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US shale gas boom brings bad news for Europe's oil refiners

Reuters -- LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - European oil refiners are set to lose a vital export market because the U.S. petrochemical industry is shifting away from reliance on oil products, notably naphtha, and using cheap and abundant shale gas instead.

Exports to the United States and Asia are often the last ray of hope for European refiners, crippled by high oil prices, poor refining margins and depressed economies at home.

The past few years have seen minimal exports of European gasoline to the United States because fewer Americans than normal have taken to the roads in the holiday driving seasons.

But even if gasoline flows to the United States pick up as the economy gains strength, exports of the key feedstock for the petrochemical industry, naphtha, may never fully recover because of the shale

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Submitted Jul 27, 2012 By: leemun

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