refinery capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofrefineryandcapacity

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refinery
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈfaɪ.nər.i/us
/rɪˈfaɪ.nɚ.i/
a factory where substances in their natural state, such as oil or sugar, are ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofrefineryandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is enoughrefinerycapacityfor 150 million tons of oil a year.
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Nobody in our community would dispute that the country may need additionalrefinerycapacity.
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The need for the project has been questioned, the argument being put that there is already a surplus ofrefinerycapacity.
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Therefinerycapacityin the world falls short of demand by 100,000 barrels a day.
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It is a question not only of the supply of crude oil but ofrefinerycapacity.
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For these programmes for increasingrefinerycapacityrequire an enormous amount of steel.
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The oil companies have plans for a very large expansion ofrefinerycapacity, but these will not mature fully for some time.
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Of course, we all concede that it is in the national interest that there should be additionalrefinerycapacity.
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Let us look at the national picture, particularly as it will be if permission is given for a considerablerefinerycapacity.
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To produce that fuel oil, presumably they will have to have increasedrefinerycapacity.
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I turn now to the problem ofrefinerycapacity.
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Our presentrefinerycapacityis more than sufficient for our present national demands.
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The world's oil resources today are great and therefinerycapacityin this country is great.
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Net imports of petroleum products are being reduced and by 1970refinerycapacityshould be sufficient in total to allow some net exports.
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Nobody disputes that we may need additionalrefinerycapacitysomewhere.
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Yet we are all aware that, ultimately, part of the problem isrefinerycapacity.
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Therefinerycapacityby 1970 may be as high as 115 million tons.
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He is concerned about the establishment of additionalrefinerycapacityas well as the problem of existing capacity.
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These are the conditions in which we look with confidence for the oil companies to continue to providerefinerycapacityon a scale commensurate with our needs.
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He recommended against an oil refinery, largely on the evidence ofrefinerycapacityin relation to demand as it was presented to him at the time.
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