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WP Report Refinery Naphtha This World Petrochemical (WP) report on Refinery Naphtha contains complete global and country supply/demand balances for the base year, the past five years and five and ten year projections for both light and heavy naphtha. The complete report including the analyses and supply/demand tables contains approximately 200 pages.  There is also a table showing projected capacity additions for catalytic reforming, and crude units by producer, location, and (average daily) capacity of the increments, as well as a listing of total crude unit (base year) capacities by major global producers. Published January 2008                                                      WP Home   |     View Report     |     Purchase     |    View Sample Report  Abstract Global production and consumption of refinery naphtha (light & heavy) in 2007 was approximately 825 million metric tons.  Global consumption is estimated to have increased by 3.2% in 2007, and is expected to increase on average by 2.7% per year from 2007 to 2012, declining to 1.8% per year from 2012 to 2017.  Almost half of the total refinery naphtha consumption in 2007 was for reforming, followed by feed to ethylene crackers with 23% of total consumption.  North America was the largest consuming region in 2007 with 29% of total refinery naphtha consumption, followed by Northeast Asia with 22%.  The following pie chart shows world consumption of refinery naphtha in 2007 by region:

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