Well oil definately has the biggest profits overall, but the return on money spend I am not sure about. Depends on how you figure it. A 50,000 bpd heavy oil upgrading or dcl plant costs about $2b to make. The operation and feeds cost about $35/barrel, with oil going for $60+/barrel, thats a nearly 2:1 profit, and it breaks even in a year. Of course agriculture makes alot of money because other than fertalizers and some illegal immigrants to do harvesting/field maintance, you have little overhead. But I think oil still wins in the physical product area. Although software makes alot too. Or maybe specialty chemicals.
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Date: 2006-02-16 08:37 pm (UTC)Of course agriculture makes alot of money because other than fertalizers and some illegal immigrants to do harvesting/field maintance, you have little overhead.
But I think oil still wins in the physical product area. Although software makes alot too. Or maybe specialty chemicals.