French oil and gas producer Total SA expects to launch more cooperations in the Chinese mainland. It launched Journey of Harmonious Energy, a national touring energy science exhibition, in Tianjin, a port city in north China, on May 22 ...
Tags: Cooperations, economy, Energy, oil, gas
US commercial crude stocks likely fell around 1.5 million barrels for the reporting week ended May 24, according to a Platts analysis and a survey of oil analysts Tuesday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's coastal ports enable the transportation of coal, containers, imported iron ore, and grain; roll-on-roll-off operations between mainland and islands; and deep-water access to the sea. In port construction, China has especially ...
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A combination of new supply sources and rising costs at home could mean Australia's burgeoning LNG sector losing ground to new players, several speakers at an oil industry conference in Brisbane warned this week. On Sunday the chief ...
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Saudi Aramco boosted its crude production to a record 9.506 million b/d in 2012, excluding blended natural gas liquids, up 5% from 9.068 million b/d in 2011, the company said in its latest annual report. "During 2012 at Saudi Aramco, we ...
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On May 27, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (May 20-26) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.4 percent week on week, declining at the same rate as recorded in the previous week. In particular, ...
Tags: Steel Price, China
The price spread between Asian styrene monomer and petrochemical feedstock naphtha hit an eight-year high of $819.90/mt Wednesday on short covering amid low spot inventory in China, Platts data showed. SM prices jumped $10.50/mt day on ...
Tags: Chemicals, petrochemical, styrene monomer
Gasoline prices in Western Canada and the US Midwest have jumped due to supply issues surrounding the turnaround of Suncor's 135,000 b/d Edmonton, Alberta, refinery, industry sources said Thursday. "Suncor's move to secure gasoline and ...
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Researchers at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, have found that unprocessed low-micronaire cotton surpasses other, higher grades of cotton in its ability to absorb oil, making it the most effective cotton-based solution for cleaning ...
In 2003, Yukos was preparing for a game-changing merger with another private Russian oil company, Roman Abramovich's Sibneft, to create a 2.3 million b/d Russian oil producing giant. The deal was scuppered, however, in large part because ...
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Sweet North Sea crude values have begun rebounding as European crude oil traders begin to take note of improving sweet refining margins, the first time in over a month that sweet margins have performed better than sour, traders said Monday. ...
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Alberta-based Bri-Chem Corp. said Thursday that during Q1 2013, net earnings were $1.8 million compared to net earnings of $2.9 million for 2012, a decrease of 36.6 percent. Bri-Chem is wholesale distributor and manufacturer of oil and gas ...
Tags: Pipe Market, steel pipe
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (May 6-12) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 50 mm x 50 mm ...
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The Asia Pacific sweet crude market is expected to stay on a downward trajectory as it faces more competition from falling West African crude prices and an oversupply of regional spot cargoes, traders said this week. Perpetually weak ...
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Enbridge, the Calgary-based crude oil carrier, will have to "wait and see" whether it faces a replay of rival TransCanada's Keystone XL regulatory battle as it seeks US State Department approval for changes to its Alberta Clipper (Line 67) ...
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