RE: Opec meeting on 4th march1 Mar 2021 21:23
I think many were on their last legs for whatever reason so decommissioning was already on the cards. As far as getting them back on line it would depend if they have been maintained or not because the rot would set in quickly especially as they are usually next to the coast. If they are past their use by date there’s no way they are going to throw good money down the drain firing them up again. I read some countries were just going to farm out the refining altogether, if however the plan was to replace them with new refineries then that will cost a lot of money and take a long time.