The quality of Iraq's Basrah crude has stabilized at an API gravity level of 28-30 degrees after some fluctuation in recent months, the country's oil minister said Thursday. "Its quality is stable around 28-30 API. The only change we had ...
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The rapid pace of new US crude production has traders scrambling to assess constantly moving crude differentials as supporting infrastructure grows and changes the dynamics. Not long ago, there was too much crude in Cushing, Oklahoma, the ...
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Sweet North Sea crude values have begun rebounding as European crude oil traders begin to take note of improving sweet refining margins, the first time in over a month that sweet margins have performed better than sour, traders said Monday. ...
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The oil complex shrugged off largely bearish US Energy Information Administration data Wednesday as a rise in equities coupled with a technical bounce halted a four-day slide in June crude futures. NYMEX June crude rallied towards the ...
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US refiner Phillips 66 said Wednesday it plans to increase its product export capacity by 50,000 b/d to 370,000 b/d by the end of this year and to raise the volume of less expensive North American crude it processes at its US refineries. ...
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LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the first quarter 2013 of $906 million, or $1.56 diluted earnings per share. First quarter 2013 EBITDA was $1,585 million, a 25 percent increase from the fourth quarter 2012 and a 29 percent ...
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State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a joint venture agreement Sunday with France's Total and Japan's Idemitsu, Cosmo Oil, Marubeni and Mitsui for a new condensate refinery to be built in Qatar at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Under the ...
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The Mars cash differential fell in early trading Thursday to its lowest level since January 2012 as the WTI/Brent spread continues to narrow, Gulf Coast trading sources said. Mars is down 40 cents early Thursday at WTI plus $6.35/b after ...
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China's National Development and Reform Commission will not adjust the regulated prices of gasoline and diesel in what would have been the first such exercise following the new pricing mechanism introduced late last month, the NDRC said ...
Large US refiner Valero Energy sees Louisiana and California as among the destinations that will be served by its recent order of 5,320 new rail cars to move discounted inland crudes across the US, the company's chief operating officer said ...
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China is considering to make changes to its oil pricing mechanism by both shortening the price review period and removing the price fluctuation limitation of a basket of crudes used to adjust retail oil product prices, the official Xinhua ...
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US policymakers should provide an opening for normal exports of light crude and other hydrocarbons that are seeing increased production due to the shale boom, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Ryan Lance said Tuesday at an industry gathering. ...
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According to data, the 7 major stainless steel producers in Japan produced 312,856 tons of crudes stainless steel in January, rising by 15.5% from a month ago. In January, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) Yawata Works ...
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Genesis Energy plans to spend about $125 million on new rail and pipeline infrastructure to connect ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery to more than 500,000 b/d of new crude supply, the midstream company said in a statement ...
As southbound pipeline capacity is built and there's less demand in the Midwest, West Texas Intermediate will stabilize and trade at about $7/b under Light Louisiana Sweet, an industry expert said at an event Friday. Less demand for WTI, ...
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