The future of the refining industry; L`avenir de l`industrie du raffinage

An analysis of the situation and of the future prospects of the refining industry in Europe is given and compared to the other world areas (USA, south-east Asian). Nowadays, the refining industry imposes to take into account of the environmental constraints, of the products qualities and of the refineries emissions. New possible technologies are described. (O.M.) 21 refs.