Ethylene spot prices have softened marginally for the first time since December 6 as feedstock naphtha prices fell, sources said. Ethylene was assessed at Eur1,000/mt ($1362) FD NWE Wednesday, down Eur7.50/mt on the day. Naphtha was ...
Increased buying interest for North Sea crude oil cargoes, resulting in a sharp increase in price for a number of key grades, has negatively impacted Northwest European refinery margins, according to traders Wednesday. The cracking yield ...
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Petrobras inform that its refining park in Brazil processed an average of 2,034,000 barrels of oil per day between January and November 2013, a rise of 8% from the 1,897,000 barrels per day registered in the same period of 2012, adhering to ...
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European refineries are enjoying a rebound in the profitability of turning crude oil into products at the start of the year, after reaching their worst point of last year in December, traders said Tuesday. "Margins are decent," said a ...
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China's oil demand in November fell 2.1 percent year-on-year to an average 9.9 million barrels a day, according to a report by Platts that was based on China's latest government data. It is the second time that China's oil demand declined ...
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Thailand's crude oil, condensate and natural gas production increased in the first 10 months of 2013 compared with the same period of 2012, but the growth rate has slowed considerably, according to the latest energy ministry data. Crude ...
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China's fuel oil imports in November plunged 29.7% year on year to 1.46 million mt, General Administration of Customs data released Friday showed. The total was also down 12.4% from October. The volume refers to fuel oil classified as No. ...
US propane and propylene stocks are 31% under were they stood in 2012 on increasing exports, cold weather and changing infrastructure, Energy Information Administration data released Friday showed. The stocks fell 2.51 million barrels to ...
Infrastructure will remain the watchword as US refiners look to further cement their role as world class product exporters in 2014, improving export capacity and rejigging refineries to increase their output of export-friendly diesel, ...
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Rosneft began handling and installing oversize equipment at its Kuibyshev, Syzran, Achinsk, Komsomolsk and Angarsk refineries in early December, following the unique transport operations, one of which was noted in the Russian and European ...
Tags: gas oil hydrofining units, organic admixtures, vacuum gas oil
China's apparent oil demand in November contracted 2.1% year on year to 40.88 million mt, or an average of 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts calculations Thursday based on final government data released Tuesday. This is the second ...
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Benzene exports from EU countries sank by 64.4%year-on-year in October to 11,472 mt,according to Eurostat data. It was also a 32.6%decline in export volumes from September's 17,032 mt. The US remained the main destination for the EU's ...
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Belarusia has proposed to Russian oil producer Rosneft to take part in the privatization of one of its two large oil refineries,Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Prokopovich said on Friday. Belarus has offered Rosneft an option to ...
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BP announced today all of the major new units associated with the Whiting modernization project have been successfully brought on stream. The start-up of the new 102,000 barrel per day coker in mid-November marked the last major milestone ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rosneft President Igor Sechin took part in the launch of the most powerful Russian crude distillation unit CDU-12 at Tuapse refinery. Modernization of Tuapse refinery suggests in-process construction ...
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