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US Commercial Crude Stocks Failed to Fall for The Sixth Straight Reporting Week Data
Feb 28, 2013US commercial crude stocks failed to fall for the sixth straight reporting week data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday, climbing 1.13 million barrels over the week ended February 22 to 377.518 million barrels, ...
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Buying Interest Stayed Muted at South China's Trading Hubs for Imported Thermal Coal
Feb 28, 2013Buying interest stayed muted at south China's trading hubs for imported thermal coal Tuesday, and CFR delivered prices were rangebound at $86/mt and remain capped by competitively priced domestic thermal coal, traders said. The ...
Tags: south China, thermal coal, imports
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China's Polypropylene Homopolymer Imports Increased 2.7% Month on Month in January
Feb 28, 2013China's polypropylene homopolymer imports increased 2.7% month on month in January to 385,957 mt, customs data released on Tuesday showed. PP imports rose 36.5% year on year, the data showed. Imports from Saudi Arabia edged up ...
Tags: polypropylene homopolymer, imports, China
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Northwest European Contract Price for March-delivered Butadiene Was Fully Settled Tuesday
Feb 28, 2013The Northwest European contract price for March-delivered butadiene was fully settled Tuesday at Eur1,415/mt FD NWE ($1,880/mt FD), following confirmation from two producers and two consumers involved in the negotiations. The increase ...
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China's Oil and Gas Companies Could Lift Total Overseas Equity Production to 3 Million B/D
Feb 28, 2013China's oil and gas companies could lift their total overseas equity production to 3 million b/d by 2015, the executive director of the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. "Chinese national oil companies are present everywhere in ...
Tags: oil, gas, overseas equity
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UK Offshore Oil and Gas Investment Has Risen to Its Highest Level in 30 Years
Feb 28, 2013UK offshore oil and gas investment has risen to its highest level in 30 years, thanks to changes in the tax regime introduced over the past four years, industry association Oil & Gas UK said Monday. Investment soared to GBP11.4 billion ...
Tags: offshore oil, gas investment, oil
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Asia Will Become The Second-largest Global Natural Gas Market After North America by 2015
Feb 27, 2013Asia will become the second-largest global natural gas market after North America by 2015 with annual demand rising to 790 billion cubic meters, the International Energy Agency said in a report released Tuesday. "Asia is already home to ...
Tags: natural gas market, Chemicals, Metallurgy
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South Korea's S-Oil Nominated Its Paraxylene Asia Contract Price for March at $1,750/mt
Feb 27, 2013South Korea's S-Oil nominated its paraxylene Asia Contract Price for March at $1,750/mt, up $65/mt from its February settlement, sources close to the negotiations said Monday. There are four ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Idemitsu ...
Tags: South Korea, S-Oil, oil
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Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd Have Stepped up Their Campaign Against The Proposed Sale
Feb 27, 2013Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd have stepped up their campaign against the proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, union officials said on Friday. Dead Sea Works committee chairman Armond Lankry said on state ...
Tags: Dead Sea, Israel Chemicals, chemicals
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Biodiesel Producer Sources Applauded The US Environmental Protection Agency Monday
Feb 26, 2013Biodiesel producer sources applauded the US Environmental Protection Agency Monday after the EPA finalized its rule to approve camelina oil as a low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard. "This decision adds to the growing ...
Tags: EPA, Camelina Oil, RFS, fuel stocks
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Russia and China May Reach a Basic Agreement on The Supply of Russian Gas to The Asian
Feb 26, 2013Russia and China may reach a basic agreement on the supply of Russian gas to the Asian giant by the end of March -- in time for the visit to Moscow by Xi Jinping, secretary general of the Communist Party of China -- Russia's deputy prime ...
Tags: Gas Supply, Chemicals, basic agreement
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Total Traded Volumes of OTC and Exchange-Cleared Financial Coal Derivatives Fell 31%
Feb 26, 2013Total traded volumes of OTC and exchange-cleared financial coal derivatives in January fell 31% year on year to 181.454 million mt, according to data published Monday on the London Energy Brokers' Association website. The figure is 49% ...
Tags: OTC, Coal Derivatives, Chemicals
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European Ethylene and Propylene Supply Has Tightened Amid a Spate of Production Issues
Feb 26, 2013European ethylene and propylene supply has tightened amid a spate of production issues, though the impact of this on spot prices is being moderated by poor derivatives demand, according to industry sources. Availability to the market had ...
Tags: NWE Ethylene, Propylene, LyondellBasell
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UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Co Will Shift April 2013-March 2014 Naphtha Cycle Forward
Feb 26, 2013The UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Co will shift its April 2013-March 2014 naphtha term cycle forward by a month, changing it to a May 2013-April 2014 term cycle instead, Asian naphtha trade sources said Friday. Should the term be ...
Tags: UAE, Adnoc, naphtha trade
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Pyrosequencing Analysis of Bacteria in an Experimental Drinking Water Distribution System
Feb 26, 2013This research focuses on pyrosequencing analysis of bacteria in an experimental drinking water distribution system. Bulk water and biofilms had markedly different bacterial community structures. Biofilms had higher species richness and ...
Tags: bacteria, experimental drinking water distribution system
