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Terrorism worries raise oil tanker security on the Delaware River.
Byline: Jennifer Lin
PHILADELPHIA _ In the deep channel of the Delaware River, hulking tankers with names like Agamemnon and Ophelia haul more than a million barrels of crude oil a day from Venezuela, Nigeria, Canada and the North Sea.
Oil tankers dominate the river, but since Sept. 11, the safety of those vessels along 120 miles of waterway has become the focus of the most intensive port security mission since World War II.
Although Houston and New Orleans handle far more crude, Philadelphia holds a geographic niche, importing and refining more oil than any other East Coast port. Recently, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security labeled the Delaware River a "high threat" port.
The biggest fear here is that a terrorist attack of an oil or chemical tanker could shut down the river and interfere with refinery operations that supply the Northeastern states.
The seven refineries in the Philadelphia region process enough crude to meet a third of the oil demands for the vast market from Washington, D.C., to Maine.
"If you damage the capability of the Delaware River system to refine oil, you'd have a significant impact on the overall economy and not just Philadelphia's," said John Veentjer, a former captain overseeing the U.S. Coast Guard in Philadelphia.
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