The environmental situation at those refineriess is such that it
would be cost prohibitive to reopen them. The refineries closed (
mostly ) as a result of the Clean Air Act of 1990 and the
Implementation Schedule. in 1998 and early 99 , the oil price collapsed
to 10..00 a barrel or 6.50 a barrel in Venezuela. So there was no
money to make the big air pollution improvememnts.
Rosie