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Fuel specification, energy consumption and CO2 emission in oil refineries [1]

The more stringent environmental quality specifications for oil products worldwide are tending to step up energy use and, consequently, CO2 emissions at refineries. In Brazil, for example, the stipulated reduction in the sulfur content of diesel and gasoline between 2002 and 2009 should increase the energy use of Brazil's refining industry by around 30%, with effects on its CO2 emissions.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2007
Alexandre Szkloa [2], Roberto Schaeffer [3]
Energy [4]
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Pollution Control [5], Carbon Dioxide [6], Energy Efficiency [7], Energy [8], Power Industry [9], Brazil [10]
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