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Old Dec 4, 2013 | 3:57 pm
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telloh
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Originally Posted by DLdweeb
I'm reasonably certain DL is paying market prices for fuel and the refinery gets the margin.
Since the refinery is wholly-owned by Delta, the refinery is Delta.

Delta can't control the market price of fuel and, like everybody else, is paying market price (ignoring hedging).

Is the refinery profitable? I know the plan was to run it profitably when other companies could not by some complicated plan involving crack spread trading.
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