The Texago Corporation has four oil fields, four refineries, and four distribution centers in the locations identified in the next tables. A major strike involving the transportation industries now has sharply curtailed Texago's capacity to ship oil from the four oil fields to the four refineries and to ship petroleum products from the refineries to the distribution centers. Using units of thousands of barrels of crude oil (and its equivalent in refined products), the following tables show the maximum number of units that can be shipped per day from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center. Refinery Oil Field New Orleans Charleston Seattie St. Louis Texas 11 7. 8. California 4. 8. 7. Alaska 7. 12 Middle East 8. 9. 4 15 Distribution Center Refinery Pittsburgh Atlanta KanSas City San Francisco New Orleans 5. 4. Charleston 8. 7. 5. Seattle 4. 7. 8. St. Louis 12 11 9.
The Texago Corporation has four oil fields, four refineries, and four distribution centers in the locations identified in the next tables. A major strike involving the transportation industries now has sharply curtailed Texago's capacity to ship oil from the four oil fields to the four refineries and to ship petroleum products from the refineries to the distribution centers. Using units of thousands of barrels of crude oil (and its equivalent in refined products), the following tables show the maximum number of units that can be shipped per day from each oil field to each refinery and from each refinery to each distribution center. Refinery Oil Field New Orleans Charleston Seattie St. Louis Texas 11 7. 8. California 4. 8. 7. Alaska 7. 12 Middle East 8. 9. 4 15 Distribution Center Refinery Pittsburgh Atlanta KanSas City San Francisco New Orleans 5. 4. Charleston 8. 7. 5. Seattle 4. 7. 8. St. Louis 12 11 9.
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