Originally Posted by
Ferd149
I think they're different things. Hotels and rental cars are attempts to expand your business opportunities with the danger of getting too far outside your core business. The refinery is an attempt to control your supply chain. It's definitely thinking outside the box. We either end up with a refinery or the speculators get nervous and look for other opportunities............or we get our a$$ kicked

I would agree that it is an "attempt" to control the chain, but if it is a good deal there should be more groups doing it. However knowing this group, I'm sure they have the up and downside covered.