China aims to increase domestic crude oil output to 200 million tonnes by 2020, while supply capacity for natural gas should exceed 360 billion cubic meters, according to plans published Thursday. China will add 1 billion tonnes of proven ...
China's independent refiners nearly doubled their gasoil and gasoline production in January and output is expected to remain at high levels going forward as they maintain strong run rates, set up reformers, and continue to process light ...
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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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When Congress announced the US Renewable Fuel Standard a decade ago the aim was to combat the growing need for foreign oil as well as increase the production and promotion of clean, renewable biofuels. As 2016 approaches, and the ...
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China's state-owned oil giants Sinopec and PetroChina reported a modest 1.73 million mt or 0.7% increase in their domestic oil products sales in the first nine months of 2015, but exports rose by 2.59 million mt or 12% in the same period, ...
China may raise retail oil prices for a second time this month as a new window for adjusting gasoline and diesel prices opens on Friday, Gasoline and diesel retail prices are likely to be raised by more than 300 yuan (49 U.S. dollars) per ...
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The world’s largest economy – the US is the locomotive of global growth for the first time since the great recession and in the process boosting exports around the world, says the Chief Economist at IHF. Nariman Behravesh ...
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Vietnam's state-owned Petrolimex, which accounts for more than half of domestic oil product sales, cut its diesel and kerosene retail prices marginally but kept gasoline and fuel oil rates unchanged, effective late Thursday, according to a ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set to grow 50% on year in 2014. Between 2014-2018, annual PV demand will nearly triple as the MEA region becomes a key market for the global industry, according ...
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 ...
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas developer, has become the first Chinese firm licensed to look for oil in the Arctic, a landmark step for overseas energy exploration for the world's ...
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The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Wednesday that there will be no change in the prices of gasoline and diesel this time. The price regulatory attributed this to the pricing regime which did not meet the standard. ...
India's state-owned refiners, who have all posted net losses over the first nine months of fiscal year 2013-2014 (April-March), are expected to turn in a profit for the full year as the government is likely to fully compensate them for ...
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US crude oil production will come close to its record high by 2016 as the energy boom continues to reshape the US economy, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday in a new report. Domestic crude oil production will grow ...
API today welcomed a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasting record-breaking production of domestic oil and natural gas, which will dramatically increase U.S. energy security. "America is in the midst of a ...
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