China's total available crude supply significantly exceeded refinery throughput in December, suggesting 915,000 b/d of crude oil was added to storage during the month, although the total stockbuild during 2014 averaged just over 300,000 ...
China's crude imports from its major suppliers rose significantly in November versus a year ago, with Russian cargoes hitting a record high, although shipments from top exporter Saudi Arabia fell 5.9% to 3.99 million mt, detailed data from ...
Tags: Crude Imports, pipeline oil
China's crude imports from its major suppliers, including Iran, rose significantly in October versus a year ago, save for top exporters Saudi Arabia and Angola, detailed data from the General Administration of Customs showed Saturday, ...
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A combination of low inventories and refinery maintenance could be spurring some Chinese state-owned companies to seek gasoil imports for the fourth quarter, sources said this week. Though market sources said that state-owned trader ...
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Loading volumes for Republic of Congo's two main crude oil grades -- Djeno and N'Kossa -- are set to rise in July to a total of 7.42 million barrels from 6.47 million barrels in June, according to copies of preliminary loading schedules ...
Tags: Crude Oil, medium-sweet crude
China's refinery crude throughput over January and February dipped 1% year on year to 78.78 million mt, or an average of 9.79 million b/d, according to preliminary data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday. ...
China said Monday that consumers will need to bear some of the costs of tighter fuel standards, opening the door to higher prices at fuel pumps as the nation balances growing public concern over the environment with worries about inflation. ...
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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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China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data. This is the highest growth rate ...
Tags: Chemicals, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Gasoil exports from China's state-owned trading company Unipec -- which accounted for most of the country's gasoil shipments so far this year -- are expected to be minimal in June and July following reduced volumes in May, because the ...
China's crude oil imports in December rose 8% year on year to 23.67 million mt, or an average of 5.6 million b/d, according to preliminary trade data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The volume is 1.9% lower ...
China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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The differentials spread between Angolan crude grades Cabinda and Dalia has reached its widest point in more than a year, as the market shuns the heavier Dalia in favor of the lighter, more popular Cabinda, market sources said Friday. On ...