Qantas’s biofuel partner Solazyme has seen sales increases of 35 per cent at participating test sites in the US, where B20 algae-derived diesel fuel was sold alongside mineral diesel. And a post-sale survey has shown that drivers ...
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Biodiesel producer sources applauded the US Environmental Protection Agency Monday after the EPA finalized its rule to approve camelina oil as a low-carbon feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard. "This decision adds to the growing ...
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US demand for liquid fuels will rise slowly over the next two years to 18.77 million b/d in 2014, driven by distillate and liquid petroleum gas consumption from a recovering industrial sector, the Energy Information Administration said ...
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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 ...
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Reuters reported that the new trading arm of state run Saudi Aramco has finalized a January to June 2013 term contract to sell jet fuel with at least one buyer. Traders said that Saudi Aramco Products Trading Company has agreed to sell ...
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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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China exported 6.67m tonnes of jet fuel in January-November 2012, up by 14% from the same period in 2011, data from the General Administration of Customs showed. The country's jet fuel exports grew when domestic production was rising and ...
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Limited jet availability in the US Gulf Coast market sent differentials up nearly 4 cents Thursday on both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Platts assessed Gulf Coast jet fuel at the NYMEX January heating oil futures contract minus 1.50 ...
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 ...
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Atlantic Coast ULSD stocks were at 20.109 million barrels,up 2.7 million barrels,in the reporting week ended December 14,the Energy Information Administration said Wednesday.This was the highest rise in inventories on a weekly basis since ...
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Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organisation has finalized a term deal to buy up to 1.097 million tonnes of gasoil for delivery next year from Swiss trader Vitol and oil major BP. Traders said that the company has agreed to pay a premium of ...
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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Sulzer Pumps will supply 40 pumps to PetroChina, the largest oil producer in China for the Guangxi Oil Refinery Project Phase II. Located in the Guangxi Province in Southern China, the project will refine imported high sulfur crude oil. ...
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Japanese two wheeler manufacturer Yamaha Motor has unveiled the new ‘SOUL GT’, an automatic transmission (AT) commuter model in Indonesia. The new commuter is powered by 115cc engine with Yamaha mixture jet-fuel injection ...
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The US Senate on Thursday voted 54-41 to reverse a plan included in a larger defense policy bill that would have ended the Department of Defense's participation in an agreement aimed at boosting the supply of biofuels available to the ...
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