[Symbiote]

Would they also be built to produce the type of products needed by the local-ish market?

So one in Europe will have a higher fraction of diesel (used in most trucks, some cars, and some trains) compared to the USA (trucks and almost all cars use petrol).

(Compare: https://www.statista.com/statistics/189410/us-gasoline-and-d... - https://www.racfoundation.org/data/volume-petrol-diesel-cons... -- the ratio is very roughly reversed.)

[thematt]

Yes, to a certain extent. But refined products get piped all over, so it isn't a very tight coupling. Delta Airlines bought their own refinery for jet fuel. It didn't work out too well, but it was still interesting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/business/energy-environme...