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2. Residents living near refineries back new EPA emission rules  Refinery – separates crude oil into useable products  Mandated – required by law  Fence line – at the edge of the property  Carcinogen – chemical which causes cancer  Overburdened – dealing with too much of something  Flares – flames at top of stacks  Toxic - poisonous

3.  Why are the refineries in Galena Park and Manchester?  Why do refineries exist at all? So what’s up with that?

4. Valero refinery on the ship channel

6. Oil RefineryJan 16  Purpose: to separate crude oil into different products based on length of hydrocarbon chains!

7.  Why are the refineries in Galena Park and Manchester?  Why do refineries exist at all? So what’s up with that?

8. Houston Ship Channel  25-mile-long complex  1st in U.S. imports and exports;  Each year, more than 200 million tons of cargo move through the Port of Houston, carried by more than 8,000 vessel and 200,000 barges  Creates thousands of direct jobs.

9. Houston Refineries  Process 45% of US crude oil (which is 9% of global supply)  Valero, Exxon, Shell  Thousands of jobs  More than ¼ of all US oil jobs are in the Houston area  Average weekly wage in oil and gas is $3,407 (2013 fig)

10.  Why are the refineries in Galena Park and Manchester?  Why do refineries exist at all? So what’s up with that?

11. Reflection – Left side  1. Write a tradeoff sentence to explain the role of refineries in Houston.  2. Explain how consumers are part of this issue.  3. As a consumer, what is one way you can reduce the need for all these refineries?

12. Lap top expectations  In class every day  On desk when I ask you to be on it. Otherwise, safely in bag on the floor.  Cannot be on your desk unless we are using it as a class.  Use it at your desk and stay with the class – no surfing  Charging – before class starts, lap tables  Don’t have it? Bookwork.