Sentence examples for a lack of refining from inspiring English sources

Many people contend that high gasoline prices can be attributed to a lack of refining capacity.

Some 40% of petrol is currently imported owing to a lack of refining capacity.

Mexico has to import over 40% of its petrol because of a lack of refining capacity.

That has pushed up prices in Nigeria, where a lack of refining capacity means fuel and most other consumer goods are imported.

Iran is the world's fifth-largest exporter of crude oil, but a lack of refining capacity forces it to import about 30 percent of its gasoline.

PAGE A5 Oil Prices at Another Record Oil prices surged to a record of more than $58 a barrel, spurred by a hint of a terrorist threat in Nigeria, a major supplier of crude oil to the United States, and worries about a lack of refining capacity.

There is a complete lack of information.

Despite its oil wealth, Nigeria has to import 60% of its own fuel because of a lack of domestic refining capacity and power blackouts are common.

Mr. Bush attributed high prices to the lack of refining capacity and said opening the Arctic refuge, a proposal that Democrats and environmentalists have long opposed, would enable the United States to produce a million additional barrels of oil a day.

We could, of course, prevent such a move by unilaterally, if necessary imposing a blockade against Iran, cutting off its critical gasoline imports: Thanks to its lack of refining capacity, 40% of that rogue nation's gasoline comes from India and elsewhere.

The major reason for dramatic increase in gasoline prices today is the lack of refining capacity.