Adaptive mesh refinement is used to obtain a high level of uniform refining at the domain of dependence of the interface.
"Reformulated gasoline is a premium product and tighter requirements mean it will be more expensive," said George Beranek, an expert on refining at the Petroleum Finance Corporation.
Efforts to revive cocoa and coffee production brought only modest results, but new projects for sugar refining at Franceville and palm-oil processing at Lambaréné have been successful.
Bit by bit, as the familiar torment of his own country was replaced by the torment of exile -- estranging and refining at the same time -- Brodsky's poetry acquired a longer, transforming reach.
Often, he presents his insights as verse, which makes sense, because he specializes in invocation, not contention: No more anger, no more punishment, rebuke, or refining — at some point healing and reconciling and return.
"On the way up, retail tends to lag, so in a fast-rising market a retailer can get really squeezed," said Kevin J. Lindemer, who tracks refining at Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
The contract with Nobelpac was signed on Sept. 21, 1991, by Andre Guillon, the former head of refining at Elf, who is now in prison in France, where he has been charged with fraud.
The strike, called over the oil giant's plans to end refining at its Dunkirk site, is symptomatic of broader problems in a sector where capacity is running ahead of demand.
The strike, called over the oil giant's plans to end refining at its Dunkerque site, is symptomatic of broader problems in a sector where capacity is running ahead of demand.
The workers have been promised that they will not lose their jobs; they are seeking assurances on the future of refining at the site, which employs 370 directly as well as several hundred indirectly.
Soleil has "buy" ratings on Holly Corp., which trades at 5.6 times 2010 earnings; Sunoco at 6.2 times 2010 earnings; Valero Energy at 7 times 2010 earnings; and Western Refining at 8.5 times 2010 earnings.
