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Chapter 8<br />

Downstream investment requirements<br />

The projected investment requirements for the refining sector in this year’s WOO<br />

consist of three major components. The first category relates to identified projects that<br />

are judged to go ahead. The second category comprises capacity additions – over and<br />

above known projects – that are estimated to be required to provide adequate future<br />

refining capacity. And the third category covers maintenance of the global refining<br />

system and capacity replacement.<br />

As set out in Chapter 6, in terms of additional distillation capacity, the global<br />

refining system is projected to expand by 7.2 mb/d, the result of existing projects<br />

coming onstream by 2016, compared to the 2011 base. In addition to distillation<br />

capacity, these projects will add more than 6 mb/d of desulphurization capacity,<br />

4.7 mb/d of conversion capacity and around 1.7 mb/d of combined reforming, alkylation<br />

and isomerization capacity.<br />

The cost of constructing this capacity is assessed to be $230 billion for the period<br />

2012–2016 (Figure 8.1). Of this, the Asia-Pacific region is projected to require<br />

the highest level of investment, close to $90 billion for known projects, with China<br />

alone attracting some $55 billion. Closely following the Asia-Pacific, in terms of investments,<br />

is the Middle East. Investors in the region will spend around $50 billion,<br />

mainly on new grassroots refineries. Latin America has total projected investment<br />

requirements of close to $40 billion. Investments in other regions are significantly<br />

lower, in the range of $10–20 billion, except for Europe where new unit investments<br />

are limited. The main focus here is on desulphurization for diesel plus some limited<br />

conversion and distillation expansion, mainly in Southern and Eastern Europe.<br />

Continued interest in downstream capacity expansion in developing countries<br />

is contributing to the upward movement in construction costs. This is also evident<br />

in the behaviour of the downstream capital costs index (DCCI) developed by IHS<br />

CERA. It rose during 2010 to its pre-economic crisis level of around 180, compared<br />

to the base year 2000, and increased further during 2011 to end the year at 196. Increased<br />

downstream capital costs during 2011 not only reflect the rising price of raw<br />

materials, but also higher labour costs and the premium price contractors needed to<br />

pay for construction equipment due to increased competition between various industry<br />

sectors. A similar rising trend is also evident in the behaviour of the US-oriented<br />

Nelson-Farrar construction index published by the <strong>Oil</strong> and Gas Journal, albeit at<br />

more moderate rates. The DCCI indicates an increase in global construction costs in<br />

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