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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

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In the United States, refining capacity has decreased by about 1.1 Less petroleum demand and the associated lower petroleum product prices encouraged refinery closures, reducing global refining capacity, particularly in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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This is an amount equivalent to 30% of consumption in the European Union and 23% in the United States. Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. Expand access to financing. GE Energy Flare Gas Reduction Study.

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