Crude oil losses

Crude oil losses
  Represents the volume of crude oil reported by petroleum refineries as being lost in their operations. These losses are due to spills, contamination, fires, etc., as opposed to refining processing losses.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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