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Refining is a capital-intensive industry in a market driven by divergent forces—cleaner fuelsto address local air pollution; greater fuel efficiency against the backdrop of record oil prices; and steadily rising consumption of transportation fuels due to rising income, especially in developing countries. Part 2 of the briefing notes on refining discusses these topics and other [...]

Two years into the implementation of its Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Cambodia for 2005-2008, in early October 2007 the World Bank held a series of consultative meetings with the Government, development partners, private sector and civil society representatives to seek their feedback on CAS implementation so far and proposals for the future.

Crude oil is what we extract out of the ground; refined products (such as gasoline and diesel) are what we consume. As of end-2007, there were 657 refineries around the world with a combined crude processing capacity of 85 million barrels per day (bpd). This briefing note provides technical background information on the characteristics of [...]