YOUR USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL refining survey may be aided by the following information:
All country-by-country volumes are presented in calendar-day figures. An asterisk (*) beside a location indicates that the figure was reported as a stream-day figure and has been converted to a calendar-day figure with the conversion factor 0.95 for crude oil and 0.9 for cat cracking and cat reforming units.
Barrels per calendar day (b/cd) is the maximum number of barrels of input that can be processed during a 24-hour period, after making allowances for the following:
- Types and grades of inputs to be processed.
- Types and grades of products to be manufactured.
- Environmental constraints associated with refinery operations.
- Scheduled downtime such as mechanical problems, repairs and slowdowns.
Barrels per stream day (b/sd) is the amount a unit can process when running at full capacity under optimal feedstock and product slate conditions.
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Pictured is the grassroots Malaysian refinery, called Petronas Second Refinery Phase II (PSR-2), Melaka, Malaysia. It is owned by Petronas of Malaysia 45%, Conoco Inc. 40%, and Statoil AS 15%.
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Survey of operating refineries worldwide
(capacities as of January 1, 2000)
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At its Beaumont refinery, Mobil Oil Corp. installed a new membrane process, Max-Dewax, to recover additional solvent from its solvent dewaxing unit to increase dewaxed oil production.
