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CHAPTER THREE
Arab And World Developments
The decline in fluid catalytic cracking processes capacity was the
biggest compared to other catalytic conversion processes with about
100,000 b/d or 0.69%. It totalled to 14.60 million b/d at the end of
2012 compared with 14.70 million b/d at the end of 2011.
The increase that compensate the decrease in the capacity of
catalytic cracking processes came from the increase in catalytic
reforming processes capacity with about 30,000 or 0.24%. It totalled
to 11.49 million b/d in 2012 compared with 11.46 million in 2011
in addition to the increase came from hydrocracking capacity with
about 70.000 b/d or 1.28%. It totalled to about 5.56 million b/d
compared to 5.49 million b/d in 2011.
Table (3-3)
,
Figures (3-4)
,
(3-5)
and
(3-6)
.
Figure 3-3
World Catalytic Conversion Capacity by Region, End of 2012
North America
%39.9
Africa
%2.3
Eastern Europe/CIS
%8.6
South America/
Caribbean
%5.8
Asia/Pacific
%21.1
Middle East
%5.1
Western Europe
%17.2
31.64
Million b/d
