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Figure 7.1<br />

Figure 7.1<br />

Global gasoline demand and ethanol supply, 2010–2035<br />

28<br />

24<br />

20<br />

16<br />

12<br />

8<br />

4<br />

0<br />

mb/d<br />

Net gasoline demand ex-refineries Ethanol supply<br />

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035<br />

continue to decline through to 2035 Figure as ethanol 7.3 supplies rise, while improved vehicle<br />

efficiencies cut consumption. The projected decline is to below 8 mb/d ex-refinery by<br />

2020, and to around 6 mb/d by 2035.<br />

total demand 3 across all US transport fuels could be reduced by 4 mb/d by 2030 – and<br />

place. 2 12<br />

mb/d<br />

In short, renewable fuels and transport efficiency legislation are projected to re-<br />

5<br />

move 0.5 mb/d of demand for gasoline production from US & Canadian refineries by<br />

2030–2035<br />

2020, and well 2025–2030 over 2 mb/d by 2035. The Reference Case is for total US & Canadian<br />

4 2020–2025<br />

liquids demand 2015–2020 to decline by 2.7 mb/d between 2010 and 2035. It is worth noting<br />

that a 2010 study 2011–2015 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) projected that<br />

possibly more than 6 mb/d – if more aggressive measures were adopted than those in<br />

As 1 a result of declining regional demand, it is inevitable that US refinery throughputs<br />

will progressively need to make adjustments, although part of the decline is being<br />

offset by increasing product exports. This trend is already taking place since the<br />

0<br />

US became a US net & product Latin exporter Africa in Europe 2011 after FSU many Middle years China of being Other a net product<br />

importer. Moreover, Canada America higher product exports are leading East to an increasing Asia degree of<br />

competition on international markets, notably for gasoline, as surplus capacity for the<br />

product exists, or will be added, in the US Gulf Coast, northern and southern Europe,<br />

Russia, the Middle East, India and other locations.<br />

Sulphur % (wt)<br />

Figure 7.6<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

36.0<br />

35.0<br />

34.0<br />

33.0<br />

32.0<br />

31.0

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