Regulation, COVID-19, and giant explosions: Why the US is short on oil refining

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President Joe Biden is asking oil refiners to manufacture more fuel and help him tame record gas prices, but the shortage of refining capacity holding them back was years in the making and can’t be quickly remedied.

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