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Arab And World Developments
As for thermal conversion processes, which include both coking
and thermal cracking processes, their total coke production capacity
in 2012 recorded an increase of 20 tons/day, or 0.01% above its level
in 2011. At the end of 2012 it totalled to about 209,150 tons/day,
compared with 209,130 tons/day at the end of 2011. This increase
centred in North America with around 20 tons/day, or 0.01%.
Table
(3-4)
,
Figure (3-7)
.
Figure 3-7
World Capacity for Producing Coke from Thermal Conversion Processes by
Region, End of 2012
On the other hand, total hydrotreating capacity recorded an
increase of 120,000 b/d, or 0.26 % in 2012 compared with its level
in 2011. It totalled to 45.85 million b/d compared with 45.73 million
b/d at the end of 2011.
North America recorded the biggest increase of 210,000 b/d, or
1.28% in 2012, while it declined in Western Europe with 60,000 b/d,
North America
%63.9
Western Europe
%6.0
Asia/Pacific
%9.8
Eastern Europe/
CIS
%6.0
South America
%11.8
Middle East
%1.6
Africa
%0.9
209.15
Thousand tons/d
