“Shell has the strongest refining presence in Europe with 13 refineries fully or partly owned followed by Total with 12 refineries fully or partly owned..."

The European downstream industry is facing many challenges. Poor returns in recent years have made it unprofitable for oil refining companies to invest in upgrading refineries to process different crude oils, which will be necessary as North Sea production declines. Changing fuel consumption patterns have meant that the demand for middle distillates is growing faster than any other major refined product. In addition dieselization has also led to decline in gasoline demand for seven continuous years in Western Europe, leading to surplus of gasoline and of blended stocks as well.

Key Players in European Oil Refining examines market dynamics in the European Refining Sector, focussing on the top 25 refining companies. This report details the key trends, analyzes the upgrading capacities of each of the respective companies and examines key issues confronting the industry.

Assess Europe’s leading oil refining companies, anticipate future trends and enhance your competitive strategies with this new report.

This new report will enable you to...

- Understand the keys issues in the European oil refining market including exit barriers, upgrading ratios and the factors that are affecting the operational performance of leading refiners.

- Predict major demand trends and likely key pipeline projects
for refinery upgradation across the leading European oil refining companies using the data contained in this report.

- Assess the future sustainability strategies of leading European oil refining companies in relation to implementation of new EU regulations in 2009.

- Benchmark the leading European oil refining companies using this report’s examination of refining and marketing operations,
net crude capacity, financial results and SWOT analyses.

Some key questions answered by this report...

- What are the refining and marketing strategies of Europes top 25 refining companies?

- What are the major factors that are affecting the operational performance of leading refiners?

- Which upgrading technologies are upcoming and what will be their impact on product demand?

- What is the competitive positioning of each company with respect to sectoral exposure, crude refining capacity and number of refinery sites?

- What are the exit barriers for the European refining industry?

- What are the upgrading ratios of Europe’s major oil refining companies?

Published: February, 2008


Pages: 153
Publication Date: February 2008
Publisher: Business Insights