Methanex Corporation agreed to sell an approximate 10% equity share in Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company S.A.E. (EMethanex) to Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) for $110 million. The transaction will increase APICORP's ...
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General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. It is the only manufacturer-produced ...
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"We hate it when our friends become successful," lamented Morrissey. Canada's energy industry likely shares the gloomy British singer's sentiment. Canada sits just across the border from the world's largest oil and gas market, and its ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
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World oil demand will rise by 1.1% this year to 90.26 million barrels a day, with gains coming from countries outside of the major industrialized nations, a U.S. government forecast said Tuesday. The Energy Information Administration said ...
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Paraxylene market participants expect another tough round of negotiations for the Asian Contract Price for October amid tight PX supplies and a bearish downstream purified terephthalic acid market, sources close to the negotiations said ...
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Oil Markets are currently balanced and inventories are at excellent levels, but the geopolitical situation is having an impact on prices, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Tuesday. "The market is in a very good position, supplies are ...
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A new shipbuilding yard that is jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) was officially opened this morning by President of ...
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U.S. oil prices declined Friday, continuing to pull back from a mid-week rally sparked by the Federal Reserve's surprise decision to continue its easy money policies, while concerns over Middle East supply disruptions continued to fade ...
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Europe's oil-refining businesses will have to slim down further and then pump billions of dollars into what remains, the head of one of Europe's leading oil trade associations said Thursday. Michel Bénézit, president of ...
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Brazil's government plans to finance state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's participation in the October 21 auction of Libra, country's largest-ever oil discovery, the Estado de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported on Saturday. The ...
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Refining capacity expansions in China have been largely on track this year although the country's relatively weaker growth in oil demand could delay some projects and result in lower utilization rates, analysts said this week. Up to 1.3 ...
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Yemen's main oil export pipeline has resumed pumping crude after it was repaired following an attack last week, the interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday Tribesmen in the northeastern province of Marib blew up the pipeline on ...
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The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes shrank $9/mt day on day to a one-year low of $175/mt on a CFR basis Wednesday as PX prices turned top heavy while MX remained bullish, Platts data showed. Asian ...
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The CFR Taiwan/China paraxylene price benchmark fell $8.50/mt from Friday to be pegged at $1,511.50/mt early Monday, after negotiators reached no settlement for September Asian Contract Prices, market sources said. Market sources said ...