Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade by pursuing projects that could be uneconomic in the face of international action to limit climate change, UK-based financial think-tank Carbon Tracker Initiative ...
Tags: Fossil Fuel, natural gas, oil shale, oil sands
Urals differentials versus the Dated Brent market jumped in both the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe in European trading Tuesday after the full provisional December loading program for the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk proved to be the ...
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The Trans-Atlantic gasoline arbitrage reopened Tuesday on the heels of stronger prices in both the Northwest Europe and US East Coast markets. Platts assessed the Eurobob barge at $469.25/mt, or $1.3412/gal, while RBOB cargoes delivered ...
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The Platts JKM for January was down 10 cents over the course of the week to $7.475/MMBtu on Friday, after rolling to become the new front month on Monday, November 16. Buying sentiment for the month continued to soften, with limited ...
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Energy ministers from the 12 members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) agreed at the weekend on the need for "collective action" to address the issues facing the industry -- especially in the area of supply and demand, the GECF ...
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Colombia in January will begin importing 39 MMcf/d of natural gas from neighboring Venezuela to meet domestic needs, ending decades of natural gas self sufficiency, the head of Ecopetrol said Monday. The country is negotiating to increase ...
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The December/January US Gulf Coast 3% sulfur fuel oil swap spread moved to a wider contango on Friday, while market sources searched for a fundamental reason to explain the movement. Platts assessed the December/January 3%S spread at a ...
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Canada's Alberta province Sunday announced a new "climate leadership" plan that includes a cap on greenhouse gas emissions by oil sands producers as it moves to overhaul its image and kick start export opportunities. The cap on emissions ...
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The halving of Algeria's foreign revenues in just a few months has had a brutal impact on the country's economy, Prime Minister Abelmalek Sellal said Sunday, describing the current situation as "difficult." In an interview with state news ...
The Singapore cracking margin against Dubai crude rose to $7.46/b Monday, its widest in 32 months, supported by firmer light distillate cracks and weaker crude, Platts data showed. It has widened from $5/b on November 1, with much of the ...
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Some independent teapot refiners in China's eastern Shandong province will be ramping up crude oil imports over the next month in a bid to utilize their import quotas before the end of the year, trade sources said this week. This is ...
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China's steel production capacity is likely to peak in 2016 as capacity is eliminated, gradually outpacing additions, Fitch Ratings has predicted. The rating agency expects China's steel production capacity to increase to about 1.17 ...
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China's coal consumption continued to decrease in the first ten months this year, according to the China National Coal Association (CNCA) on Tuesday. Coal consumption hit 3.23 billion tonnes during the January-October period, down 4.7 ...
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Jiangsu Shagang Group, China's biggest scrap buyer, cut buying prices Saturday for the raw material by Yuan 30/mt ($5/mt), in response to a slide in rebar prices, a company source said. After the adjustment, Shagang will pay Yuan ...
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China's crude stocks continued to grow for the fifth straight month in October, despite a month-on-month drop in net imports, output and slight rise in throughput, Platts calculations based on recently released official data showed. Crude ...
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