With oil product stocks at moderate levels, Shandong's teapot refineries have kept refinery run rates relatively high, which is supporting demand for feedstock crudes, sources said this week. Regular importer Beifang Asphalt Fuel in ...
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China will not cut its domestic retail fuel prices when international oil prices fall below 40 U.S. dollars a barrel, the country's economic planner said on Wednesday. Previously, China set a ceiling for domestic retail fuel prices, which ...
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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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Oil prices have been raised in Saudi Arabia. At the same time, the Saudi cabinet has also added tariffs on electricity, water and sanitation services. Saudi officials have approved a national budget for the coming year with a deficit of ...
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Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers including AWEA and Goodway predict missed 2015 revenue targets.Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers, including AWEA Mechantronic Co., Ltd., Goodway Machine Corp., Kao Fong Machinery Co., Ltd., and ...
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Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
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For drivers in the United States this year, it's been the gift that keeps on giving with low gasoline prices helping them saving money. The US national average for gasoline has dropped below 2 US dollars a gallon, the lowest price since ...
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The Iraqi Prime Minister has spoken highly of China's effort in helping the development of Iraq. Haider al-Abadi made the comment ahead of his first visit to Beijing, starting from today. "The relationship of China and Iraq has lasted ...
Brent oil price hit 11-year low Monday as the market continued to be plagued by an oversupply of crude oil and weakening demand. Brent crude for February delivery decreased 53 cents to close at 36.35 U.S. dollars a barrel on the London ...
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The Chinese government Tuesday refrained from adjusting retail oil product prices in line with global crude oil fluctuations for the first time in nearly three years, sending a strong signal to the market that it believes prices may have ...
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The US vinyl acetate monomer market is seeing a tightening of supply that will likely push pricing higher through the first quarter of 2016 despite falling feedstock prices and a weaker energy sector, sources said. US VAM increased $20/mt ...
The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
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France's oil giant Total and international trading firms Trafigura and Vitol were among 21 companies handed crude oil term lifting contracts for 2016 by state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, NNPC said Thursday. "NNPC issued ...
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Crude futures settled Thursday at multi-year lows on a stronger US dollar and persistent concerns about oversupply. NYMEX January crude settled down 57 cents at $34.95/b, lowest front-month settle since February 2009. ICE February Brent ...
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The cash price for CARBOB gasoline in Los Angeles, California, climbed 14 cents/gal Wednesday, supported by nearly 1 million b/d of refinery capacity affected by unplanned maintenance issues. Los Angeles CARBOB was assessed at NYMEX ...
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