Petroleum refining in the Americas: 1982

Journal Article · Thu Oct 28 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:6791170

In 1982, while some refiners advanced rapidly toward flexibility and profitability, others fell farther behind the times. While all countries of the Western Hemisphere share the problem of balancing supply with demand for petroleum products, the differences in the way this problem is impacting their refining industries are dramatic. The world recession and persistently soft petroleum prices have stimulated progressive trends in the US, but entrenched most of its neighbors deeper in refining dilemmas. This updates the Energy Detente March 17, 1981 survey; the effects of economic slowdown are manifested in the data and field interviews. The second oil price adjustment of 1978-1979, as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) terms it, brought in its wake a bevy of long-term logistics problems for refiners: Demand for oil is still falling, and forming new patterns - forcing the industry into retreat from prior commitments to capacity expansion. A map shows total installed refining capacity by country, and a table breaks down each capacity by type. A profile of three principal refined products (gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil) shows a grouping in three yield ranges for 20 to 35/sup 0/ and 36 to 55/sup 0/ API gravity. The Energy Detente fuel price/tax series is updated for countries of the Western Hemisphere.

• OSTI ID: 6791170
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Detente; (United States) Vol. 3:15; ISSN EDETD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English and Spanish

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02 PETROLEUM
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CANADA
CAPACITY
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DIESEL FUELS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASOLINE
INFORMATION
LATIN AMERICA
LIQUID FUELS
MATERIALS
NATURAL GAS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRICES
PROCESSING
REFINING
TAXES
USA