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Article: France : Europes oil refining set to shrink.
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- March 30, 2009
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Byline: manish03
Vanishing gasoline demand from the United States and a long-term fall in local oil use mean Europe's refiners are shutting down capacity -- for good.
Already Total (TOTF.PA), Europe's largest refiner, has said it will shut a quarter of its Gonfreville plant, the biggest in France.
Old refineries are particularly vulnerable. Swiss-based Petroplus (PPHN.VX) will turn its UK Teesside plant into a ...