China's crude oil imports in March edged up 0.9% year on year to 23.25 million mt or an average 5.5 million b/d, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The imports were down 8.8% from ...
An expected surplus of gasoil in Asia from greenfield and upgraded refineries might flow into the marine fuel market in late 2014 or early 2015, trade sources said Wednesday. Asia's maritime industry is looking to the possible supply as ...
Tags: Gasoil, Fuel Market, greenfield
State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec Corp, posted modest gains in its 2013 upstream and downstream oil and gas production and has pledged to reduce its capital expenditure this year. In its annual financial results ...
Tags: Sinopec, Oil, Gas Output, Chemicals
PepsiCo believes acting ethically and responsibly is not only the right thing to do, but also the right thing for our business. To build on the policies and programs PepsiCo has already established in a number of areas including supplier ...
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Vietnam's oil product imports in February rose for a third consecutive month, on a year-on-year basis, following declines for most of last year, customs data released late Thursday showed. The country imported 602,827 mt of oil products ...
Tags: Oil Product, crude, gasoline
US Northeast spot natural gas prices continue to trade at parity or a premium to New York Harbor fuel oil prices as cold weather blankets the region. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line zone-6 New York spot gas was trading around $18.69/MMBtu ...
Tags: Spot Gas Prices, Fuel Oil
Iraq aims to boost its oil exports by nearly 26% to 3.4 million b/d in 2014, a senior official said Wednesday. "Exports reached more than 2.7 million b/d this month, and the rate [that] is planned for 2014, including exports from the ...
Low-calorie sugars offer new way to solidify vegetable oils and gels Researchers at the City College of New York have reported the successful transformation of vegetables oils into a semi-solid form using low-calorie sugars as a ...
Tags: Low-calorie sugars, solidify vegetable oils and gels, semi-solid form
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product
China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...
Tags: Curbing Demand, Tax Change
Indian refiner Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is close to completing the long-drawn-out third phase of its expansion project, which will see a new petroleum fluid catalytic cracker and delayed coker unit come onstream at its 15 ...
Tags: Refinery Expansion, Metallurgy
American agribusiness giant Cargill has signed a deal with Filippo Berio Olive Oil brand to market the latter's Filippo Berio Culinary Selection products for the foodservice establishments. Filippo Berio Olive Oil brand is owned by ...
China's first direct coal-to-oil project, operated by the country's leading coal producer, Shenhua Group, produced 866,000 tonnes of oil products last year. The direct coal liquefaction line is located in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos City in ...
Tags: Coal Producer, Oil Products
Spectra Packaging have recently produced stylish new packs for Sophie la Girafe Cosmetics, Alva Organics range of natural products. Spectra worked with the Helsinki based skincare and personal care brand on their range of natural hair and ...
UK-based Spectra Packaging has created new packaging for Helsinki based skincare and personal care brand Sophie la Girafe Cosmetics' Alva Organics range of natural products. Designed in collaboration with the cosmetic firm, the natural ...