China's independent refineries likely have to rely on state-owned trading companies to export oil products in 2017 as Beijing is likely to stop awarding them quotas to export directly, informed sources said Friday. "It [stopping awarding ...
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China's independent refiners nearly doubled their gasoil and gasoline production in January and output is expected to remain at high levels going forward as they maintain strong run rates, set up reformers, and continue to process light ...
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Four more Chinese independent teapot refineries, with a total capacity of 15.6 million mt/year, have joined others in applying to the National Development and Reform Commission to process around 14.47 million mt/year of imported crudes, the ...
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China's crude oil imports rose 8% year on year to 25.41 million mt in November, or an average 6.21 million b/d, preliminary General Administration of Customs data released Monday, December 8, showed. The volume was also up 8.9% month on ...
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China's crude oil imports in September rose 7.4% year on year to 27.58 million mt or an average 6.74 million b/d, the second highest on record, preliminary data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs showed. Crude ...
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China's apparent oil demand* in June turned directions from May and climbed 2.7% versus the same month a year ago to 41.94 million metric tons (mt) or an average 10.25 million barrels per day (b/d), according to a just-released Platts ...
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China's National Energy Administration is seeking recommendations and consulting the refining sector on a proposal to award more crude import quotas in the country. In a report on Friday, Chinese newspaper 21st Century Business Herald ...
Shandong-based independent refiners' gasoil and gasoline stocks climbed in the first half of December, because consumption was slow while production was still quite large amid high refinery operating rates, industry sources said. These ...
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