constant conflicts. The distance is a little longer. But, this can be scheduled around. Another benefit is that our light, sweet WTI is the cheapest product to refine. America, Venezuela, Canada, and other producers will be the big winners.

With Isreal being defiant the MOU is just paper weight.

What will alternate supply routes look like? If they already exist, why the bottleneck? If they don’t currently exist, how long to build them out?

Maybe he will enjoy BC

You sure are negative lol

Issue the U.S. has--I may/may not have mentioned previously--is that most of our refineries are set up to process heavy, sour crude. We haven't made the investments to be able to process our own WTI. That should be a priority, and would be a good use of incentive funding for national security purposes. Just get us to at least a 60/40 spit.

lol All joking aside, I pulled out gulf shrimp and bacon for shrimp & grits this evening for supper.

Yes, but they are both indicators.

Heard it was the former coach at AHS.

For folks (subscribers) waiting on the DCTF mag it should be coming in starting next week. 🙌🏾 Mine comes in between Wednesday and Friday.

Just as an FYI, Cushing isn’t part of SPR.

I agree. Good luck to all teams, coaching staffs and communities this upcoming season. Praying that all players will have great attitudes, exhibit the best sportsmanship possible and avoid major injuries. At the end of the day, it's just football. As for Babin, good luck to the kid wherever he plays (or does not play) at.

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Will they? If the Trump party fails in the midterms, you’ll just cry “rigged”.

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Then your question would have been sufficient. You made it about you. Sorry for the mix up. Lots of people on the board in 2014. Like I said, it wasn’t a crisis then. Funny how that works.

Is it definitely Alvin HS or Alvin ISD?

I never said you directed at me I was just curious what outrage you were talking about.

Not directed at you as there was no quote involved. I was on the board and saw no mention of this crisis. Don’t recall it being newsworthy. Gotta be a Trump thing. I questioned it when Biden was selling it off to try and reverse his inflationary gas prices. No one seemed too concerned then either.

What outrage are referring too? I wasn’t on this board in 2014. Lol

Where was the outrage in 2014?

I'm saying the MOU isn't an agreement that's binding in any fashion. It's nothing more than a 'pinkie promise.'

Personal opinion is the MOU won't hold. If it does, I've seen multiple MOU's that were vastly different than final agreements. Iran will attempt to dither until after November elections. We'll see if the Administration allows this game to be played. Two months will allow global oil reserves to be replenished enough for other action to occur, and actually receive more buy in from global players, and the American public--if the Administration educates them better. This Administration's communication skills stink. They'll have to do much better on that front.

Word is that the job has been filled and the replacement is coming from Alvin HS. A step up for that coach, but not sure if it is for the BH VB program. In 3 years of running the AHS program the overall record was 38-78 with a win percentage of just about 33% and only reaching the playoffs once. Not sure what happened with this coach search, but on face value this is very underwhelming. Either BH was not very flexible with the expected duties of a 6A head VB coach and were turned down by multiple targets or not much effort was put into the search.