The data that the Office of Natural Resources and Energy of Japan's Ministry of Economy announced on January 9 show that on January 7, the average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan rose 148.80 yen / liter, compared to last week ...
Tags: Yen Devaluation, Gasoline, Gasoline Price, kerosene
A luminaire which harnesses gravity to produce light has been designed in the UK for use in developing countries. Jim Reeves and Martin Riddiford, directors at product design consultancy Therefore, were challenged to design an LED lantern ...
At least a few Japanese refiners have started to consider importing more kerosene for February deliveries amid a particularly bullish winter demand period in the country, industry sources said Friday. Japan has been experiencing a colder ...
Tags: bumper kerosene, refiners, kerosene, kerosene sales
The cash differential for FOB Singapore 0.5% sulfur gasoil fell to more than a three-year low Wednesday, amid ample supply in the region and weak buying appetite for the grade ahead of a change in sulfur specifications for the Singapore ...
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Pioneer PV Solutions, a thin-film copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) microsolar company, has officially launched its operations. The firm will provide high-quality, off-the-shelf, compact solar solutions for rechargeable and DC power ...
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Chinese refiner West Pacific Petrochemical Corp,or Wepec,has sold 40,000 mt of gasoil for loading over January 18-22 to PetroChina via private negotiations,trading sources said Wednesday. This is the third spot parcel sold by the refiner ...
Tags: Wepec, gasoil, private negotiations, PetroChina
Reuters reports that Kurdistan has begun shipping oil to international markets in independent export deals that some see as paving the way to greater Kurdish autonomy. The move is likely to further enrage the central government in ...
Tags: Ali al-Dabbagh, Ashti Hawrami, KRG, Kurdistan, oil contracts, oil exports
IRNA reported that Mr Hashem Namvar MD of Bandar Abbas Refinery Company said that company's crude oil refining capacity has increased 30,000 barrels per day. Mr Namvar reiterated that "Earlier the production capacity of this refinery was ...
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Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes prices surged $22/mt week on week to a 53-month high of $1,260/mt CFR China Friday on firm demand and low inventory in China over the past three weeks, according to Platts data. The last time the marker ...
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Gulf News reported that the recently issued World Oil Outlook report by OPEC comes at a time when the oil refining industry is passing through many changes around the world. While the refinery distillation capacity is stagnant in the US, ...
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Solar Lights the Way to the Rechargeable Revolution An entirely new market category of LED products fueled by compact, highly efficient, rechargeable batteries is "paving the way" for new forms of pedestrian-scale lighting – and ...
Tags: Solar Light, LED, lead acid battery, Lithium battery
As a practical matter, the ever-shorter days of autumn -- for most of us -- offer only modest inconvenience. Once the sun has dipped beyond the horizon, we instinctively reach for the "on" switch, illuminating our evenings and nights so ...
Tags: Solar Light
Amidst much media buzz about efficient new lighting technologies and a general uproar about government light bulb "bans" worldwide, the most fundamental rule for saving energy on lighting seems to be fading: Make only as much of the right ...
Tags: Incandescent Bulb, CFL, LED Bulb
The Tate Modern will be plunged into darkness this week as part of the launch of Olafur Eliassona's new art project Little Sun. Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen have developed the Little Sun solar-powered lamp with an aim to bring ...
Tags: Tate Modern, Olafur Eliassona, Little Sun, solar-powered lamp, gallerya
Less than a year after announcing it had impacted one million people worldwide,Barefoot Power achieved its second milestone of bringing affordable lighting and phone charging products to two million people across 20 countries.In ...
Tags: Barefoot Powe, lighting, phone charging products, for-profit enterprise