Future World Refining Capacity. Topical Report

摘要

The report discusses and charts world refining capacity by region and type,including input of crude oil, utilization rates, and complexity in its upward trend; world residual fuel production, which has been declining in the non-communist world; world residual fuel consumption, on the rebound in the middle 1980s but fluctuating since; and residual fuel import dependency of the United States. Projections of refining capacity additions and complexity, and of residual fuel consumption are offered.