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ExxonMobil to invest >$1B in Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into diesel, other products

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ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V.B.A., Coking is a refinery operation that upgrades heavier oil fractions from the atmospheric or vacuum distillation column into higher-value products and produces petroleum coke—a coal-like material.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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Energy use by households (the burning of wood, gas, coal etc) is the most important source of PM 2.5 Power plants producing heat and electricity have reduced emissions significantly since 1990 by improving abatement equipment, switching to cleaner fuels and through improved energy efficiency.

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